David Lee Roth's Final Tour Schedule 2021/2022

[ELVIS]

I'm not so sure about that...

Dave said on The Roth Show (and I'm paraphrasing) that he heard the same things that we had heard...

[Terry]

Why not? I thought Dave sounded great towards the end of his opening for Kiss last year. He blew those clowns away night after night and Al Estrada was really good too, probably the most Edward like of any of Dave's guitar players. What else is there? Dave is the face of Van Halen (like he himself said) from here on out...

It's just a totally subjective thing.

For me, back as far as 2012, Dave just wasn't cutting it for me live anymore in terms of fronting the Van Halen material, and since 2012 he has sounded progressively worse. That may well not be what others are hearing, re: subjective. It's not my place to say that others are incorrect in what they're hearing, the flip-side of that coin being that what I'm hearing isn't gonna be changed by what others are hearing. And taking in the allowances for age, the passing of Ed and the fact that Dave is (at least) still actually singing live rather than miming to pre-recorded tapes...none of that makes the result sound any better to me, regardless of how competent Dave's live backing group is on an instrumental level.

Dave IS the face AND the voice of Van Halen. Agreed 100%. What else is there? With the passing of Ed, Dave is the last man standing in terms of carrying CVH forward in terms of live appearances. However, even of Dave's vocal approach sounded passable to me...between the multiple solo appearances I've seen since 1999 and the 2 Van Halen Mach 4 shows I saw...I've had my fill of The Classic Van Halen Experience Featuring David Lee Roth: I got out of all those shows what I wanted to get out of them in terms of hearing the CVH material live again. EVen if had, say, the CVH lineup managed to reunite for the proposed tour in 2019, it's doubtful I would have been willing to shell out what would have doubtless been premium prices to see that reunion at that point, as excited as I was over that prospect in 1996.

I DO like what I've heard in terms of the solo studio stuff of Dave's that has made it on to the interwebs over the last half decade. I'd like to hear more of that, for fucking sure. Dave live in 2021 and beyond, singing CVH's greatest hits and coming up short? Nope.

[ZahZoo]

I got the impression Dave knew things serious enough to prevent touring/performing were happening... that may have just come through management channels without any personal details disclosed.

Based on the responses Wolfgang has provided... it doesn't appear David was in any way in touch within the family circle dealing with Edward's final months on earth.

As E mentioned... he learned of all this as we did.

[Seshmeister]

KI$$ were doing a complete Milli Vanilli so shouldn't be compared to Dave.

Also the miming done by those acts contributes to the criticism people actually performing live are getting.

Ok sorry I'm sounding like a broken record on this now...

[ZahZoo]

KI$$ were doing a complete Milli Vanilli so shouldn't be compared to Dave.

Also the miming done by those acts contributes to the criticism people actually performing live are getting.

Ok sorry I'm sounding like a broken record on this now...

Hey... appreciate that fact you're old enough to have experienced a "broken record" in real life.

Several years ago I was going through a box of my old albums from the 70's/80's and fixed my turntable and gave a few a spin. It's amazing the memories that flowed back and the pops, hisses and a skip you've heard hundreds of times 30-40 years ago were just a familiar as the song playing...

[ppg960]

Pretty cool. I always forget Dave can really play guitar. But then again his guitarist in VH was the best and likely showed him a trick or two

[ZahZoo]

Visited Dave's website and it's not showing any tour information presently.

Not sure if his opening deal with KI$$ in 2021 is off or what the deal is... Stay tuned.

[Never was]

Visited Dave's website and it's not showing any tour information presently.

Not sure if his opening deal with KI$$ in 2021 is off or what the deal is... Stay tuned.

Vegas is canceled but he is indeed on the US Kiss dates

[ZahZoo]

Couldn't find anything mentioning Roth on the Ki$$ sites... but if you go here:

https://davidleeroth.com/tour/

It does list shows with tickets available beginning Aug 18.

