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Desperate to make some money back on this failure
of a tour, are they going to swing back around and play
the smaller markets and return to cities like Toronto
where they sold out? I think so! Don't look for this debacle to
end as scheduled, they need to make some bucks.....
Wed, August 18, 2004
Reunited Van Halen to rock Arena Oct. 30
By STAFF
They may not get the best of both worlds, but local Van Halen fans could very well be standing on top of the world on Oct. 30. According to the local rumour mill, that's the night the legendary rock quartet are slated to return to the Winnipeg Arena on the latest leg of their much-heralded reunion tour with Sammy Hagar.
No one official would confirm the buzz yesterday, but word is tickets for the show will go on sale in mid-September.
Formed in the '70s by virtuoso guitarist Eddie (now Edward) Van Halen, his drumming brother Alex and bassist Michael Anthony, the original lineup featured flamboyant frontman David Lee Roth.
After several albums culminating in the hit 1984 -- which yielded three chart-topping singles in Jump, Panama and Hot for Teacher -- Roth and the band parted company acrimoniously.
Replacing him with former Montrose singer Hagar, Van Halen continued on in a more commercial direction for another half-dozen discs loaded with radio-friendly fare like Why Can't This Be Love?, Right Now and Top of the World.
Despite their success, Hagar left in a huff in the mid-'90s after the band approached Roth to record new material for a best-of set. Recently, the group made peace with Hagar and returned to the studio to record three tracks for The Best of Both Worlds, a two-disc set featuring the best tracks of both the Roth and Hagar eras.
of a tour, are they going to swing back around and play
the smaller markets and return to cities like Toronto
where they sold out? I think so! Don't look for this debacle to
end as scheduled, they need to make some bucks.....
Wed, August 18, 2004
Reunited Van Halen to rock Arena Oct. 30
By STAFF
They may not get the best of both worlds, but local Van Halen fans could very well be standing on top of the world on Oct. 30. According to the local rumour mill, that's the night the legendary rock quartet are slated to return to the Winnipeg Arena on the latest leg of their much-heralded reunion tour with Sammy Hagar.
No one official would confirm the buzz yesterday, but word is tickets for the show will go on sale in mid-September.
Formed in the '70s by virtuoso guitarist Eddie (now Edward) Van Halen, his drumming brother Alex and bassist Michael Anthony, the original lineup featured flamboyant frontman David Lee Roth.
After several albums culminating in the hit 1984 -- which yielded three chart-topping singles in Jump, Panama and Hot for Teacher -- Roth and the band parted company acrimoniously.
Replacing him with former Montrose singer Hagar, Van Halen continued on in a more commercial direction for another half-dozen discs loaded with radio-friendly fare like Why Can't This Be Love?, Right Now and Top of the World.
Despite their success, Hagar left in a huff in the mid-'90s after the band approached Roth to record new material for a best-of set. Recently, the group made peace with Hagar and returned to the studio to record three tracks for The Best of Both Worlds, a two-disc set featuring the best tracks of both the Roth and Hagar eras.
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