![]() and it’s Dave waking me up, saying, “Hey Zloz! I want to do a photo shoot.” I say in my half-asleep voice, “OK, MAN. The next morning my phone rings at 6:30 A.M. The night before the gig, we were all watching some awards show and Michael swept all the major awards. He was plastered all over the TV, newspapers and press. At that time the country was having MICHAEL JACKSON fever and Michael could do no wrong. The band’s photographer, Neil Zlozower, was there. In his book Van Halen, A Visual History, he recounted, “We were in Jacksonville, Florida, for the tour kickoff. Tim recently scanned all his 1984 negatives just for the Van Halen News Desk’s readers. Most of these photos have never been seen before! ![]() 18th, 1984- at the Jacksonville Coliseum in Jacksonville, FL. All of these live shots debuting are from Tim Mccrum, the same photographer who shared his story and photos of how he scored killer pictures of Van Halen’s 1981 Tangerine Bowl shows with the Rolling Stones. Shown here are photos from this night-Jan. It was a sold out crowd of 11,628 people who got to witness Van Halen’s first show of the massive tour. McCrum also shares his photos from that night exclusively with VHND, and Eddie recalls how massive that tour was. Michael Anthony, Neil Zlozower and Tim McCrum share their memories of that first show, below. Van Halen kicked off their legendary 1984 world tour on January 18th.
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