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NASHVILLE (Billboard) - 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.
Reuters/Billboard
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I'm usually all for Van Halen in whatever guise but it just isn't the same without Mike on bass, mainly because according to a recent interview he gave (I'll try to find it and post a link to it) he said that neither Ed nor Al had told him why his services were no longer required, however if he got the call to re-join the band he would do it in an instant. Weird.
Interesting to see how Wolfy aims up on vocals, wonder if his voice has broken yet.
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.
Reuters/Billboard
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070807/en_nm/vanhalen_dc
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I'm usually all for Van Halen in whatever guise but it just isn't the same without Mike on bass, mainly because according to a recent interview he gave (I'll try to find it and post a link to it) he said that neither Ed nor Al had told him why his services were no longer required, however if he got the call to re-join the band he would do it in an instant. Weird.
Interesting to see how Wolfy aims up on vocals, wonder if his voice has broken yet.
