Poison guitarist CC Deville pays tribute to Eddie Van Halen with live Eruption cover

After a long wait following postponements, CC DeVille and Poison are finally having nothin' but a good time playing their hits as part of The Stadium tour alongside headliners Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe, plus fellow special guest Joan Jett. Reports suggest the band are giving the other three a run for their money with a high energy show, but the guitarist is still taking the time in the set to salute a legend with Eddie Van Halen's instrumental masterpiece Eruption.

Following a flurry of runs for his solo spot with a white GMP V, CC ends with a burst of Eruption to the crowd's delight at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on June 18. And it looks like it's a regular thing because he was at it again the next day in Orlando. 

This isn't a new thing for CC though, he's been paying his respects to EVH for years…

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Rob Laing
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Rob is the Reviews Editor for GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars, so spends most of his waking hours (and beyond) thinking about and trying the latest gear while making sure our reviews team is giving you thorough and honest tests of it. He's worked for guitar mags and sites as a writer and editor for nearly 20 years but still winces at the thought of restringing anything with a Floyd Rose.