Van Halen launched their 2008 tour in Oklahoma City last night, and reviewer George Lang of The Oklahoman newspaper had this to say: Review: Reunited Van Halen jolt classics back to life From the moment David Lee Roth appeared at the top of a giant runway that snaked through the Ford Center audience Tuesday night, [...]

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The latest press release from the Van Halen camp: A COOL YULE AND A ROCKIN’ NEW YEAR, VAN HALEN STYLE VAN HALEN thanks you for an amazing year and more to come. (Los Angeles, CA) December 19, 2007 – Amid the hustle and bustle of the holidays, VAN HALEN would like to wish everyone an [...]

Catching up on the tour reviews. Here you go: November 23, 2007 – Glendale, AZ The Arizona Republic November 25, 2007 – San Diego The San Diego Union-Tribune SignOnSanDiego.com The Daily Aztec Blogcritics November 27, 2007 – Sacramento The Sacramento Bee The Mercury News Chico Enterprise Record November 29, 2007 – Fresno The Fresno Bee [...]

This just in from the VH camp: DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND VAN HALEN EXTENDS HISTORIC TOUR INTO 2008 “For more than two hours, the gods delivered.” — Rolling Stone (Los Angeles, CA) November 26, 2007 – In the midst of one of the most highly anticipated and successful tours of the year, Van Halen announced [...]

Some links to coverage of the show: Los Angeles Times (concert review) Los Angeles Times (photo gallery) Hollywood Reporter Orange County Register (concert review) Orange County Register (fan reactions)

… he hires Van Halen to play at a private concert for his employees! That’s right, Van Halen hit the stage last night to perform a surprise concert for 14,000 Research in Motion employees and their guests during an employee-apprecition party at the Air Canada Centre. One of the RIM employees snapped some great shots [...]

Some more tour reviews, this time from each of the shows listed below: November 6, 2007 – Worcester, MA Boston Globe November 8, 2007 – Nassau Coliseum Newsday Newsday Blog November 13, 2007 – Madison Square Garden Rolling Stone New York Post Billboard Variety

UPDATED 11/15: Tour promoter LiveNation originally listed 11/17 as the on-sale date for all four of the newly added shows; that has since changed, and the new on-sale dates are shown below. — As expected, Van Halen is adding another leg to its current tour, and, after wrapping up the current ’07 leg next month, [...]