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VAN HALEN, one of the most important and influential rock bands of all time, announced their return to the live stage with an extraordinary 2012 North American tour. The announcement was made during a once-in-a-lifetime performance, at the intimate Caf\u00e9 Wha? in New York City on January 5th. <\/p>\n
Known around the world for some of the most iconic live performances in music history, the legendary rock band will begin their tour on February 18th. KOOL & THE GANG will join Van Halen for select tour dates. Tickets for the Live Nation-promoted tour go on sale beginning January 14th at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com.<\/p>\n
In addition, Van Halen confirmed their new album, A Different Kind Of Truth, will be released in North America by Interscope Records on February 7th. The first single from the album, ‘Tattoo’, and its accompanying video will be debut simultaneously on Tuesday, January 10th, with album pre-orders starting that day. A Different Kind Of Truth is Van Halen\u2019s first original studio album with singer David Lee Roth since the band\u2019s classic multi-platinum album 1984.<\/p>\n
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<\/center>Van Halen was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in March of 2007.<\/p>\n
VIP\u00a0Packages\u00a0will also be available through VIP Nation, including premium seats, exclusive merchandise and more. For more information please visit: www.VIPNation.com.\u00a0Here’s their touring schedule:<\/p>\n
VAN HALEN 2012 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:<\/strong><\/p>\n 2\/18 \u2013 Louisville, KY | KFC Yum! Center VAN HALEN, one of the most important and influential rock bands of all time, announced their return to the live stage with an extraordinary 2012 North American tour. The announcement was made during a once-in-a-lifetime performance, at the intimate Caf\u00e9 Wha? in New York City on January 5th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1674"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3216,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674\/revisions\/3216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2\/20 \u2013 Detroit, MI | The Palace of Auburn Hills
\n2\/22 \u2013 Indianapolis, IN | Bankers Life Fieldhouse
\n2\/24 \u2013 Chicago, IL | United Center
\n2\/28 \u2013 New York, NY | Madison Square Garden
\n3\/1 \u2013 New York, NY | Madison Square Garden
\n3\/3 \u2013 Uncasville, CT | Mohegan Sun Arena
\n3\/5 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA | Wells Fargo Center
\n3\/9 \u2013 Buffalo, NY | First Niagara Center
\n3\/11 \u2013 Boston, MA | TD Garden
\n3\/15 \u2013 Montreal, QC | Bell Centre
\n3\/17 \u2013 Toronto, ON | Air Canada Centre
\n3\/21 \u2013 Ottawa, ON | Scotiabank Place
\n3\/24 \u2013 Atlantic City, NJ | Boardwalk Hall
\n3\/28 \u2013 Washington, DC | Verizon Center
\n3\/30\u00a0 \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA | Consol Energy Center
\n4\/1 \u2013 Rosemont, IL | Allstate Arena
\n4\/10 \u2013 Fort Lauderdale, FL | BankAtlantic Center
\n4\/12 \u2013 Tampa, FL | St. Pete Times Forum
\n4\/14 \u2013 Orlando, FL | Amway Arena
\n4\/16 \u2013 Jacksonville, FL | Jacksonville Arena
\n4\/19 \u2013 Atlanta, GA | Philips Arena
\n4\/21 \u2013 Greensboro, NC | Greensboro Coliseum
\n4\/25 \u2013 Charlotte, NC | Time Warner Cable Arena
\n4\/27 \u2013 Nashville, TN | Bridgestone Arena
\n5\/1 \u2013 Tulsa, OK | BOK Center
\n5\/5 \u2013 Tacoma, WA | Tacoma Dome
\n5\/7 \u2013 Vancouver, BC | Rogers Arena
\n5\/9 \u2013 Calgary, AB | Scotiabank Saddledome
\n5\/11 \u2013 Edmonton, AB | Rexall Place
\n5\/17 \u2013 Winnipeg, MB | MTS Centre
\n5\/19 \u2013 St. Paul, MN | Xcel Energy Center
\n5\/22 \u2013 Kansas City, MO | Sprint Center
\n5\/24 \u2013 Denver, CO | Pepsi Center
\n5\/27 \u2013 Las Vegas, NV | MGM Grand Garden Arena
\n6\/1 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA | STAPLES Center
\n6\/3 \u2013 Oakland, CA | Oracle Arena
\n6\/5 \u2013 San Jose, CA | HP Pavilion
\n6\/12 \u2013 Anaheim, CA | Honda Center
\n6\/14 \u2013 San Diego, CA | Viejas Arena
\n6\/16 \u2013 Phoenix, AZ | US Airways Center
\n6\/20 \u2013 Dallas, TX | American Airlines Center
\n6\/22 \u2013 San Antonio, TX | AT&T Center
\n6\/24 \u2013 Houston, TX | Toyota Center
\n6\/26 \u2013 New Orleans, LA | New Orleans Arena<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"