Van Halen Adds New Tour Dates

Van Halen announced 28 new dates that will see the band extend this year's successful reunion tour into 2008. The additional dates aren't too much of a surprise given how much cash the band raked in and the steady stream of good reviews. The 2008 tour will kick off in Oklahoma City on January 22nd at the Ford Center and will run through April 7th where that leg will wind down at Milwaukee, Wisconsin's Bradley Center.

The full schedule includes:

Jan. 22 - Ford Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Jan. 24 - AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
Jan. 26 - American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
Jan. 28 - Toyota Center, Houston, TX
Feb. 1 - Pepsi Center, Denver, CO
Feb. 4 - Qwest Event Center, Omaha, NE
Feb. 8 - New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA
Feb. 12 - BankAtlantic Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Feb. 14 - Amway Arena, Orlando, FL
Feb. 16 - Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, FL
Feb. 18 - St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL
Feb. 22 - John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA
Mar. 5 - US Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH
Mar. 7 - RBC Center, Raleigh, NC
Mar. 9 - 1st Mariner Arena, Baltimore, MD
Mar. 11 - Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, NH
Mar. 13 - Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ
Mar. 17 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Mar. 19 - Giant Center, Hershey, PA
Mar. 21 - Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
Mar. 24 - Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence, RI
Mar. 26 - Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT
Mar. 28 - Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ
Mar. 30 - Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO
Apr. 1 - Value City Arena, Columbus, OH
Apr. 3 - Allstate Arena, Chicago, IL
Apr. 5 - Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI
Apr. 7 - Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI

Tickets for the San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Omaha, New Orleans, Charlottesville, Hershey, and Atlantic City dates will go on sale Saturday December 1st and East Rutherford and New York will go on sale Monday December 3rd. If the spring dates are as well received as this fall's do you really expect David Lee Roth to sit on the sidelines for the summer? I don't.