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Van Halen Tour 2015

Sunday July 5, Seattle, WA, White River Amphitheatre
Tuesday July 7, Portland, OR, Amphitheater Northwest
Thursday July 9, Concord, CA, Concord Pavilion
Saturday July 11, San Bernardino, CA, San Manuel Amphitheater
Tuesday July 14, Irvine, CA, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Thursday July 16, Mountain View, CA, Shoreline Amphitheatre
Saturday July 18, Salt Lake City, UT, USANA Amphitheatre
Monday July 20, Morrison, CO, Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Wednesday July 22, Kansas City, MO, Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
Friday July 24, Chicago, IL, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Sunday July 26, St. Louis, MO, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Tuesday July 28, Pittsburgh, PA, First Niagra Pavilion
Thursday July 30, Bangor, ME, Darling's Waterfront Pavilion
Saturday August 1, Boston, MA, Xfinity Center
Monday August 3, Cleveland, OH, Blossom Music Center
Wednesday August 5, London, ON, Western Fair District
Friday August 7, Toronto, ON, Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Sunday August 9, Holmdel, NJ, PNC Bank Arts Center
Tuesday August 11, Hartford, CT, Xfinity Center
Thursday August 13, Wantagh, NY, Nikon At Jones Beach Theater
Sunday August 23, Hershey, PA, Hershey Park
Tuesday August 25, Darien, NY, Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Thursday August 27, Camden, NJ, Susquehanna Bank Center
Saturday August 29, Washington DC, Jiffy Lube Live
Monday August 31, Cincinnati, OH, Riverbend Music Center
Wednesday September 2, Indianapolis, IN, Klipsch Amphitheatre
Friday September 4, Detroit, MI, DTE Energy Music Theater
Sunday September 6, Bethel, NY, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Wednesday September 9, Raleigh, NC, Walnut Creek Amphitheater
Friday September 11, Charlotte, NC, PNC Music Pavilion
Sunday September 13, Tampa, FL, MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Tuesday September 15, West Palm Beach, FL, Coral Sky Amphitheatre
Thursday September 17, Birmingham, AL, Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
Monday September 21, Austin, TX, Austin360 Amphitheater
Wednesday September 23, Dallas, TX, Gexa Energy Pavilion
Friday September 25, Houston, TX, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Monday September 28, Phoenix, AZ, Ak-Chin Pavilion
Wednesday September 30, San Diego, CA, Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Friday October 2, Hollywood, CA, Hollywood Bowl



In addition, Van Halen released its official second live album today "Van Halen Live Tokyo Dome" It was recorded on the last tour at the Tokyo Dome in Japan on June 21, 2013.

Van Halen's first live album came out in 1993 and featured songs primarily from the albums recorded with lead Singer Sammy Hagar. This live album features all material recorded with David Lee Roth. So its actually Van Halen's first official live album with David Lee Roth as the singer.
 
MrPryck2U said:
Hey wolfie, I challenge you to post something that DOESN'T have to do with Van Halen.
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How do you know wolf isn't Wolf Van halen??

At any rate, I plan to hit the Mansfield show. Dave was never a great singer. Doesn't matter who is singing, I'll go see Eddie play any chance I can.
 
Hewson said:
How do you know wolf isn't Wolf Van halen??

At any rate, I plan to hit the Mansfield show. Dave was never a great singer. Doesn't matter who is singing, I'll go see Eddie play any chance I can.
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Wolfgang would have the decency to have an avatar. :lol:


Saw VH 3 times with Sammy. All great shows. Saw DLR in 91 for his A Little Was Too Much Tour. He flat out sucked and I actually dug his 86-91 solo stuff.
 
MrPryck2U said:
Wolfgang would have the decency to have an avatar. :lol:


Saw VH 3 times with Sammy. All great shows. Saw DLR in 91 for his A Little Was Too Much Tour. He flat out sucked and I actually dug his 86-91 solo stuff.
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One of the worst shows I ever saw was DLR solo, March 1994 at Avalon in Boston. Club show, thought it would be great to see him in a small place. Steve Vai was long gone as was Billy Sheehan....he introduced the guitarist as someone he "went to junuior high with and this is his first time on tour"...we could tell. They didn't play Yankee Rose, arguably Roth's biggest solo hit, and I can only assume it was cause the dude had no shot of playing it. Band was awful, Dave was in poor voice.
Saw him again in 2002 on the Hagar/Roth tour, he was much better and his band was great, had the guitarist from The Atomic Punks with him, an LA VH cover band, that dude can play.
Interestingly enough Gary Cherone joined Sammy for a few numbers that night, so every member of Van Halen not named "Van Halen" graced the stage that night (Michael Anthony played with Sammy for about half his set). Cherone was by far the best singer of the 3.

