Van Halen
An announcement on the Van Halen Web site confirms that Eddie, Alex and Wolfgang (Eddie's son) Van Halen and David Lee Roth will carry the VH banner on the road for a 40-date North American summer tour.Tour dates and locations have not yet been announced, and it isn't certain whether the band will perform at its Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in March. Then there's the question of whether Sammy Hagar (who replaced Roth as lead vocalist) and original bassist Michael Anthony -- both of whom are being inducted -- would be part of the performance.
Roth last toured with the band in 1984, just prior to his acrimonious departure. VH last toured in 2004, fronted by Hagar.
The Police
As we reported several weeks ago, the tea leaves have increasingly been seeming to foretell an imminent reunion of The Police. A reunion is now a certainty, at least for a one-off performance.The folks who bring us the GRAMMY Awards will be bringing us a Police reunion in the form of the opening performance on the February 11 GRAMMY Awards telecast on CBS. Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers will be performing publicly together for the first time since their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2003.
Everything beyond that is pure speculation, but this confirmed appearance provides a bit more credence to the conjecture. Billboard magazine is reporting that details of a 30th anniversary (of their hit single, "Roxanne") world tour are to be announced shortly. The last full blown Police concert tour was in 1984.
