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David Lee Roth<\/a> made a triumphant comeback from a five-year stage absence Saturday night at the M3 festival, delivering a strong set of Van Halen<\/a> classics with the help of a killer eight-piece band.<\/p>\n You can see video and the full setlist from the show below.<\/p>\n “We’ve reached the end of my first retirement,” the singer joked at one point. “How many retirements did Rocky have, nine?” The set was completely dominated by Van Halen songs, without a hint of Roth’s solo career, not even his hit cover of “California Girls.”<\/p>\n The singer was joined by Al Estrada on guitar, Ryan Wheeler on bass, Francis Valentino on drums and a keyboard player whose name we are not sure of quite yet, apologies.<\/p>\n Roth made great use of a new four-piece group of backing vocalists, a brilliant addition to his live show and a textbook example of turning a recent weakness into a strength. “Ain’t no tracks up here tonight, baby,” he noted at one point.<\/p>\n Roth played off his new vocal section repeatedly during song breakdowns, and of course they did “I’m the One” complete with the big a capella breakdown.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Do You Remember These Forgotten 1985 Rock Radio Hits?<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n It was Roth’s first official show since he opened for\u00a0KISS on March 10, 2020 in Lubbock Texas just before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the tour<\/a>. When\u00a0KISS returned to the road a year and a half later they did so without the former Van Halen singer.<\/p>\n Roth announced an early 2022 Las Vegas residency in October 2021, but wound up canceling all of those shows<\/a>, citing unspecified health concerns.<\/p>\n \u201cI am throwing in the shoes. I\u2019m retiring,\u201d the singer revealed<\/a> to the Las Vegas Review Journal<\/em> at the time. Roth further added that he was \u201cencouraged and compelled to really come to grips with how short time is, and my time is probably even shorter,\u201d adding that \u201cmy doctors, my handlers, compelled me to really address that every time I go onstage, I endanger that future.\u201d<\/p>\n Roth has reportedly played a handful of private shows since that time, in addition to posting a variety of previously unreleased songs<\/a>, countless dance videos and occasionally trading barbs<\/a> with his buddy Sammy Hagar<\/a> on YouTube.<\/p>\n