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David Lee Roth Is Back — With More Van Halen Songs Than Ever

David Lee Roth returned to the stage with a full Van Halen set at M3 Rock Festival in Maryland.

But at the M3 Rock Festival in Columbia, Maryland, Saturday night, Van Halen fans were accorded the next best thing: Roth’s return to the stage after five years, playing a set comprised completely of songs from his former band. Other than a corporate gig for Home Depot in 2023, the last time most people saw Roth onstage was more than five years ago, when he opened for Kiss and played a roughly dozen-song set largely comprised of Van Halen songs but also slipping in “Just a Gigolo”/”I Ain’t Got Nobody,” one of his solo hits. But onstage with his own band, Roth appeared to be enjoying himself, especially when he riffed on the enduring karaoke appeal of “Dance the Night Away” and the time an ex-girlfriend would drunkenly sing along with it in the passenger seat of his car.

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