10 Battery; TOUR NAME Van Halen's Monsters of Rock. In Dallas, Van Halen's set was cut short by vocalist Sammy Hagar's voice problems. And anyhow, they were dealing with a seriously flagging crowd by then. The bands Danzig and Gun both canceled their appearances at the festival. 8 Last Caress; 9 Am I Evil? Heavy metal? It later branched into other locations such as the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Sweden, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Get the Scorpions Setlist of the concert at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, TN, USA on July 9, 1988 from the Monsters of Rock 1988 Tour and other Scorpions Setlists for free on setlist.fm! NBC News segment & interview: MTV News segment: Watch the Van Halen segment of MTV's 'Monsters of Rock' Special: Van Halen - Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI May 28th, 1988 Complete Audio Concert of opening night of "Monsters of Rock" Tour. Read more about Monsters Of Rock Tour 1988: Tour Bill, Tour Dates. Legend has it that this 23-city US Monsters Of Rock came about first as an idea of Sharon Osbourne, but that somewhere along the line of conceiving and arranging the concept, she decided it didnt feel right. According to The Guinness book of Records (1990 ed. 1995 was not officially billed as 'Monsters of Rock' but as 'Escape from the Studio' due to Metallica's decision to headline while recording the Load album. 22 August 1992 (this was also broadcast live on Radio 1), 4 June 1994 (another festival broadcast live; highlights were transmitted in 1995 and 1996). Monsters Of Rock. Thus, in came Van Halen and their manager at the time, Ed Leffler. Songs Performed / Recorded: A.F.U. 05/28/1988: Van Halen, Dokken, Metallica, Scorpions: Alpine Valley Music Theatre: East Troy: Wisconsin: USA: 05/29/1988: p. 155): "Largest PA system: On Aug 20th 1988 at the Castle Donington 'Monsters of Rock' Festival a total of 360 Turbosound cabinets offering a potential 523kW of programme power, formed the largest front-of-house PA. Thus with their second Hagar album, OU812, ready for release in the summer of 88, Leffler and company saw their moment to book Van Halens biggest ever tour into stadiums with the sort of bill that would have Head & Shoulders begging to sponsor. Van Halen made good on the promise three years later on December 4, 1991 when they played a free concert at Dallas Alley, a gentrified area on the northwest side of downtown Dallas where free concerts were often hosted to boost traffic for restaurants and stores in the adjacent collection of shops. Spain: Barcelona, Plaza de Toros 14 September 1992 All Rights . Read more about Van Halen; Van Halen. America had long been crying out for a regular hard rock festival. Los Angeles CA. This concert featured Aerosmith, Ted Nugent and AC/DC.). It later branched into other locations such as the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Sweden, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the United States, and the Soviet Union.