NASHVILLE (Billboard) - There are a number of solid arena tours out this spring and summer, including those by Eric Clapton, Britney Spears, Rod Stewart, Eagles, Prince, Madonna, Metallica and Van Halen.
The last of these launched with impressive on-sales last week, surely easing the minds of some promoters who ponied up artist guarantees of $750,000 to $1 million, according to sources.
Band manager Irving Azoff would not confirm the figures.
An on-again, off-again rumor for much of the first part of this year, the Van Halen reunion with Sammy Hagar on vocals is now shaping up as a solid top 25 tour for 2004. The tour opens June 11 in Greensboro, N.C., at the Greensboro Coliseum.
"I knew it would blow out," Azoff says. "Van Halen is rocking."
Azoff says the tour will ultimately consist of four legs of 22 shows each.
The last of these launched with impressive on-sales last week, surely easing the minds of some promoters who ponied up artist guarantees of $750,000 to $1 million, according to sources.
Band manager Irving Azoff would not confirm the figures.
An on-again, off-again rumor for much of the first part of this year, the Van Halen reunion with Sammy Hagar on vocals is now shaping up as a solid top 25 tour for 2004. The tour opens June 11 in Greensboro, N.C., at the Greensboro Coliseum.
"I knew it would blow out," Azoff says. "Van Halen is rocking."
Azoff says the tour will ultimately consist of four legs of 22 shows each.
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