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Van Halen was sold-out that night and would continue to sell ALL the tickets every time they came back, up to and including their final Portland performance with Sammy Hagar in 1991.

Singer claims to have never seen eye-to-eye with the other members, despite their massive success.

Frontman says he was in Van Halen for several years before he and bassist really connected.

Sammy Hagar recalls blind spot over lead lyric and piano riff.

Gone are the days of Mikey chugging Jack Daniels straight from the bottle and Alex banging a gong in flames. Fortunately, we can feel the fire of all the past glory right here. "Change, nothin' stays the same."

To announce the dawn of Van Halen Mach II, 5150 opens with Sammy’s big voice saying, “Helloooo Baaybeeee!” This starts the loud and raucous Good Enough followed by the first “Van Hagar” hit, Why Can’t This Be Love. The 5150 album was in heavy rotation in 198…

Singer says he bares no ill will toward his former bandmates and is curious to see how they'd measure up to his new group.

Bassist confirms he was approached by band's management about possibly getting back together.

On April 7, 1985, the Red Rocker returned to Portland on the VOA tour with Dokken opening.

Band was still focused on performing, even though it had just released follow-up to multi-platinum debut.