A Different Kind of Truth (or Viva La Van Halen Tour) was a 2012–13 concert tour for hard rock band Van Halen. It was Van Halen's tour in support of their 2012 album, A Different Kind of Truth.
History On December 26, 2011, the official Van Halen website was updated, announcing that tickets for the 2012 tour would be available starting January 10, 2012. On January 10, the single "Tattoo" premiered on radio stations. The band's new album from Interscope Records, entitled A Different Kind of Truth, was released on February 7.
The band did three warm-up shows – Cafe Wha? in New York City on January 5, 2012, Henson Recording Studios in Hollywood, California on February 1, and The Forum in Inglewood, California on February 8 – before kicking off the North American leg of the tour in Louisville at KFC Yum! Center on February 18. This leg ended on June 26 at New Orleans Arena. Kool & the Gang opened each show (except Uncasville), through the end of June.
Another North American leg was scheduled to begin July 7 and last until September 25, but was postponed and then cancelled due to the band feeling overworked. Ky-Mani Marley was to open each North American show, starting with the July dates.
By mid year 2012, the tour had grossed $44.9 million with 448,506 total tickets sold. This put Van Halen as the number three tour of the year at that point. The band was scheduled to visit Japan for the first time since their 1998 III Tour with Gary Cherone/since 1979 during their "World Vacation Tour" with David Lee Roth, however, due to Eddie Van Halen's emergency surgery for diverticulitis in August 2012, the Asian tour was rescheduled for June 2013, preceded by the band's first Australia show since 1998 at Stadium Australia in Sydney on April 20, 2013.
The band kicked off the Asian leg at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya on June 18, followed by a show at the Tokyo Dome on June 21 (released as Tokyo Dome Live in Concert) and ending with two shows at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium on June 24 and 26. The band finished the tour with two shows at Ford Festival Park in Oshkosh, Wisconsin for the "Rock USA Festival" on July 20 and at Chumash Grandstand Arena in Paso Robles, California for the "California Mid-State Fair" on July 24.
"I'm happy now when somebody sends me a video of those guys in concert," remarked former singer Sammy Hagar, "and I see Eddie's playing good again. I wish that would have been the guy that did the 2004 tour. If it was, we probably still would have been together."
Tour dates + List of 2012 concerts Date City Country VenueJanuary 5, 2012New York CityUnited States Cafe Wha?February 1, 2012 Los AngelesHenson Recording StudiosFebruary 8, 2012 Inglewood The ForumFebruary 18, 2012 Louisville KFC Yum! Center February 20, 2012 Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn HillsFebruary 22, 2012 Indianapolis Bankers Life FieldhouseFebruary 24, 2012ChicagoUnited CenterFebruary 26, 2012RosemontAllstate ArenaFebruary 28, 2012New York CityMadison Square GardenMarch 1, 2012March 3, 2012UncasvilleMohegan Sun ArenaMarch 5, 2012PhiladelphiaWells Fargo CenterMarch 7, 2012RochesterBlue Cross ArenaMarch 9, 2012BuffaloFirst Niagara CenterMarch 11, 2012 Boston TD GardenMarch 13, 2012 Manchester Verizon Wireless ArenaMarch 15, 2012 MontrealCanada Centre BellMarch 17, 2012 TorontoAir Canada CentreMarch 19, 2012LondonJohn Labatt CentreMarch 21, 2012 OttawaScotiabank PlaceMarch 24, 2012 Atlantic CityUnited StatesBoardwalk HallMarch 26, 2012University ParkBryce Jordan CenterReadingSovereign CenterMarch 28, 2012 Washington, D.C.Verizon CenterMarch 30, 2012 PittsburghConsol Energy CenterApril 1, 2012 Rosemont Allstate ArenaApril 10, 2012 SunriseBankAtlantic CenterApril 12, 2012 OrlandoAmway CenterApril 14, 2012 TampaTampa Bay Times ForumApril 16, 2012 JacksonvilleJacksonville Veterans Memorial ArenaApril 19, 2012 AtlantaPhilips ArenaApril 21, 2012 GreensboroGreensboro ColiseumApril 23, 2012Baltimore1st Mariner ArenaApril 25, 2012 CharlotteTime Warner Cable ArenaApril 27, 2012 NashvilleBridgestone ArenaApril 29, 2012 