Van Halen has just announced 18 new tour dates, which start July 7th in Uncasville, CT and end August 12th in Cincinnati, OH. Their 2012 tour is in support of their latest album, “A Different Kind Of Truth”.

Jul 07 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
Jul 09 – Hampton, VA – Hampton Coliseum
Jul 11 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
Jul 13 – East Rutherford, NJ – IZOD Center
Jul 15 – Baltimore, MD – 1st Mariner Arena
Jul 17 – Rochester NY – Blue Cross Arena
Jul 19 – Detroit, MI – Joe Louis Arena
Jul 21 – London, ON – John Labatt Centre
Jul 24 – Toledo, OH – Huntington Center
Jul 26 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena
Jul 28 – Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena
Jul 31 – Fort Wayne, IN – Allen County Memorial Coliseum
Aug 02 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center
Aug 04 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boiling Arena
Aug 06 – Memphis, TN – FedEX Forum
Aug 08 – Birmingham, AL – BJCC Arena
Aug 10 – Greenville, SC – BI-LO Center
Aug 12 – Cincinnati, OH – US Bank Arena

For a complete listing of all tour dates see deez nuts

[quote author=Edith Grove link=1281472694/325#349 date=1334691816]Lame excuse, Eddie.  






Eddie Van Halen says dad fueled his drinking
Published: Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 12:04 PM
By The Associated Press

Eddie Van Halen puts some of the blame on his father for his long struggle with alcohol. In the May issue of Esquire, the Van Halen guitarist said “the whole alcoholism thing” developed when he asked his dad how to combat his nerves when playing music in front of people.


Michael DeMocker/The Times-Picayune
Eddie Van Halen, right, and David Lee Roth perform during the Van Halen concert at the New Orleans Arena on Feb. 8, 2008.

His father gave him a shot of vodka and a cigarette to ease his nerves, and that started Van Halen on a near lifetime of drinking.

Lame excuse is right, he would have been an alcoholic regardless, it's in the gene's Eddie, I know of people who were brought up with parents who didn't drink period who still became alcoholics.

Some Guy wrote on Apr 19^th, 2012 at 9:19am:

Is that really necessary? You couldn't just cut and paste the last show?.....But have fun anyway Some Dave.

See below #s, very reminiscent of the 2004 tour in the SE with attendance and reduced prices. I'm sure the bigger cities will be much higher when released. MSG should have 2 sellouts posted.

http://pulsemusic.proboards.com/inde...&thread=115679

14 Van Halen, Kool and the Gang Philips Arena
Atlanta, Ga.
April 19, 2012
$1,030,298
10,704 /
12,853
1 /
0
$149.50, $29.50
The Messina Group/AEG Live

23 Van Halen, Kool and the Gang Amway Center
Orlando, Fla.
April 12, 2012
$763,981
7,742 /
11,704
1 /
0
$147, $27.50
Live Nation

43 Van Halen, Kool and the Gang Veterans Memorial Arena
Jacksonville, Fla.
April 16, 2012
$446,534
5,014 /
8,930
1 /
0
$148.50, $28.50
Live Nation

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Aging rockers Van Halen can still bring it
By: Staff Writer

Posted: 05/13/2012 11:01 PM | Comments: 14 (including replies)
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Eddie Van Halen (left) and David Lee Roth perform with aging rock band Van Halen at the MTS Centre Sunday night. (DAN HARPER PHOTO)
David Lee Roth may not be able to jump like he used to, but he’s still got some moves.

These days the Van Halen frontman favours the shimmy, shake, slide and spin instead of the above-the-head kicks and air splits he was famous for in his younger days, although he still pulled off a few leaps and kicks during the band’s stop at the MTS Centre on Sunday night.

He is 57 after all, so that’s to be expected, as was his flashy outfit that looked like he picked it up at Liberace’s garage sale: a sparkly blue and red jacket, leather pants, a black vest and satin blue shirt. And he never failed to deliver a whole lot of head-scratching and/or hilarious quotes that seemed to come from a part of his brain far away from the 30-odd years of lyrics rattling around in there.

Some examples:

❚ "We're going to hell in a bowl full of cherries."

❚ While talking about a drum beat that sounded like an old beer commercial he suddenly ended the conversation with: "No metaphysics before happy hour. I'll probably lie to you again before the evening is over."

❚ "I made a sex tape in 1982 and I was a 1982 sexy mother (lover)."

❚ While talking to a fan in the crowd: "I might be your Goddamn father. You look familiar."

❚ During a cover of Roy Orbison's Oh, Pretty Woman he stopped the song and gave a fan grief for throwing something on stage. "Wait a minute, wait a minute. Don't throw your garbage up on stage; throw your girlfriend up, (bad word insult)."

Oh yeah, he's still full of spunk and both he and the veteran California band were in fine form for a crowd of about 8,000. Official attendance wasn't released for the show, but the arena was set up in its full configuration and there were plenty of unused seats. With a top ticket price of $165, Van Halen might have overestimated their value in today's market.

