Backstage Passes
100% authentic Van Halen backstage passes from our Alex Van Halen Collection.
Luckily for Van Halen collectors, Alex saved some passes.
We bought all he had left of each pass shown below, used on various tours. There's only a limited supply of each pass, and naturally, there will never be more. They can be displayed individually, hung on their lanyard (a free lanyard is included with all laminates), or framed with other prized memorabilia from the band, such as concert tickets, guitar picks, or photos.
These are truly exclusive items in the sense that there is such a limited supply and that most of these are so rare that hardcore Van Halen collectors never even saw them before we offered them!
Take advantage of this opportunity to own a cool piece of Van Halen history - from Alex, through us, to you!
MORE INFO on Backstage Passes
All our backstage passes are authentic, original vintage passes from past Van Halen tours. There are two kinds of passes:
1) Satin (Cloth) Passes: These single use passes were printed on "adhesive satin cloth". Satin passes were usually limited to one venue and one date. The back of the unused pass has a peel off cover. When this cover is peeled off it reveals a layer of sticky adhesive so that the bearer can stick the pass on their shirt during the concert. Often the venue and date(s) were stamped on the pass so that security personnel could quickly check the validity of the pass.
2) Laminated Passes: All our laminates are authentic, original vintage passes from past Van Halen tours. (Unfortunately for collectors, most companies selling Van Halen laminates over the past several years are selling poor quality, copied fakes. But, of course, we have the real thing)!
Laminated passes were given out to only very few people and are extremely hard to obtain. Laminates were usually only given to crew members, management, record company people, and close friends of the band. So they are much rarer than the cloth adhesive passes that were given out to lucky fans. This is a heavy duty pass that was laminated in plastic so that it would last for the entire tour. It has a specially punched hole at the top so that a strap or lanyard could be passed through and the pass displayed at all times. True collectors items! Size is 3" x 4.75".
