Van Halen and Billy Joel Return To Stage at Australia’s Stone Music Festival

By Team JamBase Apr 21, 2013 • 1:00 pm PDT

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BILLY JOEL AND VAN HALEN EACH PERFORM FIRST SETS OF 2013

This weekend the inaugural Stone Music Festival took place at the gigantic ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia. Van Halen headlined the festivities on Saturday night, while Billy Joel did the honors on Sunday night. For each of the legendary acts it marked their first public set of 2013.

Van Halen hadn’t played since a June 26th, 2012 performance in New Orleans. On Saturday night they delivered a 20-song, 90-minute set that was heavy on their pre-Sammy Hagar hits such as “Runnin’ With The Devil,” “Hot For Teacher,” “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love” and “Jump.” All four members of the band took the stage wearing matching outfits, though lead singer David Lee Roth changed by the time the show was over.

Fan-shot video of “Jump” and “Unchained” has surfaced:

Van Halen Setlist Stone Music Festival 2013 2013

As for Joel, who has mentioned multiple times that he was using the Sydney gig to see whether he wants to keep performing, he also delivered a career-spanning set that only included a few deeper cuts. The Piano Man also treated fans to a cover of “Highway To Hell” by Australian icons AC/DC that was sung by Jon Stevens.

Check out the setlist from Billy Joel’s Sydney set:

Billy Joel Setlist Stone Music Festival 2013 2013

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