IT'S ABOUT TIME
After years of speculation about a Van Halen reunion tour, the rumors have finally been put to rest as Van Halen has officially announced 28 upcoming concert dates across the United States this summer on their website www.van-halen.com. A new publicity photo on the site featuring Sammy Hagar with Michael Anthony, Eddie and Alex Van Halen confirms that the band has chosen Hagar over other former frontmen Diamond David Lee Roth and Gary Cherone. Hagar appeared on the Howard Stern show today and further confirmed the tour rumors and said that the bad blood between him and the Van Halen brothers is over and he is enthusiastic about being chosen to be back in the band. According to Hagar, none of the songs that the band originally wrote and performed while David Lee Roth was in the band will be performed on the tour.
There has been no official word as to any future recording plans for the newly reformed Van Hagar lineup. Warner Bros. Records will be releasing "It's About Time," a newly recorded Van Halen track featuring Hagar from the upcoming, best of Van Halen album scheduled for release this June.