The money wasn't spent on production. The simple setup included only a large video screen behind the band showing black and white images of the action on stage, replays of that action (you could see Roth pretending his fingers were guns twice), still photos and the band's logo. There were some steps leading up to a drum riser and bass amps, but as far as arena rock spectacles go, this ranked low on the spectacle scale.

Not that it really mattered in the end, since it was hard-rock nostalgia we were there for and hard-rock nostalgia we got.

Reviews of the tour have been mixed, but Winnipeg appears to have caught the band on a good night with Roth and the Van Halens — guitarist Eddie, drummer Alex and bassist Wolfgang (who replaced original member Michael Anthony in 2006) — offering up 22 tracks and two solos in nearly two hours.

Eddie is known for his "brown sound," but everything about his style Sunday was colourful, from the recognizable riffs and the speedy solos to his whammy bar dive bombs and his legendary tapping. He smiled through much of the night and was in fine form while harmonizing with his son Wolfgang and Roth.

The band is touring on the new release, A Different Kind of Truth, and offered up four tracks from it, but otherwise the material focused on the albums recorded with Roth from 1978-84.

The band took the stage and launched into Unchained off Fair Warning before revisiting their 1978 self-titled debut with Runnin' With the Devil. Other early highlights included Everybody Wants Some!! and Somebody Get Me a Doctor.

Things started lagging in the energy department about 40 minutes in with the new China Town, Oh, Pretty Woman, a drum solo and the Kinks' You Really Got Me, but things picked up again with Dance the Night Away, I'll Wait and Hot for Teacher, which had Roth working up a huge sweat while dancing around the stage.

In one of the show's strangest bits, Roth stood alone on stage plucking an acoustic guitar while talking about his sheep-herding dogs while videos of them played behind him.

"I love dogs! Is anybody with me here?" he asked before introducing everyone to his pets — including one from Manitoba — and talking about his hobby and his vehicles.

"I own three pickup trucks. There are no other cars in the garage."

The story led into a full-throttle version of Ice Cream Man followed by the party anthem Panama before Eddie was left alone for his nearly 10-minute solo and the guitar god showed he is still a master by playing clean, distorted, making weird noises by messing with the volume knob, tapping and climaxing with Eruption, arguably one of the best known guitar solos in rock 'n' roll.

The strong finish concluded with Ain't Talking 'Bout Love and Jump. During the final song Roth didn't do any jumping, but spun a microphone stand around like a baton before confetti shot into the air.

In an odd bit of counter-programming, Kool & the Gang were hand-picked by Roth to open the show and treated a sparse crowd to a 50-minute set of funk, R&B, disco and pop.

The 10-piece group has been together in various incarnations since the mid 1960s and are still led by brothers Robert "Kool" Bell on bass and Ronald Bell on saxophone. It took about half the set for the crowd to get into it, but the people who were there were treated to a tight, energetic set by a hard-working band that played nothing but hits, including Hollywood Swinging, Jungle Boogie, Get Down On It, Ladies Night and the wedding/social staple Celebration, which had some people dancing in their seats and singing along.

Some Guy wrote on Apr 17^th, 2012 at 11:17pm:

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http://ultimateclassicrock.com/van-halen-postpone-2012-tour/

Jamie McCarthy, Getty Images

Van Halen have postponed over 30 dates on their 2012 North American tour, beginning with their show scheduled for July 7 at Uncasville, Ct. and ending with their planned Sept. 25 performance in Milwaukee.

No reason or official statement has been given for these postponements, nor is there any word on when the rescheduled dates might be announced. The timing seems odd, as the band announced earlier this week they were extending the tour with eight new shows.

A press release from the EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, where the band was scheduled to perform in September simply reads: “The Van Halen show at EnergySolutions Arena Tuesday, September 4th has been temporarily postponed. Future dates to be announced.”

The band will apparently still be performing throughout May and June, with their next show scheduled for Saturday, May 19 in St. Paul, Minn, followed by 13 more dates culminating on June 26 in New Orleans. A complete schedule of both postponed and still-scheduled Van Halen concerts follows below.

Van Halen 2012 Tour Schedule:

5/19 — St. Paul, Minn., Xcel Energy Center
5/22 — Kansas City, Mo., Sprint Center
5/24 — Denver, Colo., Pepsi Center
5/27 — Las Vegas, Nev., MGM Grand Garden Arena
6/1 — Los Angeles, Calif., Staples Center
6/3 — Oakland, Calif., Oracle Arena
6/5 — San Jose, Calif., HP Pavilion
6/12 — Anaheim, Calif, Honda Center
6/14 — San Diego, Calif – Viejas Arena
6/16 — Phoenix, Ariz., US Airways Center
6/20 — Dallas, Texas, American Airlines Center
6/22 — San Antonio, Texas, AT&T Center
6/24 — Houston, Texas, Toyota Center
6/26 — New Orleans, La., New Orleans Arena