St. LouisScottrade CenterMay 1, 2012 TulsaBOK CenterMay 3, 2012Salt Lake CityEnergySolutions ArenaMay 5, 2012 Tacoma Tacoma DomeMay 7, 2012 Vancouver Canada Rogers ArenaMay 9, 2012 Calgary Scotiabank SaddledomeMay 11, 2012 Edmonton Rexall PlaceMay 13, 2012 Winnipeg MTS CentreMay 16, 2012OrlandoUnited States Amway Center (Private SAP show)May 19, 2012 Saint Paul Xcel Energy CenterMay 22, 2012 Kansas City Sprint CenterMay 24, 2012 Denver Pepsi CenterMay 27, 2012 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden ArenaMay 29, 2012RenoReno Events CenterJune 1, 2012 Los Angeles Staples CenterJune 3, 2012 Oakland Oracle ArenaJune 5, 2012 San Jose HP Pavilion at San JoseJune 7, 2012FresnoSave Mart CenterJune 9, 2012 Los AngelesStaples Center Accessed on 16 November 2007June 12, 2012 Anaheim Honda CenterJune 14, 2012 San Diego Viejas ArenaJune 16, 2012 Phoenix US Airways CenterJune 18, 2012AlbuquerqueTingley ColiseumJune 20, 2012 Dallas American Airlines CenterJune 22, 2012 San Antonio AT&T CenterJune 24, 2012 Houston Toyota CenterJune 26, 2012 New Orleans New Orleans Arena
+ List of 2013 concerts Date City Country VenueApril 20, 2013SydneyAustraliaStadium AustraliaJune 18, 2013NagoyaJapanAichi Prefectural GymnasiumJune 21, 2013TokyoTokyo Dome (Tokyo Dome Live in Concert)June 24, 2013OsakaOsaka Municipal Central GymnasiumJune 26, 2013July 20, 2013Oshkosh United States Ford Festival Park(Rock USA Festival)July 24, 2013Paso RoblesChumash Grandstand Arena(California Mid-State Fair)
Information Top 200 North American Tours 2012: #8 Total Gross: US $49.9 million Total Attendance: 485,172 No. of concerts: 50
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
This concert is a part of the Stone Music Festival This concert is a part of the Rock USA Festival This concert is a part of the California Mid-State Fair
A full private show for SAP was played at Orlando Amway Center on May 16, 2012.
Cancellations Shows March 26, 2012University Park, PennsylvaniaBryce Jordan CenterEvent cancelled by promoter for undisclosed reasons Date City Country VenueJuly 7, 2012UncasvilleUnited States Mohegan Sun ArenaJuly 9, 2012HamptonHampton ColiseumJuly 11, 2012PhiladelphiaWells Fargo CenterJuly 13, 2012East RutherfordMeadowlands ArenaJuly 15, 2012Baltimore1st Mariner ArenaJuly 17, 2012RochesterBlue Cross ArenaJuly 19, 2012DetroitJoe Louis ArenaJuly 21, 2012LondonCanadaJohn Labatt CentreJuly 24, 2012ToledoUnited StatesHuntington CenterJuly 26, 2012Grand RapidsVan Andel ArenaJuly 28, 2012ClevelandQuicken Loans ArenaJuly 31, 2012Fort WayneAllen County War Memorial ColiseumAugust 2, 2012ColumbusValue City ArenaAugust 4, 2012KnoxvilleThompson–Boling ArenaAugust 6, 2012MemphisFedExForumAugust 8, 2012BirminghamLegacy ArenaAugust 10, 2012GreenvilleBI-LO CenterAugust 12, 2012CincinnatiU.S. Bank ArenaAugust 21, 2012SpokaneUnited StatesSpokane Veterans Memorial ArenaAugust 23, 2012PortlandRose GardenAugust 25, 2012SacramentoPower Balance PavilionAugust 28, 2012FresnoSave Mart CenterAugust 30, 2012RenoReno Events CenterSeptember 1, 2012Las VegasMandalay Bay Events CenterSeptember 4, 2012Salt Lake CityEnergy Solutions ArenaSeptember 6, 2012TucsonTucson ArenaSeptember 8, 2012AlbuquerqueTingleu ColiseumSeptember 11, 2012El PasoDon Haskins CenterSeptember 13, 2012AustinFrank Erwin CenterSeptember 15, 2012Oklahoma CityChesapeake Energy ArenaSeptember 17, 2012WichitaIntrust Bank ArenaSeptember 19, 2012OmahaCentury Link ArenaSeptember 21, 2012MolineiWireless CenterSeptember 23, 2012AshwaubenonResch CenterSeptember 25, 2012MilwaukeeBMO Harris Bradley CenterNovember 20, 2012OsakaJapanOsaka Municipal Central GymnasiumNovember 22, 2012November 25, 2012NagoyaAichi Prefectural GymnasiumNovember 27, 2012TokyoTokyo Dome
Personnel David Lee Roth – lead vocals, guitar Eddie Van Halen – lead guitar, backing vocals Wolfgang Van Halen – electric bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen – drums, percussion Additional musician Alan Fitzgerald - keyboards/synthesizers (offstage)
References
External links Van-Halen.com – The official Van Halen website Van Halen NewsDesk A Different Kind of Truth Tour website