Van Halen "Fools" @ Piper Club Rome Italy 1980 

I’m 50. I’ve waited since my childhood for the vaults to open. Bring it

This was a magical era not only for Van Halen, but many hard rock acts. It will never be repeated.

And the camera guy misses Eddie's solo because Dave's ass shaking had him in a trance.

This is how I remember them.... Loud, proud, and 'tude for decades. These boys were the big bad wolves of rock... No quarter asked for, nor given. Dave was the complete shit... all over the stage, live and in your face. Ed ain't sober in this video...and you can tell. He's having fun though, by the look on his face. Look at the way Dave moves on stage. You know the dude had to stretch out for an hour or so, before walking on stage, to be able to be that fluid. In those days, when you purchased a Van Halen ticket... you saw a SHOW. You could not leave that auditorium or amphitheater and say with any truth at all, that you had not been entertained. Four men...one loud sound, one larger than life entertainment experience. They were the mighty Van Halen.... and they were un-fucking-forgettable. RIP Ed... your guitar was the soundtrack of millions of lives... and they all miss you.

Thank you!!! Van Halen fans need to see classic footage like this if it exists. So glad someone is looking out for us fans ♥

"Fools" has been a favorite of mine ever since I heard it for the first time. Mind blowing pyro of guitar playing and drama....total dope song!!!

I'm glad that I grew up in this time era. I saw this tour in 1980 and the memory is permanently embedded into my hard drive

The only reason I would want a time machine. To go back and see all the iconic bands starting out.

To be honest, it takes me back to when it came out. The friends and I lip syncing and air guitaring in the bedroom. The fact this video exists in pristine condition is golden.

Man These Cats Had it in Spades... Thank God They Got Signed and Someone Finally Saw The Greatness and Magic in This Union of Musicians ☺☺😎👊💯 Rest in Power EVH 💖💖

No other guitarist music speaks to me like Eddie Van Halen's. It's like I feel every note he plays. Of all the guitarist in history he is an exception. The greatest of the greats

How awesome is this? Like going back to a time when the world was right and just and VH was in their mighty prime. Lip-syncing madness for the foreign audience. Eddie playing the Shark. Simply awesome.

Would have loved to have been there. 🎸🎸🎸 Van Halen was one of the very best rock bands of all time. 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

King Edward and Sir Diamond Lee --- they were triumphant on top of the rock 'n roll mountain for a whole generation!

What a joy it would have been to have been there that evening!

The infamous snake guitar! I was like 10 when I bought the Guitar World with that thing on it! Miss you Eddie❤

And Also... One of my FAVORITE SONGS EVER! Thankyou. Xoxo ~

Never knew they had a video for this hidden deep track off women and children first 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

NOW THIS IS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT!!!!! Give us MORE!!!!

F*cking great man! Women and Children First was my first hard rock album and the soundtrack to my misguided and tortured youth. RIP the incomparable Edward Van Halen

LOVE it! This IS Van Halen! ❤️🤘🤘

Love Dave! He gave all, no one can deny that

Love this. Too bad is isn’t actually live.

Thanks Italy for having the pro cams rolling for greatness.

I seen this tour in 1980, I was 15 years old, Thank you for posting this.

Che chicca...sto male...💯💯🔥🔥🖤🖤🖤🖤........grazie van halen Italia. ..

This is the best footage..luv to see this whole show

This is awesome! Thank you so much for sharing!! Here's to many more! RIP EVH

Thanks for sharing, brought back many memories from that era... RIP Eddie.

I’ve seen VH 7 x in the 80s. Their music is timeless

These guys were great!

A masterclass in rhythm playing

So what if Dave didn't hit every note, this was the ultimate party band. Long live "The Mighty Van Halen"! R.I.P. Edward.

This is gold. Love you Eddie you are so missed by millions. Van halen

Ty for sharing this ,I thought I've seen them all ...Ty Ty Ty 🤘🎶🤙

Sweeeeeet!!! 👌 Awesome version 👏!!!

Aw, one year ago today Eddie Van Halen joined the big rock and roll band in the clouds. RIP EVH! 💜

I’ve never seen this b4, this is awesome. 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

OMG 😍 😱 ¡¡¡¡¡ PRICELESS Italian FRIENDS

Damn. I thought I was going to see some live footage of the Women and Children First tour. Cool to see the guys the way I remember them. And this is a dope song, lip-synced or not.

The Mighty Van Halen came during a time when disco collided with punk rock! They were right in the middle of it and the rest is history!

