...When Sam had enough with “Running with The Devil” during Balance Tour

I’m pretty sure that “Running with The Devil” had never been in the setlist of Balance Tour held at Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, August 19th, 1995. Although—subsequent to playing “Jump”—Eddie Van Halen, Mike Anthony and Alex Van Halen played “Running with The Devil”, however, Van Halen wasn’t about to play it. Eddie, Mike and Alex merely gave Sammy Hagar a change to grab a guitar to play the next song, id est Sammy’s “There’s Only One Way to Rock”. Notwithstanding, there is a reason for everything. Back in 1988, “Running with The Devil” was one of the songs contained in the setlist of OU812 Tour. I believe the logic reason why Van Halen did’t play “Running with The Devil” during the entire either Balance Tour nor Ambulance Tour was that Sammy wasn’t comfort in singing it. I think he had enough singing it during the entire OU812 Tour. For an example, please go to https://youtu.be/5Rr-yDIWeYY. Notwithstanding this, Sammy used Ernie Ball Music Man that was unusual during Balance Tour or Ambulance Tour.

Added 29 Mar 2026