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	Sammy is Back With Van Halen Although it hasn’t been officially announced yet, it looks like the rumored VanHagar reunion is more than a rumor.  The Van Halen News Desk has reported some leaked tour dates via Clear Channel, and the official VH site even has a couple dates listed.  So far, there are only a couple shows listed, but the ones with actual dates associated with them are in PA (that’s good for me) and are in the June time frame.  Depending on the dates, both the Wilkes-Barre, PA and the East Rutherford, NJ shows are what I’m looking at.  The Meadowlands is closer to me, but Wilkes-Barre is a nice smaller venue to see a show, and it makes for a good roadtrip. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Published Tuesday, March 23, 2004 7:48 AM by donxml Filed under: Hard Rock Comment Notification If you would like to receive an email when updates are made to this post, please register here Subscribe to this post's comments using RSS Comments Kris Krause said: Van Hagar all the way! March 24, 2004 7:07 AM Nina said: KICK ASS, and I am going, I got my tickets, YIPPIE!!! May 30, 2004 3:47 PM TrackBack said: June 4, 2004 2:07 PM John said: Got my Tickets too. This has really been long time coming... June 5, 2004 10:44 AM Rodney said: Just went to the opener here in Greensboro, NC. Van Halen is back!!!! It was an awesome show! Well worth the price of admission!! June 14, 2004 5:44 AM Van Halen Machine said: can you give us the playlist? Thanks!! June 14, 2004 9:19 AM Keith said: Come on guys, how was the show? Were they tight? What was on the set list? Lets get some feedback on the shows so far. The web has nothing, maybe the whole thing is a hoax??!! June 17, 2004 10:42 AM Kev said: Where is the official reviews on Rolling Stone or radio station sites????? WHAT GIVES??????? I heard these shows were record sell outs!!!!! Lets go! June 21, 2004 6:35 AM vanhalen machine said: just got back from both worcester shows!!!unbelievable...better than in 96 and 98 with Gary...played alot of 5150 and old tunes..the playlist that is out on the web is accurate..last nights show they added two..the encore had finish what ya started pananma and when its love...they played one tune from balance..seventh seal....awesome June 21, 2004 8:56 AM Tim said: The Meadowlands show last night was fabulous. Eddie can still bring it - - Alex is remarkable, and Sammy/Mike were as expected. Nice to see the band is back. If any of u attended last night, lemme know your thoughts too. June 23, 2004 6:22 AM DonXML Demsak said: Here's the link to my review of the Meadowlands show. http://donxml.com/music/archive/2004/06/23/849.aspx June 23, 2004 10:49 AM Stef said: The show at the Meadowlands was great. It was nice to see them all together again and it really looked like they were enjoying each other. One thing though...I was sorry they didnt add Love Waks in, Amsterdam, or Cant Stop Loving you to the playlist. June 25, 2004 4:15 PM John Burrows said: The set list was so bad. I was bored out of my mind. I went to the Van Halen III show and I thought that was better than this tour. God awful. Gary Cherone has more stage presence than Sammy Hagar. My girlfriend thought David Lee Roth was better than Sammy or Gary. I don't plan on ever wasting my time and money on Van Halen again. John July 12, 2004 5:39 PM Sanzo said: HOLY CRAP THAT CONCERT ROCKED! Eddie kind of got off on a tangent, but he was having a great time! Sammy LOVES St. Louis and St. Louis LOVES Sammy and it shows! They did two encores with three songs each. The concert lasted close to three hours. As always,Sammy stole the show but Eddie, Alex, Michael and Wolfie all had a great time and energy as well! August 4, 2004 12:41 PM DonXML Demsak said: FYI, this is my personal blog, not a forum. I'll leave up constructive comments, but flames (of others comments or mine) will not be tolerated. August 4, 2004 12:48 PM CarlosinSD said: Saw them last night here in San Diego and left thing I didn't get enough Sammy, no "can't drive 55" and not enough Van Hagar. I personally think the 1st half of the show should be David and the 2nd half finishing off with Sammy August 18, 2004 1:49 PM Tammy said: I saw them last week in Cincinnati and it was the best concert I've ever seen. Sammy did an amazing job with the vocals. Eddie was amazing, and I was very impressed with Mike Anthony and Alex's solos. Unchained rocked! this is the best I've ever seen Sammy. I think Sammy did a great job covering DLR tunes (much better than on the live album, Right Here, Right Now) and actually made them his own. After 18 years and all the drama, he has earned the right to sing those tunes! Eddie blew my mind. He did a solo for a half hour. I love Mike Anthony's vocals. He is an amazing talent. This concert was so good. they rocked for over 3 hours. September 23, 2004 7:12 AM Tonya said: 8/29/04 San Antonio I am probably one of the biggest Sammy Hagar fans out there, both my boat and cat are tributes with names such as "the red rocker" for my boat and "sammy the cat". However, after seeing Sammy twice on his own, I was extremely disappointed with this concert. I bought primo tickets and paid top dollar. The songlist sucked with the worst of the Van Hagar songs and way too much of the old DLR stuff. The band appeared very divided, Sammy didn't seem into the DLR stuff and the band didn't appear to be into the Van Hagar stuff. Not only was the music subpar, but Sammy seemed more interested in signing autographs than performing. Once again, VERY disappointing. I would not see them again, but would consider seeing Sammy solo, he did a much better job without the competion of the rest of the band!!! (Sorry Sammy, even though you're almost 58, I'de still do ya!!) October 1, 2004 4:23 PM driemarie said: Could someone please post the set list from this tour? I just saw Van Halen in concert in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and I loved it sooo much. I know they played Jump first...but I was too taken aback in amazement to remember the order of the set list! I would appreciate it alot! October 29, 2004 2:43 PM

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