VAN HALEN’S TOKYO DOME LIVE IN CONCERT AND REMASTERED VERSIONS OF VAN HALEN AND 1984 AVAILABLE NOW * * * * North American Tour to Launch July 5 with Tickets on Sale Beginning April 4 * * * VAN HALEN to Perform April 2 on ‘Ellen’ in First-Ever Daytime Television Appearance * *
In celebration of the release of the first-ever VAN HALEN live album with David Lee Roth, TOKYO DOME LIVE IN CONCERT, and to announce the band’s 2015 Summer/Fall North American Tour, VAN HALEN performed a special concert for Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, March 30, on Hollywood Boulevard, performing some of the band’s essential rock and roll classics. Portions of the concert aired last night on the late night talk show, with additional concert footage airing tonight. Jimmy Kimmel Live airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. / 10:35 p.m. Central time on ABC.
VAN HALEN is also appearing Thursday, April 2, on The Ellen Degeneres Show in the band’s first-ever daytime television performance. Ellen airs weekdays at 4 p.m. on NBC.
VAN HALEN is touring North America beginning July 5 in Seattle, Washington at the White River Amphitheatre, with concerts scheduled through October 2 in Los Angeles, California at the legendary Hollywood Bowl. Special guest Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band will support all dates along the tour. Tickets for the Live Nation-promoted tour go on sale beginning April 4 at www.ticketmaster.com and www.livenation.com with advanced tickets on sale to American Express® Cardmembers beginning today, March 31. A limited number of VIP Packages will also available and may include great tickets, sound check visit, exclusive merchandise & more. A complete list of tour dates can be found below.
The special Hollywood Boulevard concert featured some of the essential Van Halen tracks included on TOKYO DOME LIVE IN CONCERT, the first-ever live album to feature original singer David Lee Roth. Recorded on June 21, 2013 at the famed Tokyo Dome, TOKYO DOME LIVE IN CONCERT includes 23 songs spanning all seven of the band’s albums with Roth. It is being released as a double CD, four-LP set on 180-gram vinyl and digitally beginning today, March 31, 2015 in stores, online through Amazon and digitally at iTunes.
Also being released beginning today, March 31, are remastered versions of Van Halen and 1984, with remastered versions of Diver Down, Women and Children First, Van Halen II and Fair Warning due out soon. Each album has been cut straight from the quarter-inch tapes for CD, 180-gram vinyl and for the digital version by mastering engineer Chris Bellman, who remastered the original albums for Bernie Grundman Studios, Hollywood, CA.
Formed in Los Angeles in 1974, VAN HALEN changed the rock and roll landscape forever with the release of their self-titled, 1978 debut album and subsequently produced a repertoire of hits that remain some of the strongest and most influential rock songs ever written that fans will admire for decades to come. With more than 75 million albums sold worldwide, and more No. 1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart than any other artist, the band's record of achievement is hard to top. The eponymous debut album and 1984 were both certified Diamond, for U.S. sales in excess of 10 million, placing them on an elite short list of double RIAA-certified Diamond Award honorees. VAN HALEN was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
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VAN HALEN 2015 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR: All dates, cities and venues subject to change.
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 Niagara 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 Center, 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 Music Center Friday, September 4 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre 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 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl