Eddie Van Halen: Eruption Solo DESTROYS The '83 US Festival!

Published on Jan 3, 2018
The absolute BEST of the BEST shredding as only he can 35 years ago(!) in front a sparse crowd of about 180K people at Glen Helen Regional Park, in Devore, California, a huge natural amphitheater seated in 500 acres of rolling hills about 60 miles east of Los Angeles, near San Bernardino.

Legend has it EVH was hammered to the gills, along with the rest of the boys and caused a lot of disharmony over the three-day mega concert as word spread they were paid over one million dollars to perform. Bands like Talking Heads and The Clash donated their money to charity out of disgust for the highly commercial show they claimed they were told was supposed to be a celebration of innovative technology and modern new wave, which was the pitch that sold them to play.