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Inducted into the Rock .N. Roll Hall of Fame in March of this year, Van Halen
HISTORIC CONCERT TOUR MARKS FIRST OF ITS KIND FOR VAN HALEN IN 22 YEARS
LOS ANGELES, CA -- August 13, 2007 Beginning this September, in what promises
to be the most exciting live tour this year, Van Halen will embark on a
national
concert tour throughout the U.S. and Canada with its original lead singer
David
Lee Roth for the first time in 22 years.
Considered by fans and media alike as one of the most highly anticipated tours
in
rock and roll history, Roth, guitarist Eddie Van Halen and drummer Alex Van
Halen
will perform with Eddie.s son, Wolfgang who joins the line-up as the band.s
bass
player. Van Halen and Roth have not performed or recorded together since
1984.s
classic multi-platinum album "1984" and subsequent tour, making this tour
truly a
historic event.
25 dates in all were announced today for the tour which is slated for a
September
27th kick-off in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tickets for select dates on the
tour
go on sale beginning on Saturday, August 18th and are available on
http://www.LiveNation.com. A complete list of confirmed dates is
attached.
The Van Halen tour is being produced by Live Nation.
Individuals who have the Citi / AAdvantage card, the official credit card
of the tour, will be offered access to purchase preferred seats to all U.S.
shows.
Fans can enjoy the ultimate Van Halen experience including concert pre-show
parties, backstage access, premium seating and more. For additional details
go to http://www.iloveallaccess.com.
Fans are encouraged to also check in at http://www.van-halen.com/ or
http://www.davidleeroth.com/ for additional information.
Van Halen remains one of the most important and influential bands of all time.
Formed in Los Angeles in 1974, the band quickly won a loyal hometown fan base
with their electrifying live shows. From the moment they released their
self-titled 1978 debut album, Van Halen shook the foundations of rock,
thanks largely to Roth.s peerless showmanship, Eddie Van Halen.s revolutionary
guitar virtuosity and their songwriting abilities. It changed rock music
forever.
The band.s first album proved one of the biggest selling rock debuts, with
key
tracks like "Eruption," "Running with the Devil," "Jamie.s Cryin.," "You
Really
Got Me" and "Ain.t Talkin. .Bout Love" leading the way. The next year, the
band
followed up with "Van Halen II," which included the hit "Dance the Night
Away."
Subsequent albums like "Women and Children First" (1980), "Fair Warning"
(1981)
and "Diver Down" (1982), along with worldwide touring, solidified the band.s
reputation for innovative and unparalleled live performances. Classic Van
Halen
tracks from the early 80.s include "Everybody Wants Some," "Unchained", "And
The
Cradle Will Rock", "Beautiful Girls", "Mean Street" and "Somebody Get Me A
Doctor"
just to name a few.
With their sixth album, released in, and titled "1984", Van Halen rose to
stratospheric heights. Recorded at Eddie Van Halen.s 5150 Studios, the
multi-platinum smash yielded one of Van Halen.s signature hits, "Jump,"
which remained #1 on the Billboard charts for an astounding five weeks
straight.
Other hits from the album include "Panama," "Hot For Teacher" and "I.ll Wait."
The band.s record of achievement is hard to top. Presented with two Diamond
Award
RIAA Certified Status. for their albums "Van Halen" and "1984", Van Halen
joins an
elite short list of two time Diamond Award honorees in the history of the
music
industry. The Diamond Award is presented to an artist for album sales of 10
million
or more units. They are also in the Guinness Book of World Records for having
the
most #1 hits on Billboard.s Mainstream Rock chart than any other band in
history.
Inducted into the Rock .N. Roll Hall of Fame in March of this year, Van Halen
has
produced a treasured body of work that fans will admire for decades to come.
VAN HALEN TOUR
North American Dates
Sep. 27 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Bobcats Arena
Sep. 29 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
Oct. 01 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
Oct. 07 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Oct. 10 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
Oct. 14 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Field House
Oct. 16 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
Oct. 18 Chicago, IL United Center
Oct. 22 Auburn Hills, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
Oct. 24 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
Oct. 26 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
Oct. 28 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
Oct. 30 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
Nov. 03 E. Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena
Nov. 13 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Nov. 20 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
Nov. 23 Glendale, AZ Jobing.Com Arena
Nov. 25 San Diego, CA Cox Arena
Nov. 27 Sacramento, CA Arco Arena
Nov. 29 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion at San Jose
Dec. 01 Portland, OR Rose Garden
Dec. 03 Seattle, WA Key Arena
Dec. 05 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place
Dec. 09 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
Dec. 11 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
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19 responses total.
Yikes. They were sad and lame in their heyday. I can't imagine that time has been especially kind to them or their music. But I guess as long as it's PROMISED that this is gonna be the concert event of the year..
Ok, Mike. Just for that, I'm not going to email you that Bo-Rics mullet discount coupon.
Don't they make this announcement every couple of years or so? Then someone has to go to rehab, or get divorced, or mention Sammy Hagar, and then the whole thing is off again.
Ow, my hip
WTFC???
Eddie Van Halen fired his loyal longtime bass player Michael Anthony, and is giving the gig to his barely sixteen year old son? What an insult to Anthony.
Now Michael Anthony has reacted by joining "Sammy Hagar and the Wabos" (aka the "I got fired by Eddie Van Halen" band) on their next tour starting in October.
re #7 Michael Anthony has been chummy with Hagar ever since the Van Hagar days. When Hagar and Roth toured, Michael Anthony joined Hagar on the tour and has stayed with him ever since. Roth refused to get on stage with MA without the entire VH original lineup. For MA's sins, he's being left out - Hagar is a slimebag who duped the VH's into a sucky manager way back when...the same guy who ran RUSH into the toilet. In the process, Hagar also managed to weasel into some of VH's first 5 album's royalties. Anyway, enough about all that. I'm just a fan.
"just" a fan? hah!
Shh!
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re #8 so you don't care that the band's going to have a bass player that may have to cut short rehearsals to do his algebra homework and put his clearasil on? I suppose its the dream of every high school bass player to play with Van Halen though. :)
re #12 I dont mind they're going to have a Blues Clues bass instead of a Jack Daniels one, no. ;)
John Lennon is dead, Jimi Hendrix is dead, George Harrison is dead, Warren Zevon is dead, Janice Joplin is dead, Roy Orbison is dead, Jim Morrison is dead, Stevie-Ray Vaughn (sp?) is dead. And these Van- Husen guys are still alive - we really do live in a completely arbitrary universe. Or, to borrow an acronym from a sci-fi writer T.A.N.J. !
((( Agora #110 linked as Music #47. )))
God is dead - Nietzsche. Nietzsche is dead - God.
#16: It's out of context. Nietzsche wrote that god is dead in our deeds, and yet we still fear him.
Nietzsche is God - The Dead.
this is REAL ppl! item #146 drive through europe w/rock band - ann arbor band hydromatics need deriver for their tour. former driver benito gasolini has met his maker - see web site myspace.com/hydromatics and/or item 146. ihave th licenses but am rsetricted due to responsibilities [[DAMMIT]] or i'd be tehre in a ny second. as good or better than th above.
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