Watch the “Lost” Van Halen Dinosaur Video from 1981
POMONA, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 19: View of a dinosaur during the Jurassic Quest Drive Thru at Pomona Fairplex on February 19, 2021 in Pomona, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)
25 years ago, Van Halen superfan Jeff Hausman unearthed photos of the band playing outside with a bunch of dinosaur sculptures. Now, we have video.
For a quarter of a century, the photos were a mystery, which was recently unraveled on Hausman’s Van Halen News Desk. It turns out the photos were stills from a promotional video shoot the band did for Italian TV as part of their European tour of Fair Warning. So if you want to see ’81-era Van Halen miming “So This Is Love” in front of some sweet, sweet dinos, we’ve got you.
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