I use to love old Van Halen but their time has come and gone. You can't pick up where you left off 20 years ago. Dave's voice is dead, the old yelps and screams sound like lame weezing now. Eddie is definatly out of his mind, the booze has mashed his brain into pudding. Basically, Van Halens whole routine didnt change after 1980, the guitar solos all sound the same, Dave's comments were getting old and so forth.
I got a chance to see Van Hagar and it was without a doubt the lamest show I ever saw. The sound was so low I could whisper to my buddy without a problem. There was no big light show, Sammy bored the audience to tears with his solo tunes and overall the energy coming from the guys was at the nill level.
Its great to still hear their old stuff but a reunion with Dave is nothing more then a cash grab and I think the result will leave fans dissappointed, much like the Sammy reunion tour did.