Van Halen Announces North American Tour

The summer/fall North American tour is set to begin on July 5th in Seattle, and will run through October 2nd in Los Angeles.  Special guest on the tour will be blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd.  I love how Van Halen have an artist of a different style opening the tour, because when I saw them 3 years ago on the Different Kind Of Truth tour, the opening act was jazz/R&B/soul/funk legends Kool & The Gang and they're incredible.  2015 already has so many big tours happening this year, such as Rush's R40 tour, Scorpions/Queensryche tour, Def Leppard's summer tour, Slipknot's "Summer Last Stand" tour, and now the Van Halen tour has just been added.  Tickets will go on sale April 4th, with pre-sale information being announced locally.  The full list of tour dates can be seen below.  Which of the following shows are you going to?

Jul 05 - Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheatre
Jul 07 - Portland, OR - Northwest Amphitheatre
Jul 09 - Concord, CA - Concord Pavilion
Jul 11 - San Bernardino, CA - San Manuel Amphitheatre
Jul 14 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Jul 16 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
Jul 18 - Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amphitheatre
Jul 20 - Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Jul 22 - Kansas City, MO - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
Jul 24 - Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Jul 26 - St. Louis, MO - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Jul 28 - Pittsburgh, PA - First Niagara Pavilion
Jul 30 - Bangor, ME - Darling's Waterfront Pavilion
Aug 01 - Boston, MA - Xfinity Centre
Aug 03 - Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Centre
Aug 05 - London, ON - Western Fair District
Aug 07 - Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheatre
Aug 09 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Centre
Aug 11 - Hartford, CT - Xfinity Centre
Aug 13 - Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach Amphitheatre
Aug 23 - Hershey, PA - Hershey Park
Aug 25 - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Amphitheatre
Aug 27 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Centre
Aug 29 - Washington, DC - Jiffy Lube Live

Blog author:  Alex Stojanovic

Get ready to JUMP!  Van Halen have announced that they will be touring North America this summer.  The last time the band played a show was in July 2013, but the band hasn't done a full-scale tour since 2012.  In celebration of the tour, the band will perform a special show on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on March 30th, where they will be performing some of their classic hits, and the show will be broadcast over two nights on March 30th and 31st.  This also marks the band's first U.S. TV appearance with David Lee Roth.  On March 31st, Van Halen will also be releasing their new live album Tokyo Dome Live In Concert, which was recorded in June 2013 at the Tokyo Dome.

Aug 31 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Centre
Sep 02 - Indianapolis, IN - Klipsch Music Centre
Sep 04 - Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sep 06 - Bethel, NY - Bethel Woods Centre For The Arts
Sep 09 - Raleigh, NC - Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
Sep 11 - Charlotte, NC - PNC Music Pavilion
Sep 13 - Tampa, FL - MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Sep 15 - West Palm Beach, FL - Coral Sky Amphitheatre
Sep 17 - Birmingham, AL - Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
Sep 21 - Austin, TX - 360 Amphitheatre
Sep 23 - Dallas, TX - Gexa Energy Pavilion
Sep 25 - Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sep 28 - Phoenix, AZ - Ak-Chin Pavilion
Sep 30 - San Diego, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Oct 02 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl