Van Halen has just announced the cancellation of 31 tour dates off of their website amidst rumors of rampant infighting, although the site itself does not explain the reason.
The tour was scheduled to run through most of September featuring original frontman David Lee Roth, Eddie and Alex Van Halen and Eddie’s son on bass, Wolfgang Van Halen, to promote their new album A Different Kind of Truth.
Now the tour is only scheduled to run until June 26 in New Orleans.
Online rumors of the cause tend to focus on the band’s disconnect with each other as well as the lack luster ticket sales with audiences reporting rows of vacant seats at $160, although several venues – many of which were never informed of the cancelled dates – say that tickets have been selling well.
“They hate each other,” says a band insider cited by Rolling Stone. “The band is arguing like mad. They’re fighting.”
Audiences also let out their disappointment at what they call a lack of energy in the band’s show that does not represent the album, which has more or less been warmly received.
In a slight bit of good news among the disappointment, Van Halen News Desk states: “These dates have been postponed, not cancelled. Several shows on their 2007-2008 tour were postponed as well, and all were ultimately rescheduled.”
Here’s the list of the 13 shows currently left on their itinerary:
May 19: St. Paul, Minn., Xcel Energy Center
May 22: Kansas City, Mo., Sprint Center
May 24: Denver, Colo., Pepsi Center
May 27: Las Vegas, Nev., MGM Grand Garden Arena
June 1: Los Angeles, Calif., Staples Center
June 3: Oakland, Calif., Oracle Arena
June 5: San Jose, Calif., HP Pavilion
June 12: Anaheim, Calif, Honda Center
June 14: San Diego, Calif – Viejas Arena
June 16: Phoenix, Ariz., US Airways Center
June 20: Dallas, Texas, American Airlines Center
June 22: San Antonio, Texas, AT&T Center
June 24: Houston, Texas, Toyota Center
June 26: New Orleans, La., New Orleans Arena
And here are the cancelled dates:
July 7: Uncasville, Ct., Mohegan Sun Arena
July 9: Hampton, Va., Hampton Coliseum
July 11: Philadelphia, Pa., Wells Fargo Center
July 13: East Rutherford, N.J., Izod Center
July 15: Baltimore, Md., 1st Mariner Arena
July 17: Rochester N.Y., Blue Cross Arena
July 19: Detroit, Mich., Joe Louis Arena
July 21: London, Ontario, John Labatt Centre
July 24: Toledo, Ohio, Huntington Center
July 26: Grand Rapids, Mich., Van Andel Arena
July 28: Cleveland, Ohio, Quicken Loans Arena
July 31: Fort Wayne, Ind., Allen County Memorial Coliseum
August 2: Columbus, Ohio, Schottenstein Center
August 4: Knoxville, Tenn., Thompson-Boiling Arena
August 6: Memphis, Tenn., FedEx Forum
August 8: Birmingham, Ala., BJCC Arena
August 10: Greenville, S.C., BI-LO Center
August 12: Cincinnati, Ohio, US Bank Arena
August 21: Spokane, Wash., Spokane Arena
August 23: Portland, Ore., Rose Garden
August 25: Sacramento, Calif.,Power Balance Pavilion
August 28: Fresno, Calif., Save Mart Center
August 30: Reno, Nev., Reno Events Center
September 4: Salt Lake City, Utah — EnergySolutions Arena
September 8: Albuquerque, N.M., Tingley Coliseum
September 11: El Paso, Texas, Don Haskins Center
September 13: Austin, Texas, Frank Erwin Center
September 15: Oklahoma City, Okla., Chesapeake Energy Arena
September 17: Wichita, Kan. – Intrust Bank Arena
September 21: Moline, Ill., Iwireless Center
September 25: Milwaukee, Wis., Bradley Center