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Van Halen concert tours

A list of concert tours by hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
band Van Halen

Van Halen

Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their Van Halen in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
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Note that on all tours, the band's line-up has featured Eddie Van Halen

Eddie Van Halen

Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen , is a Dutch-American guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and music producer, most famous as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen....
and Alex Van Halen

Alex Van Halen

Alexander Arthur Van Halen is a Dutch-American drummer and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen.Originally, his brother Eddie Van Halen had taken lessons for drums, while Alex practiced guitar....
. Michael Anthony has played bass on all tours except the most recent one which lasted from late 2007 to early 2008 where the role is being performed by Wolfgang Van Halen

Wolfgang Van Halen

Wolfgang William Van Halen , is an United States musician. He is the current bassist for Van Halen, replacing Michael Anthony in 2006....
. However the vocalist has changed numerous times, hence the inclusion of a vocalist column in the table. Note the vocalist column gives dates for the span they toured with the band for - not how long they were in the band for.

Information on early concerts is less reliable, as is to be expected.

Note all tours undertaken by Van Halen went through the USA, with the exception of the Monsters of Rock Tour 1984

Monsters of Rock Tour 1984

The Monsters of Rock Tour 1984 was a festival tour of Europe in 1984. The lineup for the then-annual Monsters of Rock festival in Donington Park, England took the festival out on tour....
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A list of concert tours by hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
band Van Halen

Van Halen

Eddie Van Halen

Alex Van Halen

Wolfgang Van Halen

Monsters of Rock Tour 1984

The Monsters of Rock Tour 1984 was a festival tour of Europe in 1984. The lineup for the then-annual Monsters of Rock festival in Donington Park, England took the festival out on tour....
. Hawaiian dates have been counted as American, due to its official position as a state of the USA.

Note that the Heavyweight Champs Of Rock 'N Roll Tour of the USA in 2002 was not a Van Halen tour. It was a co-headlining tour by the two former Van Halen vocalists David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar. The tour was notable for its Van Halen connection however, featuring numerous guest appearances by Van Halen's then-bassist Michael Anthony with Hagar on many dates on bass and backing vocals (and occasionally lead vocals), and one date where former Van Halen vocalist Gary Cherone joined the pair for a duet. Nor are Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony's tours as The Other Half (a play on them being "half" of the Van Halen line-up) where the two former members of the band would play Hagar-era Van Halen tunes togethere with a backing band.

Years	Official tour name	Album promotion	Dates	Non-U.S. regions visited	Vocalist
1974-7	club circuit concerts Van Halen Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their Van Halen in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....	None	77	None	David Lee Roth David Lee Roth David Lee Roth is an United States Rock and roll vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality, best known as the lead singer of Van Halen....
1978	Van Halen World Tour	Van Halen Van Halen (album) *Van Halen* is the eponymous debut album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1978 in music....	100	Canada, Europe, Japan
1979	World Vacation Tour World Vacation Tour Tour Dates...	Van Halen II Van Halen II *Van Halen II* is the second album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1979 in music. The actual recording of the album took place less than a year after the release of the eponymous Van Halen album....	97	Canada, Europe, Japan
1980	World Invasion "Party 'Til You Die Tour" Tour	Women and Children First	107	Canada, Europe
1981	Fair Warning Tour Fair Warning Tour The Fair Warning Tour was a North American concert tour by hard rock band Van Halen in support of their Fair Warning album. Ultimately, despite the success of the tour the album's harsh tone meant it only received an RIAA certification of 2x Platinum....	Fair Warning Fair Warning *Fair Warning* is the fourth studio album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1981 in music. Fair Warning went 2x platinum,, which was disappointing compared to the sales of the band's previous albums, making it the least commercially successful album of the David Lee Roth years....	82	Canada
1982-3	Hide Your Sheep Tour Hide Your Sheep Tour The Hide Your Sheep Tour was a concert tour by hard rock band Van Halen. It was a promotional tour, supporting their Diver Down album. It featured among other things, their first South American dates, and for the first time the band no longer supported other acts....	Diver Down Diver Down *Diver Down* is the fifth album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1982 in music. According to , it spent 65 weeks on the US album charts and had, by 1998, sold 4 million copies in the United States....	104	Canada, South America
1984	1984 Tour 1984 Tour The 1984 tour was a North American concert tour by hard rock band Van Halen in support of their album 1984 . The tour was very successful but tension between the Van Halen brothers and Roth was so high that each member of the band performed on a separate stage and left one at a time after the show....	1984 1984 (Van Halen album) *1984* is the sixth album by United States hard rock band Van Halen. One of the band's more popular albums , 1984 is the final album featuring singer David Lee Roth, who later left the band in the spring of the following year due to escalating tensions between him and guitarist Eddie Van Halen, as well as Roth's desire to pursue a sol...	103	Canada
1984	Monsters of Rock 1984 Monsters of Rock Tour 1984 The Monsters of Rock Tour 1984 was a festival tour of Europe in 1984. The lineup for the then-annual Monsters of Rock festival in Donington Park, England took the festival out on tour.... (1984 Tour)		5	Europe
1986	1986 Tour 1986 Tour The 5150-1986 Tour was a concert tour by hard rock band Van Halen....	5150 5150 (album) *5150* is the seventh album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1986 in music. This was the first album recorded with new lead singer Sammy Hagar, who replaced David Lee Roth....	112	Canada	Sammy Hagar Sammy Hagar Samuel Roy "Sammy" Hagar , known as "The Red Rocker", is an United States rock music guitarist, singer, composer and solo artist. Hagar was one of the three singers for Van Halen, as well as of the early 1970s rock band Montrose ....
1988-9	Monsters of Rock 1988 Monsters of Rock Tour 1988 The Monsters of Rock Tour 1988 was a festival tour of the USA in 1988, headlined by hard rock band Van Halen as part of their promotion for their OU812 album.... (OU812 Tour)	OU812 OU812 *OU812* is the eighth album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1988 in music. The album title is allegedly a joke on Van Halen's previous lead singer David Lee Roth's 1986 album Eat 'Em and Smile ....	34	None
1988-9	OU812 Tour OU812 Tour The OU812 Tour was a concert tour by hard rock band Van Halen. It was the first tour to include dates in Japan, and was the second with Sammy Hagar as vocalist ....		46	Japan
1991-2	For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour The For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour was a North American concert tour by hard rock band Van Halen in support of their album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge....	For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge *For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge* is the ninth album by the United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1991 in music. The album's title came from lead singer Sammy Hagar, who wanted to push the issue of censorship with naming Van Halen's album with a vulgarity, stating, "That's when censorship was a big issue....	110	Canada, Mexico
1993	Right Here Right Now Tour Right Here Right Now Tour The Right Here Right Now Tour was a 1993 concert tour by hard rock band Van Halen. The tour was promoting their live double album Live: Right Here, Right Now and the accompanying video Van Halen: Right Here, Right Now - Live....	Live: Right Here, Right Now Live: Right Here, Right Now *Live: Right Here, Right Now* is the only live album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1993 in music. The album combines songs performed over two nights in May 1992 at the Selland Arena in Fresno, CA....	60	Canada, Europe
1995	The Balance "Ambulance" Tour	Balance	131	Canada, Europe, Japan
1998	III Tour III Tour The III Tour was a 1998 concert tour by hard rock band Van Halen. It was the band's first and only tour with vocalist Gary Cherone, in support of the only album he recorded with the band - the poor-selling Van Halen III....	Van Halen III Van Halen III *Van Halen III* is the eleventh studio album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1998 in music. It is the only Van Halen album to feature Gary Cherone on lead vocals, and is commonly said to be Van Halen's most unpopular album....	78	Canada, Europe, Japan, Australasia	Gary Cherone Gary Cherone Gary Cherone is an United States Rock music singer-songwriter. He is best known for his work with the rock group Extreme , as well as his short stint as the lead singer for Van Halen on the Van Halen III album and subsequent tour....
2004	Van Halen Summer Tour 2004 Van Halen Summer Tour 2004 The Van Halen Summer Tour 2004 was a North American concert tour by hard rock band Van Halen. It was the band's first tour since 1998, and saw the return of Sammy Hagar who left in 1996....	The Best of Both Worlds The Best of Both Worlds (Van Halen album) *The Best of Both Worlds* is a greatest hits album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 2004 in music. The title "The Best of Both Worlds" references both their song of the same name, and the fact that the album has the greatest songs from their two main and successful vocalists David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar....	80	Canada	Sammy Hagar Sammy Hagar Samuel Roy "Sammy" Hagar , known as "The Red Rocker", is an United States rock music guitarist, singer, composer and solo artist. Hagar was one of the three singers for Van Halen, as well as of the early 1970s rock band Montrose ....
2007-8	Van Halen Fall 2007 Tour	None	40		David Lee Roth David Lee Roth David Lee Roth is an United States Rock and roll vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality, best known as the lead singer of Van Halen....
2007-8	Van Halen 2008 Tour	None	39

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