Van Halen World Invasion Tour

Van Halen World Invasion Tour

Promotional tour by Van Halen
Location	North America Europe
Start date	March 19, 1980 (1980-03-19)
End date	November 15, 1980 (1980-11-15)
Legs	2 in North America 1 in Europe 3 total
No. of shows	102 in North America 22 in Europe 124 total
Van Halen concert chronology

The World Invasion Tour was a 1980 concert tour by hard rock band Van Halen to support their third album "Women and Children First". It was dubbed the "Party 'til You Die Tour" by the band. The tour is notable for being the first time the band played keyboards live during their shows, as Michael Anthony would play the keyboard parts of "And the Cradle Will Rock...."

Personnel

• Eddie Van Halen – Guitar and background vocals
• David Lee Roth – Lead vocals and acoustic guitar ["Ice Cream Man" ("John Brim" cover)]
• Michael Anthony – Bass, background vocals and keyboards ["And the Cradle Will Rock..."]
• Alex Van Halen – Drums and percussion

Setlist

Songs played overall

1. "Romeo Delight"
2. "Bottoms Up!"
3. Alex Van Halen drum solo
4. "Runnin' with the Devil"
5. "Tora! Tora!" and "Loss of Control"
6. "Take Your Whiskey Home"
7. "Dance the Night Away"
8. "Women in Love..."
9. "Jamie's Cryin'"
10. "Feel Your Love Tonight"
11. "Bright Lights, Big City" ("Jimmy Reed" cover)
12. "Atomic Punk"
13. "Everybody Wants Some!!"
14. "And the Cradle Will Rock..."
15. "Somebody Get Me a Doctor"
16. "Light Up the Sky"
17. "On Fire"
18. Eddie Van Halen guitar solo, "Eruption", "Spanish Fly" and "Cathedral"
19. "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love"
20. "Ice Cream Man" ("John Brim" cover) [1st encore]
21. "Growth" and "You Really Got Me" ("The Kinks" cover) [Final encore]