Dave needs to update his site as there's no links to the tour page I could find from his menu links... SMH.

[Never was]

Couldn't find anything mentioning Roth on the Ki$$ sites... but if you go here:

https://davidleeroth.com/tour/

It does list shows with tickets available beginning Aug 18.

Dave needs to update his site as there's no links to the tour page I could find from his menu links... SMH.

He seldom does things in a straight line so the bad website is not a surprise. There may be a separate Vegas residency in the back half of 22 but since schedules did not match for 21 made sense to cancel so existing ticket holders could get refunds.

[The Mighty STR]

I know not to expect 1980's DLR on stage, but it's STILL Roth... and I'll keep buying concert tix as long as he's willing to perform. I hope he's still on the KISS Tour in September. I certainly didn't buy tix to see fuckin' KISS!

[ZahZoo]

According to a twitter post... David Lee Roth will not be opening for Ki$$ when they resume touring this year.

https://twitter.com/jerass701/status...S9jo4K4mBrTQCs

[twonabomber]

Gene's worried about the missing tooth?

[mattynew]

Here's an answer from Gene Simmons:

Before the pandemic halted the tour, David Lee Roth was opening for Kiss. Now it’s the performance painter Garibaldi. So David is not back?
Not. But it bears noting that during Dave’s heyday, nobody did what he did. He was the ultimate frontman. Not Plant, not Rod Stewart, nobody. He took being a frontman way beyond anything. And then, I don’t know what happened to him… something. And you get modern-day Dave. I prefer to remember Elvis Presley in his prime. Sneering lips, back in Memphis, you know, doing all that. I don’t want to think of bloated naked Elvis on the bathroom floor.

The rest of the article is found here:
https://worldnewsera.com/news/entert...ng-a-pandemic/

[Seshmeister]

Wow talk about pot and kettle from the miming money grabber...

[ZahZoo]

Gene's just saying Dave got old... although all the face paint, hair dye and costumes can't hide his age either.

I'd say a 72 year old man in black tights and platform shoes isn't that far removed from bloated nekid Elvis on the floor... there ain't nobody that wants to see that shit...

[mattynew]

Just saw the Mansfield Ma concert that had DLR replaced by David Garibaldi. Garibaldi is a good artist - but art belongs in a museum not at a KISS concert. I will give Garibaldi credit - he did paint Eddy Van Halen to classic VH music. If I could post a pic here I’d share the painting. Bring back David Lee. Garibaldi not a good fit for a concert.

[Seshmeister]

Instead of playing KISS songs through the PA while those old guys shuffle around, why not just put on the artist and he can paint to their backing tapes?

[Seshmeister]

[mattynew]

Roth's response to Gene Simmons:

https://davidleeroth.com

Too Funny!

[Seshmeister]

In case there was any doubt about that the file is called FU.jpg

Putting it on the front page.

[nick500]

Roth's response to Gene Simmons:

https://davidleeroth.com

Too Funny!

Good on Dave.
One finger is worth a thousand words.

[mattynew]

Simmons apologizes to Dave:

https://apple.news/AkqQ9WB1nR7Sm_qfB9L3Niw

Speaking to Us Weekly, Simmons apologised for his remarks, saying: “I don’t mean to hurt people’s feelings, and every once in a while, diarrhoea of the mouth comes out.
“I read that quote, and somehow, the way they put it together, I think I said something like, ‘Nobody touched David in his prime. Not Robert Plant, not [Mick] Jagger. He was the king.’ Then somehow, there was a segue to, ‘Elvis, bloated on the ground, fat and naked,’ and ‘I don’t want to see that.’
“I wasn’t talking about David, but that doesn’t matter,” he continued. “What matters is I hurt David’s feelings, and that’s more important than the intent. So, I sincerely apologise for that. I didn’t mean to hurt his feelings. It reminds me of the guy that gets out of a truck and says, ‘Hey I’m sorry, buddy, I didn’t mean to run you over.’ Well, what the f***’s the difference? You’ve been run over.”