Thank you for sharing this! Van Halen forever!

Superb! VH fan for life and beyond. Love this footage!! If there is more, please share and share!! Thanks for this one already 👍👍🤘🤘🙌

Saw them in concert back then what a party it was

Priceless video ,merci ,thank you so much for that video!RIP Eddie I will miss you 4 ever!

Wow I remember seeing them in concert years ago David was amazing such a show man

this is gold, thanku!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They were so fucking outrageous!!!

How many rabid Diamond Dave era VH fans got excited by the thumbnail and title thinking it was a live performance? Lol I know I got really excited until I figured it out. Still killer footage from the WACF era but sure wish a professionally filmed live concert would surface from this era. But thank you so much for uploading this. We appreciate it greatly!!

Eddie does one of his best, fastest intros ever. Camera pans away to David Lee Roth walking over to the drum set to take a drink.

Van Halen was awesome probably the best live band ever they could really put on a show they were really dedicated to their art.

Holy Sh*t... This is AMAZING. Thank you for sharing

Love this song!! WACF was the first VH album I bought and Fools was my favourite track on it. VH music was so different - excellent. 🙂

This is fantastic!!! If I could travel Back in time, I would go here!! And listening to this takes me there every time. Thanks for sharing this.

Wow amazing!!!! Thank you for posting!

Wow ,iv never seen this or them really like this. Half the people, youngster's looked stunned.

The best frontmans out there what Showmans they are

Was lucky to see this tour. Eddie and Dave wore the exact same outfits then too. Thanks for posting this.✔

But hey this is Van Halen in prime time and can’t hate the quality of the vid. Ahh the good days & times

My favorite Van Halen song

Yes the early years were the best no doubt I was honored to see them 4 times VH 1,2,3 And Fair Warning wich for me personally was the peak of VH.. but Edward will always remain the king Rip EVH :(

All Hail the KINGS OF ROCK N ROLL

Superb .... Thanks for sharing

I saw Van Halen in what I'd call a big nightclub in 1979, they came out and played all the songs on their first album, and left. No encore, no nothing. It was all over in less than an hour. I've never forgiven them.

THE REASON WE ALL PLAY GUITAR

What an absolute GEM!!!

Awesome. Lovely. Enjoyed watching.!!✅😊👏

A Dios damos gracias x existir esta MAGNÍFICA BANDA DE ROCK!!!!!!VAN HALEN!!!!!!!!!!!!

beautiful vintage stuff!!!

I CAN'T get enough.!!!!!🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶💜💜💜💜💜

I had no idea they played the Piper Club! amazing! unfortunately the crowd was a bit clueless, VH became well known in Italy only after they put out Jump

I've never seen this. And I've seen it all. This is a gem.

You can sense they had a "Take No Prisoners" approach which propelled them from small clubs to stadiums! And you can say what you want about Diamond Dave but he totally revolutionized the idea of what a frontman was and could do!

Thank you for posting! I never saw this footage in my life.

Back when you could literally put your hands on the stage!

So freaking cool!

Fantastic!

Priceless The Mighty Van Halen

Please bring back those days thank you vh for ever

Outstanding find.

Thank you so much !!! This is a rarity !!! Many thanks from Brazilian VH fans !!!

I listen to this band every day

Cool footage 🤘🏻

One of my favorite jams

AWESOME!!! Grazie ragazzi!!!

That was the first tour i saw em for. God it was great!

More please!!

the van halen sound was ahead of its time

Wow. Killer stuff !

= AWESOME VIDEO !!! THANKS 4 SHARING... LONG LIVE EDDIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank You Brother 🙏

Molte Grazie!! Ne avevamo di questo!!! #EVHForever 🇮🇹

"Don't want no class reunion the circus just left town, why behave in public when you're living in playground".. Classic Dave lyrics..

Great footage

Have never seen this…amazing.

I saw Van Halen 3 or 4 times back in the 80's, and I'm proud to say I did not knock over one single cone that the cops set up as you were leaving the concert venue!

Amazing footage of Eddie playing the "DragonSnake" guitar, one of his lesser-known axes, is extremely rare to catch on video. Even Van Halen's lip-sync performances are high energy and fun to watch. This vintage, hard-to-find video should be safeguarded.

Van Halen The most ultimate Rock Band of all time R.I.P EVH

OMG , I've never seen this Video !!!! (.EXCELLENT 👏👏👏👏🙌)

Super cool