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Van Halen Postpone 31 Concert Dates

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Van Halen have postponed 31 dates on their 2012 North American tour. The postponed shows were to run from July 7 in Uncasville, CT through Sept. 25 in Milwaukee, WI.

No official reason has been given for the postponements, and there’s no word yet on when the rescheduled dates will be announced.

(Note that these dates have been POSTPONED, not canceled. Several shows on Van Halen’s 2007-2008 were postponed as well, and all were ultimately rescheduled.)

The band has 13 upcoming shows which will go on as scheduled:

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

The 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

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Either someone is sick or they can not stand one another or ticket sales have been slow.
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Or the opportunity of a Summer package tour came up ? :? :? :? :?
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I think they screwed up with the promotion of the album. A comeback album with Diamond Dave should've been MUCH bigger. But I hardly saw any promotion for it. Not in record stores or online. There were commercials on That Metal Show on VH1-Classics channel...but that was mostly shots of the Tattoo video which was a problem IMO.

I really didn't like the Tattoo song the first time I heard it. It grew on me over a few listens and now I really dig it. It's far from their best work, but it's a solid song. It was just a bad choice for the single. At best, that was a third single if the album was huge success. I've spoken with a few people and they disliked Tattoo right out of the gate and therefore never gave the album a chance. And the video for Tattoo is SO boring. It does absolutely nothing for me.

Personally, I think they should've used STAY FROSTY as the lead single and done an old fashioned VH/Diamond Dave, over-the-top concept video with lots of humor, sexy ladies in skimpy outfits and Dave in some crazy disguise playing a character.
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the video was awful and cheap too. They missed a real opportunity in my opinion. So you think its cancelled due to bad sales?
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I think that's probably what it is. Eddie is supposedly off the sauce. Alex is supposedly healthy again. It's either low sales or they hate eachother...and I think if it was that they hate eachother that Eddie would just take his toys and go home. Not just postpone.
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It's hard to imagine van Halen with dlr not being able to sell out . Maybe this is why kiss snd Crue had to get together.
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Van Halen Getting Along Fine, Taking a Break, And Planning to Extend Tour!
May 18, 2012
(via Van Halen News Desk)
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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.
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Australia, yay!!!!
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I suppose they are old and need to pace themselves.
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Dino- I honestly believe what you just said, coupled with not wanting to compete for summer ticket sales with other tours.
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Makes you realize that kiss are real troopers doing those busy schedule tours at their age. I know the regular guy has to go to.work 9 to 5 at their age so I don't have huge sympathy but still tours can be pretty tough .
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That is, if you really buy the story or if, in 3 years, we'll hear the true story. (The same way KISS always says everything is peachy and then later reveals everybody hated everybody or didn't actually play on albums.)
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Van Halen has always been pretty blunt.

This is what DLR has to say :
http://www.vhnd.com/2012/05/20/public-r ... qus_thread
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