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Van Halen Put Tour On Hold For A Month

posted Mar 10, 2008 at 8:35 PM by zMETALlica.  (6 Comments)

Bilboard.com reports the following:

After postponing a handful of dates last week in order for guitarist Eddie Van Halen to undergo tests for an unspecified medical condition, Van Halen is postponing all tour activity until April 19.

Seventeen shows are affected, beginning tomorrow night (March 11) in Charlottesville, Va., and running through April 15 in Baltimore.

According to organizers, Van Halen, who has battled cancer and substance abuse, "is currently under doctors' care" and will "continue medical tests to define a course of treatment." No further details were made available.

Fans are being asked to keep their tickets, which will be honored at makeup dates to be announced.

Van Halen returned to the road last fall with original lead singer David Lee Roth for the first time in 20-plus years. The tour, which features Eddie Van Halen's teenage son Wolfgang on bass, has routinely sold out North American arenas.

Source: Billboard

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6 Comments on "Van Halen Put Tour On Hold For A Month"

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1. iEATbabies writes:

This f***in sucks i had tickets for this Thursday and Iron Maiden the day after

# Mar 10, 2008 @ 10:56 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. Kalis_wrath writes:

Hey man, you got Iron Maiden to go to! That in my opinion would be enough to make this a sand grain sized blip on your raidar!

# Mar 10, 2008 @ 11:08 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. iEATbabies writes:

Oh, im still psyched for Maiden as always, Kalis, but im just p***ed that i took off of work for nothing and im probably gonna have to take another day off for when they reschedule.

# Mar 11, 2008 @ 11:25 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. Kalis_wrath writes:

Ah... Yeah that does suck! Maybe the boss will let you work still? Or you could just rest up and be fully reved up for the Maiden? Too bad the Maiden show is not the first show for you. That extra day off would be great for recovery day.

# Mar 11, 2008 @ 12:42 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. Rob writes:

It's pretty sad when your kid has to be the one to voice displeasure over you being a worthless drunk.
Eddie might be a hell of a guitarist but he sucks as a human-being.

# Mar 11, 2008 @ 3:51 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. BLACKDOG writes:

NOOOOOO REALLY !!!!

# Mar 11, 2008 @ 5:41 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address

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