Typical setlist

1. "Romeo Delight"
2. "Bottoms Up!"
3. Alex Van Halen drum solo
4. "Runnin' with the Devil"
5. "Tora! Tora! + Loss of Control"
6. "Take Your Whiskey Home"
7. "Dance the Night Away"
8. "Women in Love..."
9. "Jamie's Cryin'"
10. "Bright Lights, Big City" ("Jimmy Reed" cover)
11. "Everybody Wants Some!!"
12. "And the Cradle Will Rock..."
13. "On Fire"
14. Eddie Van Halen guitar solo, "Eruption", "Spanish Fly" and "Cathedral"
15. "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love"
16. "Ice Cream Man" ("John Brim" cover) [1st encore]
17. "Growth" and "You Really Got Me" ("The Kinks" cover) [Final encore]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America (1st Leg)
March 19, 1980	Victoria	Canada	Victoria Memorial Arena
March 21, 1980	Central Point	United States	Compton Arena
March 22, 1980	Eugene		McArthur Court
March 24, 1980	Spokane		Spokane Coliseum
March 25, 1980	Great Falls		Four Seasons Arena
March 26, 1980	Missoula		Adams Field House
March 29, 1980	Fort Collins		Moby Gym
March 30, 1980	Pueblo		Massari Gym
April 2, 1980	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
April 3, 1980	Portland	United States	Veterans Memorial Coliseum
April 4, 1980	Seattle		Seattle Coliseum
April 5, 1980
April 7, 1980	Calgary	Canada	Stampede Corral
April 8, 1980	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum
April 11, 1980	Winnipeg		Winnipeg Arena
April 13, 1980	Saint Paul	United States	St. Paul Civic Arena
April 14, 1980	Milwaukee		MECCA Arena
April 15, 1980	Madison		Dane County Veterans Memorial Coliseum
April 24, 1980	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
April 26, 1980	Detroit		Cobo Arena
April 27, 1980
April 29, 1980	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
April 30, 1980	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena
May 1, 1980	Landover		Capital Centre
May 2, 1980	Binghamton		Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
May 3, 1980	South Yarmouth		Cape Cod Coliseum
May 5, 1980	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
May 6, 1980	Rochester		Rochester Community War Memorial Arena
May 7, 1980	Philadelphia		Spectrum
May 8, 1980	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum
May 9, 1980	Philadelphia		Spectrum
Europe
May 17, 1980	?	Spain	(Aplauso (Live TV broadcast lip-sync performance of "And the Cradle Will Rock..." & "You Really Got Me"))
May 18, 19, 20, 21, or 22, 1980	Rome	Italy	Piper Club (Live TV broadcast lip-sync performance) (David Lee Roth broke his nose after smacked his face into a mirror ball)
May 23, 1980	Copenhagen	Denmark	Falkoner Center
May 24, 1980	Bremen	Germany	Bremen City Hall (#4)
May 26, 1980	Geleen	Netherlands	Burgemeester Damen Sportpark (Pinkpop Festival)
May 27, 1980	Ludwigshafen	Germany	Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
May 29, 1980	Essen		Grugahalle
May 30, 1980	Hamburg		Ernst-Merck-Halle
May 31, 1980	Cambrai	France	Grottos Palace
June 1, 1980	Caen		Caen Expo Hall
June 3, 1980	Paris		Palais des Sports
June 4, 1980	Lyon		Palais des Sports de Gerland
June 5, 1980	Reims		Reims Sports Palace
June 7, 1980	Würzburg	Germany	Carl Diem Hall
June 8, 1980	Neunkirchen		Hemmerleinhalle
June 10, 1980	Düsseldorf		Philips Hall
June 11, 1980	Sindelfingen		Messehalle
June 13, 1980	Munich		ZDF TV Studios (ZDF RockPop (Live TV broadcast lip-sync performance of "And the Cradle Will Rock..." and "You Really Got Me"))
June 14, 1980			Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle
June 17, 1980	Newcastle	England	Newcastle City Hall
June 18, 1980	Glasgow	Scotland	The Apollo
June 19, 1980	Manchester	England	Manchester Apollo
June 20, 1980	Leicester		De Montfort Hall
June 22, 1980	Birmingham		Birmingham Odeon
June 23, 1980	London		Rainbow Theatre
June 24, 1980
North America (2nd leg)
July 10, 1980	Kalamazoo	United States	Wings Stadium
July 11, 1980	Charleston		Charleston Civic Coliseum
July 12, 1980	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
July 13, 1980	Toledo		Toledo Sports Arena
July 15, 1980	Montreal	Canada	Montreal Forum
July 16, 1980	Ottawa		Ottawa Civic Arena
July 17, 1980	London		London Gardens
July 18, 1980	Toronto		Maple Leaf Gardens
July 21, 1980	Hampton	United States	Hampton Coliseum
July 22, 1980	Baltimore		Baltimore Civic Arena
July 24, 1980	Hartford		Hartford Civic Arena
July 25, 1980	Boston		Boston Garden
July 26, 1980	Hempstead		Nassau Coliseum
July 28, 1980	Louisville		Freedom Hall
July 29, 1980	Chicago		International Amphitheatre
July 30, 1980	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
July 31, 1980	St. Louis		Checkerdome
August 1, 1980	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
August 2, 1980	Little Rock		Barton Coliseum
August 4, 1980	Birmingham		Jefferson Civic Coliseum
August 5, 1980	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
August 6, 1980	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum
August 8, 1980	Fort Myers, Florida		Lee County Arena
August 9, 1980	Pembroke Pines		Hollywood Sportatorium
August 10, 1980	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Coliseum
August 11, 1980	North Fort Myers		Lee County Civic Arena
August 12, 1980	St. Petersburg		Bayfront Arena
August 15, 1980	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Roberto Clemente Coliseum
August 16, 1980
August 22, 1980	Kansas City	United States	Kemper Arena
August 23, 1980	Omaha		Omaha Civic Arena
August 24, 1980	Salina		Bicentennial Center
August 26, 1980	Corpus Christi		Memorial Coliseum
August 27, 1980	San Antonio		San Antonio Convention Center Arena
August 28, 1980	Houston		Sam Houston Coliseum
August 29, 1980	Shreveport		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
August 30, 1980	Baton Rouge		Baton Rouge River Center Arena
September 1, 1980	Mobile		Mobile Municipal Arena
September 2, 1980	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum
September 3, 1980	Beaumont		Fair Park Coliseum
September 4, 1980	Dallas		Reunion Arena
September 6, 1980	Norman		Owen Field (Roklahoma)
September 7, 1980 ?	Amarillo		Amarillo Civic Coliseum
September 8, 1980 ?
September 9, 1980	Lubbock		Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
September 10, 1980	Albuquerque		University of New Mexico Arena
September 12, 1980	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
September 13, 1980
September 15, 1980	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
September 16, 1980	Tucson		Tucson Community Center Arena
September 18, 1980	Fresno		Selland Arena
September 19, 1980	Los Angeles		Los Angeles Sports Arena
September 20, 1980
October 3, 1980	Rapid City		Don Barnett Arena
October 4, 1980	Bismarck		Bismarck Civic Arena
October 6, 1980	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
October 9, 1980	Oakland		Oakland Arena
October 10, 1980
October 12, 1980	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
October 15, 1980	Sioux Falls		Sioux Falls Arena
October 16, 1980	Des Moines		Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium
October 17, 1980	Lincoln		Pershing Memorial Auditorium
October 19, 1980	Macomb		Western Hall (Ufkes Court)
October 21, 1980	Terre Haute		Hulman Arena
October 22, 1980	Lexington		Rupp Arena
October 24, 1980	Knoxville		Knoxville Civic Coliseum
October 25, 1980	Johnson City		Freedom Hall
October 31, 1980	Macon		Macon Coliseum
November 1, 1980	Augusta		Augusta Civic Arena
November 2, 1980	Asheville		Asheville Civic Arena
November 5, 1980	Champaign		Assembly Hall
November 6, 1980	Notre Dame		Notre Dame Athletics and Convocation Center Arena
November 7, 1980	Evansville		Roberts Municipal Stadium
November 8, 1980	Huntsville		Von Braun Civic Arena
November 11, 1980	Winston-Salem		Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
November 12, 1980	Savannah		Savannah Civic Arena
November 14, 1980	St. Petersburg		Bayfront Arena
November 15, 1980	Lakeland		Lakeland Civic Arena