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.
They’re currently set to play 13 more shows:
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 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 pulled 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 Coliseum
8/2: Columbus, Ohio, Schottenstein Center
8/4: Knoxville, Tenn., Thompson 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, Ca.,Power Balance Pavilion
8/28: Fresno, Calif., Save Mart Center
8/30: Reno, Nev., Reno Events Center
8/4: Salt Lake, Utah EnergySolutions Arena
8/8: Albuquerque, N.M., Tingley Coliseum
8/11: El Paso, Texas, Don Haskins Center
8/13: Austin, Texas, Frank Erwin Center
8/15: Oklahoma City, Okla., Chesapeake Arena
8/17: Wichita, Kan. Intrust Arena
8/21: Moline, Ill., Iwireless Center
8/25: Milwaukee, Wis., Bradley Center
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