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Van Halen finishes rehearsals, gears up for still-growing tour
With their final dress rehearsal behind them, the members of Van Halen are on the verge of launching a summer tour that continues to grow.
On Thursday (6/3), the group added to its itinerary stops in Louisville, KY; Green Bay, WI; Biloxi, MS; Atlanta; and Cincinnati. Tickets for the Louisville stop hit the box office on Saturday (6/5), while tickets for the Green Bay show go on sale June 12. On-sale dates for the remaining new stops have not been announced.
The run, which is Van Halen’s first with singer Sammy Hagar since the mid ’90s, kicks off in Greensboro, NC, on June 11, and dates are stacked up into late September. Tickets for all of the shows announced prior to Thursday (6/3) are already on sale.
On Tuesday (6/1), Van Halen held its final dress rehearsal at a closed soundstage in Southern California. Pictures from the event, as well as the setlist and additional details, are posted at the Van Halen News Desk fan website.
Among the songs that the group reportedly performed during the rehearsal were three new tracks that will appear on “The Best of Both Worlds,” a two-disc hits compilation due out on July 20. One of the three new cuts, titled “It’s About Time,” hit radio stations last month, and debuted at No. 10 on trade publication Radio & Records’ latest rock chart.
Hagar, who split with Van Halen on bad terms in 1996, told reporters last month that his return to the group doesn’t feel like a reunion.
“It’s really funny, ’cause a reunion would have maybe been pressure, but, for some reason, the second we got together, it felt like a continuation,” he said. “It did not feel like we had to reinvent anything or out-do anything. It just was so there.”