Eddie Van Halen and Sammy Hagar’s First Live Performance: Flashback

The original Farm Aid concert at Champaign, Illinois' Memorial Stadium on September 22nd, 1985 was an evening of firsts. It was Bob Dylan's first time playing with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, launching a partnership that would last two years and take them all over the world. It was the first time that Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson came together to aid family farmers,

This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Eddie Van Halen and Sammy Hagar’s First Live Performance: Flashback

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