Van Halen Returns To The Road

Dates are here for Van Halen’s first North American tour since 2012. The trek is made up of nearly 40 shows, starting with a July 5 gig at White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Wash.

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Staples Center, Los Angeles, Calif.

Before the tour officially kicks off, Van Halen will make its first U.S. television appearance with original lead singer David Lee Roth. The March 30 performance on Hollywood Boulevard will be broadcast over two nights, March 30-31, on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” The setlist will be made up of tunes featured on Tokyo Dome Live In Concert.

Van Halen’s first-ever live album featuring Roth is due out March 31. Featuring songs from all seven of the band’s albums with Roth, Tokyo Dome Live In Concert was recorded June 21, 2013. The live album will be available digitally, as a double CD and as a four-LP set on 180-gram vinyl. Pre-orders come with instant downloads of “Panama,” “Runnin’ With The Devil,” “Jump” and “Hot For Teacher.”

March 31 is also the day to get your hands on remastered versions of Van Halen’s 1978 debut and its 1984 release, appropriately titled 1984. Remastered versions of Diver Down, Women and Children First, Van Halen II, and Fair Warning are due out later this spring.

Here’s the plan for the tour, featuring special guest Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

July 5 – Auburn, Wash., White River Amphitheatre
July 7 – Ridgefield, Wash., Amphitheater Northwest
July 9 – Concord, Calif., Concord Pavilion   
July 11 – San Bernardino, Calif., San Manuel Amphitheater
July 14 – Irvine, Calif., Verizon Wireless Amphitheater       
July 16 – Mountain View, Calif., Shoreline Amphitheatre   
July 18 – Salt Lake City, Utah, Usana Amphitheatre
July 20 – Morrison, Colo., Red Rocks Amphitheatre
July 22 – Bonner Springs, Kan., Cricket Wireless Amphitheater      
July 24 – Tinley Park, Ill., First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre          
July 26 – Maryland Heights, Mo., Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 28 – Burgettstown, Pa., First Niagara Pavilion  
July 30 – Bangor, Maine, Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion      
Aug. 1 – Mansfield, Mass., Xfinity Center   
Aug. 3 – Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Blossom Music Center   
Aug. 5 – London, Ontario, Western Fair Grandstand
Aug. 7 – Toronto, Ontario, Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Aug. 9 – Holmdel, N.J., PNC Bank Arts Center      
Aug. 11 – Hartford, Conn., Xfinity Theatre
Aug. 13 – Wantagh, N.Y., Nikon At Jones Beach Theater   
Aug. 23 – Hershey, Pa., Hersheypark Arena
Aug. 25 – Darien Center, N.Y., Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Aug. 27 – Camden, N.J., Susquehanna Bank Center            
Aug. 29 – Bristow, Va., Jiffy Lube Live       
Aug. 31 – Cincinnati, Ohio, Riverbend Music Center
Sept. 2 – Noblesville, Ind., Klipsch Music Center    
Sept. 4 – Clarkston, Mich., DTE Energy Music Theatre       
Sept. 6 – Bethel, N.Y., Bethel Woods Center For The Arts
Sept. 9 – Raleigh, N.C., Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
Sept. 11 – Charlotte, N.C., PNC Music Pavilion      
Sept. 13 – Tampa, Fla., MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre      
Sept. 15 – West Palm Beach, Fla., Coral Sky Amphitheatre
Sept. 17 – Pelham, Ala., Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
Sept. 21 – Austin, Texas, Austin360 Amphitheater  
Sept. 23 – Dallas, Texas, Gexa Energy Pavilion
Sept. 25 – The Woodlands, Texas, The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sept. 28 – Phoenix, Ariz., Ak-Chin Pavilion
Sept. 30 – Chula Vista, Calif., Sleep Train Amphitheatre     
Oct. 2 – Los Angeles, Calif., Hollywood Bowl

Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning April 4. Special presale information will be announced locally. Visit Van-Halen.com for more information.