Postponed dates:
7/7 — Uncasville, Ct., Mohegan Sun Arena
7/9 — Hampton, Va., Hampton Coliseum
7/11 — Philadelphia, Pa., Wells Fargo Center
7/13 — East Rutherford, N.J., Izod Center
7/15 — Baltimore, Md., 1st Mariner Arena
7/17 — Rochester N.Y., Blue Cross Arena
7/19 — Detroit, Mich., Joe Louis Arena
7/21 — London, Ontario, John Labatt Centre
7/24 — Toledo, Ohio, Huntington Center
7/26 — Grand Rapids, Mich., Van Andel Arena
7/28 — Cleveland, Ohio, Quicken Loans Arena
7/31 — Fort Wayne, Ind., Allen County Memorial Coliseum
8/2 — Columbus, Ohio, Schottenstein Center
8/4 — Knoxville, Tenn., Thompson-Boiling Arena
8/6 — Memphis, Tenn., FedEx Forum
8/8 — Birmingham, Ala., BJCC Arena
8/10 — Greenville, S.C., BI-LO Center
8/12 — Cincinnati, Ohio, US Bank Arena
8/21 — Spokane, Wash., Spokane Arena
8/23 — Portland, Ore., Rose Garden
8/25 — Sacramento, Calif.,Power Balance Pavilion
8/28 — Fresno, Calif., Save Mart Center
8/30 — Reno, Nev., Reno Events Center
9/4 – Salt Lake City, Utah — EnergySolutions Arena
9/8 — Albuquerque, N.M., Tingley Coliseum
9/11 — El Paso, Texas, Don Haskins Center
9/13 — Austin, Texas, Frank Erwin Center
9/15 — Oklahoma City, Okla., Chesapeake Energy Arena
9/17 — Wichita, Kan. – Intrust Bank Arena
9/21 — Moline, Ill., Iwireless Center
9/25 — Milwaukee, Wis., Bradley Center

Bitch wrote on May 17^th, 2012 at 9:07pm:

The lp is doing great business, the shows have been selling.  Just need a reason for the cancellation.
Maybe Mama VH found Wolfie has a groupie biz on the side...

File this under Stay Frosty

http://www.vhnd.com/


Van Halen Getting Along Fine, Taking a Break, And Planning to Extend Tour!
MAY 18, 2012 / 49 COMMENTS

Just when we all were beginning to think we were going to get a killer Van Halen album and an entire tour without any drama whatsoever, look what happens!
Yesterday, Van Halen POSTPONED (not canceled!) most of their Summer tour dates with no reason given. Immediately, speculation ran wild. Fans wondered if there were health issues. Rolling Stone quotes a mysterious “source with knowledge of the tour” who supposedly said the band members “hate each other” and are “arguing like mad.”
The Van Halen News Desk now has some answers form our trusted and proven sources. Other than those Summer dates having to be moved, it’s actually good news.
First off, no one in the band is sick. No health problems.
Second, we knew right away that Rolling Stone’s “source” is completely wrong, and can not possibly be a person with actual inside knowledge of the tour, because all four band members have been getting along splendidly throughout the entire tour. Roth and the Van Halen’s talk every day, and they are all smiles on stage. Everyone who’s seen the tour or even youtube videos can confirm that.
In fact, the band is on such a high from playing together this year and they were really taken aback by the Rolling Stone quote. They’re older and wiser and haven’t had any issues with one another.
Why were these dates postponed? The band has been working tirelessly for the last 18 months – writing and recording “A Different Kind Of Truth”, filming the “Tattoo” video, rehearsing, putting together the show themselves (lighting, the videos, the stage, routing the tour, and lots of behind the scenes stuff that most people don’t even know about). The band wants the second leg to be as awesome as the first. And for that to happen they want to put more time into the planning of it. Not just continue on with the same show.
Van Halen is very enthusiastic about the rest of the tour and wants be on the road for a long time. Just how long remains to be seen, but we’ll say that the tour will probably continue into next year. They are now considering touring Australia and Japan in the near future.
As it stands now, the 31 postponed US shows are due to be rescheduled. There should be some sort of official announcement forthcoming.

sweetcharmedlife wrote on May 19^th, 2012 at 1:00pm:



Sammy Hagar is an insufferable turd.

god wrote on May 19^th, 2012 at 5:35pm:

AMEN TO THAT..
THE BROTHERS MAY BE JACK ASSES BUT THEY BLOW DOORS !\
SAM BLOWS DOG.

"SAM THROWS A PARTY, I AM THE PARTY!" DLR

"  .............. now look at all of the people here tonight. "


It is over  .......................... literally !!!!!!!!





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JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJACKY !!!!!!

Joey wrote on May 20^th, 2012 at 8:24pm:


JOEY, DOES'NT THE MANURE PIT NEED TENDING?




GET TO STEPPIN !