[ZahZoo]

Rare that you see celebrities respond to media instigated bullshit with sincerity... At least Gene appears to have owned it and showed respect. Rare...

[twonabomber]

DLR on New Year's Eve in Vegas, then January 1st, 5th, and 7th and 8th. On sale Saturday October 2nd

[rwc]

The silence is deafening from the army, but I'll be there for the last two shows.

Multiple sites are reporting that Alex will be on the kit. Maybe Mike will be on bass. I trust that Sammy stays home.
I'm thinking the last show has a few surprises - an Eat Em And Smile mini reunion would be very cool, Wolf might be there, and there could be a few other special guests (Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, John 5, etc).

DLR on New Year's Eve in Vegas, then January 1st, 5th, and 7th and 8th. On sale Saturday October 2nd

[twonabomber]

Multiple sites are reporting that Alex will be on the kit. Maybe Mike will be on bass. I trust that Sammy stays home.
I'm thinking the last show has a few surprises - an Eat Em And Smile mini reunion would be very cool, Wolf might be there, and there could be a few other special guests (Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, John 5, etc).

I'm thinking a lot of people are going to be disappointed when none of this happens

[rwc]

I'm thinking a lot of people are going to be disappointed when none of this happens

Well, yeah. There is that. Either way, this is the last ever shot of Classic VH.
I'll order a bottle of Jack and a glazed donut, for here; and say thank-you, good-bye, and see you on the other side.

[Jérôme Frenchise]

there could be a few other special guests (Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, John 5, etc).

No Grohl call, please...

Either way, this is the last ever shot of Classic VH.

Nope. The last ever CVH gig took place in Nurember on September 2nd, 1984.

[rwc]

Nope. The last ever CVH gig took place in Nurember on September 2nd, 1984.

I said it was a shot of Classic VH, not the full bottle.

[Seshmeister]

I'm thinking a lot of people are going to be disappointed when none of this happens

Not none, if Hagar turns up jamming on stage I'll eat your stripper pole...

[Kristy]

That is so sad and painful to watch. It's way past time for many of these acts to just hang it up.

[WARF]

Dave as old as he is at least sang with his real voice , Paul Stanley is a karaoke act with two KI$$ imposters.

Genes hypocrisy knows no bounds….

[Kristy]

Those Youtube comments were brutal. Saying Ki$$ sees their fans as being nothing more than human ATM machines is brilliant.

[ZahZoo]

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Welcome to Dave's final tour thread...

Carry on.

[wolfsbane]

Dave's site shows a pic of him with the triplets. Saying, "Texas!'

More shows coming?

[Nitro Express]

Dave as old as he is at least sang with his real voice , Paul Stanley is a karaoke act with two KI$$ imposters.

Genes hypocrisy knows no bounds….

Ace is out and about still doing shows. I went and saw him. It was fun. The crowd really was into it.

[Nitro Express]

Gene's just saying Dave got old... although all the face paint, hair dye and costumes can't hide his age either.

I'd say a 72 year old man in black tights and platform shoes isn't that far removed from bloated nekid Elvis on the floor... there ain't nobody that wants to see that shit...

People go to a KISS show because they blow a lot of shit up. Kind of the same reason you go to a Chinese New Year celebration.

[ZahZoo]

Dave's site shows a pic of him with the triplets. Saying, "Texas!'

More shows coming?

Doubtful any further touring is being considered...

[Terry]

Doubtful any further touring is being considered...

I'd tend to think not. I don't think Dave would have even made the retirement announcement unless he was serious about the Vegas shows being his last gigs, and I'm assuming his reasons for making those Vegas gigs his last ones are serious: I tend to doubt Dave would pull a KISS at this stage of the game and announce a bullshit retirement series of shows just in order to sell tickets, and after the Vegas shows are over he's gonna keep touring "back by popular demand!"