Review: VAN HALEN's Reunion Tour Reveals Musically Disjointed Group

June 24, 2004

Jim Farber of the New York Daily News writes: "For years, VAN HALEN fans have been hoping the band would reunite with whichever big-name lead singer Eddie could stand to be with for more than five minutes.

"On Tuesday (June 22),a recently reconstituted version of the group, with Sammy Hagar on the mike, hit the stage at the Meadowlands. It was the first VAN HALEN road show with that lineup in nine years and the first with any singer in six.

"We should have been left to our memories.

"The performance revealed a group as disjointed musically as they've ever been personally. While the foursome certainly seemed to give their all, they never coalesced as a band. Hagar was in horrible voice, and the sound system pummeled much of the sound to mulch." Read more.

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