Newly remastered versions of Van Halen II, Women and Children First, Fair Warning and Diver Down will be released on Friday, July 10, 2015. Pre-orders for Van Halen II, Women and Children First, Fair Warning, and Diver Down on vinyl and CD are available now. Fans who prefer the digital version can purchase those albums now.
Mastering engineer Chris Bellman, who remastered the original albums for Bernie Grundman Studios, Hollywood, CA, was enlisted for the new versions of these six early Van Halen albums with David Lee Roth. In order to produce the original sound the band intended, Bellman cut straight from the quarter-inch, original analog tapes for CD; for 180-gram vinyl; and for the digital version. All six newly mastered albums will be available as a special set.
Remastered versions of Van Halen and 1984 were released on March 31, the same day that VAN HALEN released Tokyo Dome Live in Concert, a newly recorded live album featuring 23 songs that span of the band’s albums with Roth. Tokyo Dome Live in Concert is available as a double CD; four-LP set on 180-gram vinyl; and digitally. A deluxe collection featuring Tokyo Dome Live In Concert and the newly remastered Van Halen and 1984 albums, as both a four-CD set and a six-LP vinyl set in special packaging, is also available.
Van Halen announced a 2015 Summer/Fall North American Tour, which kicks off July 5 in Seattle, Washington at the White River Amphitheatre, with concerts scheduled through October 2nd when the band performs its first-ever performance at the iconic Hollywood Bowl. The tour will feature some of the classic hits included on TOKYO DOME LIVE IN CONCERT, such as “Dance The Night Away,” “Beautiful Girls,” “And The Cradle Will Rock…” “Unchained,” and “Everybody Wants Some!!” as well as blistering versions of “She’s The Woman,” and “China Town” from the group’s most recent studio album, A Different Kind of Truth. Most notably, the band will be playing deep cuts that have never been played on stage before.
Formed in Los Angeles in 1974, VAN HALEN changed the rock and roll landscape forever with the release of their self-titled, 1978 debut album and subsequently produced a repertoire of hits that remain some of the strongest and most influential rock songs ever written that fans will admire for decades to come. With more than 75 million albums sold worldwide, and more No. 1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart than any other artist, the band’s record of achievement is hard to top. The eponymous debut album and 1984 were both certified Diamond, for U.S. sales in excess of 10 million, placing them on an elite short list of double RIAA-certified Diamond Award honorees. VAN HALEN was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
Go to http://van-halen.com/ for updates and more information.
VAN HALEN 2015 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR:
All dates, cities and venues subject to change.
Sunday, July 5
Seattle, WA
White River Amphitheatre
Tuesday, July 7
Portland, OR
Amphitheater Northwest
Thursday, July 9
Concord, CA
Concord Pavilion
Saturday, July 11
San Bernardino, CA
San Manuel Amphitheater
Tuesday, July 14
Irvine, CA
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Thursday, July 16
Mountain View, CA
Shoreline Amphitheatre
Saturday, July 18
Salt Lake City, UT
USANA Amphitheatre
Monday, July 20
Morrison, CO
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Wednesday, July 22
Kansas City, MO
Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
Friday, July 24
Chicago, IL
First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Sunday, July 26
St. Louis, MO
Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Tuesday, July 28
Pittsburgh, PA
First Niagara Pavilion
Thursday, July 30
Bangor, ME
Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion
Saturday, August 1
Boston, MA
Xfinity Center
Monday, August 3
Cleveland, OH
Blossom Music Center
Wednesday, August 5
London, ON
Western Fair District
Friday, August 7
Toronto, ON
Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Sunday, August 9
Holmdel, NJ
PNC Bank Arts Center
Tuesday, August 11
Hartford, CT
Xfinity Center
Thursday, August 13
Saturday, August 15
Wantagh, NY
Wantagh, NY
Nikon At Jones Beach Theater
Nikon At Jones Beach Theater
Sunday, August 23
Hershey, PA
Hershey Park
Tuesday, August 25
Darien Center, NY
Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Thursday, August 27
Camden, NJ
Susquehanna Bank Center
Saturday, August 29
Washington DC
Jiffy Lube Live
Monday, August 31
Cincinnati, OH
Riverbend Music Center
Wednesday, September 2
Indianapolis, IN
Klipsch Music Center
Friday, September 4
Detroit, MI
DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sunday, September 6
Bethel, NY
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Wednesday, September 9
Raleigh, NC
Walnut Creek Amphitheater
Friday, September 11
Charlotte, NC
PNC Music Pavilion
Sunday, September 13
Tampa, FL
MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Tuesday, September 15
West Palm Beach, FL
Coral Sky Amphitheatre
Thursday, September 17
Birmingham, AL
Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
Monday, September 21
Austin, TX
Austin360 Amphitheater
Wednesday, September 23
Dallas, TX
Gexa Energy Pavilion
Friday, September 25
Houston, TX
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Monday, September 28
Phoenix, AZ
Ak-Chin Pavilion
Wednesday, September 30
San Diego, CA
Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Friday, October 2
Los Angeles, CA
Hollywood Bowl
