4/15/1978 – Eddie Van Halen doing his classic pose in Houston, TX with JOURNEY and Montrose.

4/5/1984 – Van Halen in Detroit, MI @ Cobo Arena. This was the show for the MTV Lost Weekend with Van Halen contest winner.

4/5/1984 – Here's Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo from this day on the 1984 tour in Detroit, MI. Put some earbuds on and listen to Ed's magic! (pretty good/clear quality audience recording)... Full 13 min solo on YouTube >> youtube.com/watch?v=Oxtae9…

4/4/1978 – One month into Van Halen's first tour. Soundcheck at Cain's Ballroom Tulsa, OK (📷 R.Galbraith)

4/3/1984 – Eddie Van Halen on the 2nd night in East Rutherford, NJ @ Brendan Byrne Arena on the 1984 Tour.

4/2/1984 – '...ALEX VAN HALEN!!!' 💥 10 mins into the first of 2 sold-out Van Halen shows in New Jersey during Al's drum solo 🥁. Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth cheer him on below.

3/30/1984 – 'Happy Trails!' Van Halen played 2 sold-out shows in NYC at MSG (📷Ebet Roberts)

3/24/1984 — On Van Halen’s 1984 tour Ed was noodling w the riff for “Good Enough” here at the 2:35 mark (New Haven, CT) youtu.be/ciqDSwbs91E?t=…

You can listen to some of the music that was on those cassettes scattered on the hotel floor. Many of the riffs/ideas were used for VH songs on the next 3 records (Good Enough, AFU, etc). Thanks VHND 🙏 youtube.com/playlist?list=…

3/8 and 3/9/1984 – Van Halen played 2 shows in Cincinnati. Cool story from a roadie about hanging w Ed at the hotel while he was writing music for The Wild Life soundtrack during the 1984 tour ❤️ Main photo from a Rolling Stone article taken in Cincy hotel room :)

3/6/1984 MTV airdate. Martha Quinn Ⓥ promoting the Lost Weekend with Van Halen contest. At the end you also get a commercial for Crazy Eddie's greatest home computer sale ever...!! 😃

3/3/1978 – Van Halen on the 1st night of their very 1st tour opening for JOURNEY at the Aragon Ballroom (Chicago, IL)

2/14/1984 – 'Gonna be your Van Halen Valentine here tonight' David Lee Roth greets the crowd on Van Halen's 2nd show in Charlotte, NC on the 1984 Tour.

2/11/1983 – Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This is the second-to-last show of the South American leg on the Diver Down tour. #VanHalen #NoProblemsTour

46 years ago today, #VanHalen dropped the #gamechanger .
'All we’re tryin’ to do is put some excitement back into rock’n’roll”.
Tribute at VHND.com

2/4/1984 – Van Halen in Roanoke, VA on the 1984 Tour. Early pic of Eddie Van Halen playing his backup guitar before the '1984' tape was added.

2/2/1977 – I believe it's said this is from one of those rainy nights at the Starwood. And the rest is history!...💥🧨

Happy birthday in rock ‘n’ roll heaven to the legend Eddie Van Halen, born January 26, 1955, in Amsterdam 🥳He’s seen here shredding with Van Halen at the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park, London on 22nd October 1978. (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns)

1/22/1984 – Another cool snapshot from Ed's side. This was during the encore when the 'hammer guy' backdrop came out for 'You Really Got Me' and 'Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love' (Lakeland, FL)