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NASHVILLE - Van Halen will announce a 50-date American reunion tour with original singer David Lee Roth during a news conference in Hollywood next week, sources said.

The arena trek will begin in early October.

Roth, who split from the rock group in the mid-1980s in hopes of solo stardom, will reunite with co-founders Eddie Van Halen on guitar and brother Alex Van Halen on drums. Eddie’s teenage son Wolfgang will sub for Michael Anthony on bass.

A proposed summer amphitheater tour by the group never got off the ground, with Eddie Van Halen entering a rehabilitation facility for undisclosed reasons in March.

In the months since, the guitarist has been seen publicly looking healthy and fit.

Van Halen last toured in 2004, with Roth’s replacement, vocalist Sammy Hagar, grossing nearly $40 million, according to Billboard Boxscore.

I have seen Van Halen with Dave in concert, and with Sammy in concert. I think Dave is the showman, but Sammy has the better voice. I think the tour will be great, but I don't see them getting back into the studio together.

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Heh... If it actually happens... SWEEEEETTT!!!

From the live footage I've seen of Roth on youtube, we better hope that a) he isn't drunk and b) he remembers the lyrics. Otherwise, this sounds good.

If it happens, I will be in HEAVEN!

Soontir C'boath wrote:From the live footage I've seen of Roth on youtube, we better hope that a) he isn't drunk and b) he remembers the lyrics. Otherwise, this sounds good.

Dude, it sounds good if even with A and/or B!

Alex Moon wrote:

Soontir C'boath wrote:From the live footage I've seen of Roth on youtube, we better hope that a) he isn't drunk and b) he remembers the lyrics. Otherwise, this sounds good.

Dude, it sounds good if even with A and/or B!

This is terribly exciting. I hope they make a few stops up north (considering Calgary's population and the numbers of concerts in the past few years, I'm hopeful).

Whichever Roth shows up, Diamond Dave is better than Van Hagar and WAY FUCKING BETTER than Van Extreme.

havokeff wrote:Whichever Roth shows up, Diamond Dave is better than Van Hagar and WAY FUCKING BETTER than Van Extreme.

Exactly. Fuck Van Hagar. Who the hell needs TWO Journeys?

Here are the dates for the concerts in 2007.

Thu 09.27 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Bobcats Arena
Sat 09.29 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
Mon 10.01 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
Sun 10.07 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Wed 10.10 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
Sat 10.14 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Field House
Tue 10.16 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
Thu 10.18 Chicago, IL United Center
Mon 10.22 Auburn Hills, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
Wed 10.24 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
Fri 10.26 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
Sun 10.28 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
Tue 10.30 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
Sat 11.03 E. Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena
Tue 11.13 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Tue 11.20 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
Fri 11.23 Glendale, AZ Jobing.Com Arena
Sun 11.25 San Diego, CA Cox Arena
Tue 11.27 Sacramento, CA Arco Arena
Thu 11.29 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion at San Jose
Sat 12.01 Portland, OR Rose Garden
Mon 12.03 Seattle, WA Key Arena
Wed 12.05 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place
Sun 12.09 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
Tue 12.11 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome

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YT300000 Wrote

This is terribly exciting. I hope they make a few stops up north (considering Calgary's population and the numbers of concerts in the past few years, I'm hopeful).

YT300000, looks like you are in luck

After the North America Tour, they are plan to tour Asia and Australia.

I hope they can hold it together. I may have to hit tha San Jose show.

So much for them hitting my area at all.

Fucking hell, not one single Texas City.

Dammit, I was hoping for at least one Upstate NY stop too.

You guys should all come to Cali and we'll catch 'em in LA or San Jose.

Then...TO THE GOOMBAMOBILE!

Haha I wonder what would take longer, another band split, or my Civic to get out to LA?

I'll wait for reactions from the first concert dates. I somehow doubt Roth has any of his former chops, vocal or otherwise.

Eddie and David Lee Roth getting along long enough for a tour? Right. I'll believe it when they do it.

In Eddie's defense, David Lee Roth is probably THE single most annoying human to walk the Earth. He's like Gilbert Gottfried, Andy Dick, and Tom Green wrapped into one. I can't blame the guy.

Eh, Van Halen has always been good, but they sound pretty dated these days. Their albums are like the eighties incarnate.

General Deathdealer wrote:Tue 12.11 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome

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YT300000 Wrote

This is terribly exciting. I hope they make a few stops up north (considering Calgary's population and the numbers of concerts in the past few years, I'm hopeful).

YT300000, looks like you are in luck

After the North America Tour, they are plan to tour Asia and Australia.

I am so there.

Oooh, Toronto is their fourth stop. Hopefully they won't have already had their inevitable falling-out by then

Darth Wong wrote:Oooh, Toronto is their fourth stop. Hopefully they won't have already had their inevitable falling-out by then

They should be able to make four stops at least.

I'm 20th on the list and AFTER L.A.. I think the tour will be up the nose and down the hatch by then, but I have my fingers and toes crossed.

I just learned that tickets are going for $170 just for nosebleeders. There's no fucking chance in hell I'll shell out that kind of money to watch Diamond Dave sputter and flounder. Judas Priest had the consideration to charge a decent $60 for their reunion.

Everybody make them feel really special and maybe they'll do a few dates down here... Please?