VAN HALEN Performs In Front Of 90,000 People In Québec City

July 4, 2008

VAN HALEN kicked off the Québec City Summer Festival (Le Festival d’été de Québec) in Québec City, Québec, Canada last night (Thursday, July 3) on the Scène Bell stage in front of the largest crowd ever in the event's 41-year history. An estimated 90,000 people attended the first of more than 400 shows that are scheduled to take place over the course of the next 10 days.

VAN HALEN's setlist was as follows:

01. You Really Got Me
02. I'm The One
03. Runnin With The Devil
04. Romeo Delight
05. Somebody Get Me A Doctor
06. Beautiful Girls
07. Dance The Night Away
08. Atomic Punk
09. Everybody Wants Some
10. So This Is Love?
11. Mean Street
12. Pretty Woman
13. Alex Van Halen Solo
14. Unchained
15. I'll Wait
16. And The Cradle Will Rock…
17. Hot For Teacher
18. Little Dreamer
19. Jamie's Crying
20. Ice Cream Man
21. Panama
22. Eddie Van Halen Solo
23. Ain't Talkin Bout Love
24. 1984
25. Jump

Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be viewed below.

Check out Québec media coverage of last night's show:

MédiaMatinQuébec
Cyberpresse

Québec City's Summer Festival is said to be the largest outdoor arts festival in Canada.

(Thanks: Sébastien Roy)

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