August 10, 2007 -- Halen officially announces the group's big reunion Monday, and promoters are keeping their fingers crossed that habitually warring Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth can remain civil to each other long enough to complete a 50-show tour. Journalists at the press conference at the Four Seasons in L.A. will no doubt be studying the body language of Eddie and Diamond Dave, as well as band members Alex and Wolfgang Van Halen (Eddie's teenage son, who replaces Michael Anthony). While promoter Live Nation has not announced New York dates, The Post's Dan Aquilante expects the band here in early October, when it will still be warm enough for a Giants Stadium gig. The tour was set to start last spring, but then Eddie checked himself into rehab for alcohol abuse. When the feud was at its angriest years ago, Roth was replaced by Sammy Hagar. If the reformed band survives without eruptions, they could earn as much as $70 million on the U.S. leg alone.
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