I've seen VH with all 3 singers, the material with Roth is much better than any other era, so his lack of vocal ability gets enough of a pass to be able to hear Eddie playing his best stuff.
 
Hewson said:
One of the worst shows I ever saw was DLR solo, March 1994 at Avalon in Boston. Club show, thought it would be great to see him in a small place. Steve Vai was long gone as was Billy Sheehan....he introduced the guitarist as someone he "went to junuior high with and this is his first time on tour"...we could tell. They didn't play Yankee Rose, arguably Roth's biggest solo hit, and I can only assume it was cause the dude had no shot of playing it. Band was awful, Dave was in poor voice.
Saw him again in 2002 on the Hagar/Roth tour, he was much better and his band was great, had the guitarist from The Atomic Punks with him, an LA VH cover band, that dude can play.
Interestingly enough Gary Cherone joined Sammy for a few numbers that night, so every member of Van Halen not named "Van Halen" graced the stage that night (Michael Anthony played with Sammy for about half his set). Cherone was by far the best singer of the 3.

I've seen VH with all 3 singers, the material with Roth is much better than any other era, so his lack of vocal ability gets enough of a pass to be able to hear Eddie playing his best stuff.
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Gary was the best singer. Sammy was the best musician. Dave was the best frontman. Dave doesn't sing. He just speaks the words. EVH is one of the best guitarists of all time.
 
RaisedByWolves said:
Nice sarcasm lazarus. Did you not get along with the Van Halen family when you rented an apartment over their garage?
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Lazzy wasn't being sarcastic. He shoots straight from the hip. Just like Gene Simmons. :wink: Roth did sound terrible, but the Van Halen men behind him kicked ass. If one can tolerate Roth's performance, they're good to go. EVH and AVH did have their years where they were being assholes, but I would say that time has passed. Of course, I'd love to see Sammy back with them, but the old old school fans want DLR.
 
Considering going to the Cincinnati show. Man, I don't know though, DLR is bloody awful! But EVH is so damned good! I'll probably just go, cross another band off the bucket list, and have a good time in the process!
 
The_acrobat said:
Considering going to the Cincinnati show. Man, I don't know though, DLR is bloody awful! But EVH is so damned good! I'll probably just go, cross another band off the bucket list, and have a good time in the process!
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DLR is not that bad at all, plus he is funny. Most singers do struggle a little more live than they do in the studio. Think about it, is there any other singer you would rather hear singing Jump, Panama, Ain't Talking About Love, Hear About It Later than DLR?
 
wolf said:
DLR is not that bad at all, plus he is funny. Most singers do struggle a little more live than they do in the studio. Think about it, is there any other singer you would rather hear singing Jump, Panama, Ain't Talking About Love, Hear About It Later than DLR?
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Gary Cherone would do a way better job, but that ship has long sailed. :wink: As far as Dave's singing goes, well he is pretty funny. There's hyperbole and then there's the truth. Dave can't sing (anymore). I discovered that a long time ago. But his bread and butter is with the Van Halen family. It's pointless for him to tour as a solo act because EVH is the best guitarist for him to perform with if he's gonna do VH songs.
 
I'd see Van Halen with anyone singing, even Leo or that weird 7 yr old kid from the Song For Someone youtube video as long as Eddie is on top of his game, and since he got sober, he has been playing as well as he ever has. Roth being there assures that the best, most rocking material will be played (and unfortunately Jump). Dave was never a great vocalist, and he has deteriorated over the years, but the backing vocals help him out and its still a great show. Seen 4 shows ( 2 each tour) since he got back with them and they've all been great.
 
I don't mean to dog DLR. I'm happy that he's together with Van Halen. I've been a fan of theirs since I was ten and they were a big part of my childhood.
 
Hewson said:
I'd see Van Halen with anyone singing, even Leo or that weird 7 yr old kid from the Song For Someone youtube video as long as Eddie is on top of his game, and since he got sober, he has been playing as well as he ever has. Roth being there assures that the best, most rocking material will be played (and unfortunately Jump). Dave was never a great vocalist, and he has deteriorated over the years, but the backing vocals help him out and its still a great show. Seen 4 shows ( 2 each tour) since he got back with them and they've all been great.
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Eddie was a bit of a train wreck (missing notes, etc) when I saw them (twice). He looks better now. The arena sound mix was bad too. The outdoor sound seems better - I may go again.
 
I went back and listened to a few 1980-84 bootlegs, DLR wasn't singing too much better than he is now. If the internet had been around back then they may not have made it psst the first tour. Having said that, the singer for the Atomic Punks (a local DLR-era tribute band) is a better DLR than DLR ever was, and looks like him too.
 
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