Episode 118: Festivus & More David Lee Roth For The Rest Of Us!

Dave's 2025 tour has ended and now, the traditional airing of the grievances! A lot of what Darren and Steve have opined on before, and more; Dave announces that "winter tour dates" will be announced soon, hits and setlist misses, making and losing money, RIP the great Ace Frehley, and its all come down to the fact that it really is what it is, when it comes to DLR. 

Steve and Darren live as the "2025 Roth Show" tour continues, and Darren tells the tales of his now seeing FIVE David Lee Roth concerts, the most recent shows being St. Louis & Pennsylvania. The good, great, the bad, the fun and....Indiana. Set-list changes, some vocal analysis and much more. Bottom line: Dave is having fun, the band is 🔥, the stuff on You Tube is NOT indicative of the crowd's energy. Plus, Darren’s recent guest spot on Dave & Dave Unchained with Dave Criblez 🔥, and, no tour promotion and no merch - Steve designs the tour shirt that should be for sale. As always, the latest DLR news & rumors — discussed fair, balanced & as positive as possible! More Darren: Check out The Paltrocast at YouTube and via Paltrocast.com. More Steve: Check out Another Cool Rock Podcast at here and at all your podcast platforms

The shoes have been thrown...out! The David Lee Roth tour is well underway and Darren reviews the two shows he saw, in Huntington, NY, and Atlantic City, NJ! Him and Steve discuss the positives, the negatives, and everything in between: the band is exceptional, Dave seems to be having a great time; the surprising setlist choices and songs we (and the band?) wish were played (both solo and VH), Dave's interesting vocal choices, and the merits (or not) of the extended versions of "Drop Dead Legs," "Dance The Night Away," and others. Plus, Steve wonders if the shows are getting better as the tour goes on, Darren has got tales of good moods and high spirits, the surprising photo passes and lack of restrictions, and who is running the show...Tom? And a bunch o' Van Halen bootlegs have hit YouTube! Be sure to visit Paltrocast.com to check out Darren's review of the Huntington, NY show and some great concert photos!

Darren and Steve debate, discuss and dive into the first few dates of David Lee Roth's tour, the good and not so good, from the vocals to the setlist to attendance and more. Plus, Darren's upcoming three DLR shows, will there be more dates after this first leg, and where? Also, more Van Halen bootlegs are showing up again, Happy Gilmore, and the wonderful Black Sabbath/Ozzy tribute concert is exactly how a Van Halen tribute concert could've/should've been. **** When Darren isn't talking about David Lee Roth and Van Halen, he's talking about a ton o' other things on the Paltrocast, available via YouTube and at Paltrocast.com. When Steve isn't talking about David Lee Roth, Van Halen, Cheap Trick and others, he's talking with other rockers via the Another Cool Rock Podcast, available everywhere you get your favorite podcasts.

Steve and Darren discuss some good news around David Lee Roth ahead of the tour starting July 22 as Dave and band have been in seemingly intense rehearsals the last two weeks, and it looks likely the same guys that rocked M3 is intact. Darren figures he'll see at least three shows on this leg of the tour(DLR Cast Meet-Up, anyone?), while Steve, alas, will not be able to. And some speculating and wondering: it would be a great time for any pre-show press, or any content from Dave...plus, revisiting the 90s - Dave was more visible than most folks remember with U.S. &  Europe shows, The DLR Band album, and a lot of promotional activity; Dave gets praise from Steve Vai and Joe Satriani, updates on a bunch o' former Dave band members - new music from former Dave (and Ozzy) guitarist Joe Holmes, Jake Faun, and Frankie Tartufo (?!?) and some talk about the new Van Halen Balance album 30th anniversary package and much more.  Stay on top of everything that Darren has going on with the Paltrocast, at YouTube, TikTok, Substack, Medium and at Paltrocast.com. 

The DLR Cast is back and and there's a lot going on! At about 52 minutes in, it's the meet-up that just had to happen! Finally, Darren and Steve join forces with Dave and Dave from Dave & Dave Unchained: A Van Halen Podcast for a tag team episode, going all-out in covering and analyzing David Lee Roth's triumphant return to the stage at the M3 Fest. The foursome cover it all -- Dave's voice, his band, the surprisng debut of backup singers, the setlist, and so much more.  At the top: Darren and Steve chat a bit about Dave at M3 and discuss Dave's recently-announced 21-date U.S. tour -- will it be the same band? Will those cool back-up singers be with Dave? Will Dave stay motivated? Will the setlist have any Dave solo tunes?  For all-things Darren, be sure to check out The Paltrocast at YouTube, Paltrocast.com, Spotify and more. And Steve has launched a new pod, Another Cool Rock Podcast, available everywhere you find The DLR Cast and your favorite podcasts.

Darren returns from a trip to the west coast with some interesting, and quite possibly, very good news. First, a mea culpa: word is about that DLR is really putting in the effort - could "The Block" really be happening? Words like "committed" (in the good sense!) are thrown about. For more Darren be sure to check out The Paltrocast. And if you're new here, did you know Darren wrote a book? Yes, DLR Book, available at your favorite online book retailer!

David Lee Roth's U.S. tour is now...two dates, with the addition of the recently announced September 12th date at Mountain Winery in California. Steve and Darren dig into that, and Darren's got a backstory and a theory. What will Dave's setlist be like? Who's in the band? And just how many corporate gigs has Dave been playing? Are they all Royal Machines gigs? Also, the frustration around the new song "Alligator Pants." Plus Darren and Steve have some ideas: GoFundMe, "Davenomics" and the "Premium Dave Experience" with the Los Angeles River Yacht Club, anyone? For more Darren be sure to check out the Paltrocast!

Live on YouTube a couple of days ago, with a lot of DLR stuff happening! Darren and Steve try and digest the slew of rare Van Halen footage on the JamesTVega You Tube channel as well who he is and the possible source(s) of the videos, which include awesome outtakes from the "Panama" and "Hot for Teacher" music videos. Plus, odd M3 concert ticketing stuff and who might be in Dave's band...thoughts on the David Lee Roth Rhino/Warners box set...more cool You Tube stuff, from Tank the Roadie with stories about the ADKOT tour; Darren Householder, Billy Sheehan and Ray Luzier with some Dave stories at Masters of Shred, and The Mojo Dojo with a video of "Slam Dunk."

Darren and Steve are psyched - there's new David Lee Roth News! First, Diamond Dave throws the shoes back in (iykyk), making his return to the live stage at the M3 Rock Festival on Saturday, May 3! "Couldn't of happened, but it did," who might be in the band, and will there be "double-trouble guitars" as Dave's announcement said? A Van Halen heavy setlist, will there be more shows after this, and why M3?  Plus, who else is on the M3: Stephen Pearcy & Warren DeMartini of Ratt, Sebastian Bach, Accept, Winger...and speaking of Ratt, a tasty sidebar. And The L.A. River Yacht Club tours Thailand, is Dave still there? Finally, how about we meet up at M3? For lineups, tickets and more info visit M3RockFest.com.