Towelie Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 (edited) January 2, 2012 The first public reveal of Van Halen's highly anticipated new album took place in New York's Times Square on New Year's Eve.Artwork for the forthcoming release was projected on a giant LED billboard above the McDonald's at 46th St. and 7th Ave. and could clearly be seen at various points throughout the night, as several networks, including CNN, ABC and NBC, were broadcasting live.The cover image is a photo-illustration of a train from the New York Central System, one of the largest railroads in U.S. history which operated in the northeast during the 1800s.The album, Van Halen's first since 1984 to feature original singer David Lee Roth, is due out on February 7, 2012 with a single and video slated to premiere on Jan. 10, the same day tickets go on sale for the band's world tour.In November, Van Halen signed with Interscope Records after four decades at Warner Bros.UPDATES FROM POWERAGE5:-Album title has been confirmed as "A Different Kind Of Truth"-Van Halen played a show a Cafe Wha? in NYC on Jan. 5 for the press. A press conference followed, presumably with details of the new album.-Setlist for the Cafe Wha? show was as follows:You Really Got MeRunnin' With The DevilSomebody Get Me A DoctorEverybody Wants Some!!She's The Woman - First live performance since June 30, 1976!!!Dance The Night AwayPanamaMean StreetHot For TeacherIce Cream ManJump-VAN HALEN 2012 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:Date City Venue On Sale Date2/18/12 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center January 162/20/12 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills January 142/22/12 Indianapolis, IN Bankers Life Fieldhouse January 142/24/12 Chicago, IL United Center January 142/28/12 New York, NY Madison Square Garden January 143/1/12 New York, NY Madison Square Garden January 143/3/12 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena January 143/5/12 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center January 143/9/12 Buffalo, NY First Niagara Center January 143/11/12 Boston, MA TD Garden January 143/15/12 Montreal, QC Bell Centre January 143/17/12 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre January 143/21/12 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place January 143/24/12 Atlantic City, NJ Boardwalk Hall TBA3/26/11 State College, PA Jordan Bryce Center January 303/28/12 Washington, DC Verizon Center January 143/30/12 Pittsburgh, PA Consol Energy Center January 144/1/12 Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena January 144/10/12 Fort Lauderdale, FL BankAtlantic Center TBA4/12/12 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum TBA4/14/12 Orlando, FL Amway Arena TBA4/16/12 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Arena TBA4/19/12 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena TBA4/21/12 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum TBA4/25/12 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena TBA4/27/12 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena TBA5/1/12 Tulsa, OK BOK Center TBA5/5/12 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome TBA5/7/12 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena TBA5/9/12 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome TBA5/11/12 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place TBA5/17/12 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre TBA5/19/12 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center TBA5/22/12 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center TBA5/24/12 Denver, CO Pepsi Center TBA5/27/12 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena TBA6/1/12 Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center TBA6/3/12 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena TBA6/5/12 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion TBA6/12/12 Anaheim, CA Honda Center TBA6/14/12 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena TBA6/16/12 Phoenix, AZ US Airways Center TBA6/20/12 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center TBA6/22/12 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center TBA6/24/12 Houston, TX Toyota Center TBA6/26/12 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena TBA Edited January 20, 2012 by Powerage5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman007 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Looks like good promo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 According to the Van Halen News Desk the first wave of tour dates will be announced tomorrow as advance for the January 10th on-sale. Come on, Toronto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 a train? I expected a chick guzzling tequila wearing a rubber leotard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Cool can't wait to hear the new album it should be intresting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 According to the Van Halen News Desk the first wave of tour dates will be announced tomorrow as advance for the January 10th on-sale. Come on, Toronto!I've got a good feeling about Buffalo to be honest, a lot more artists seem to be coming through there lately. I'm sure Toronto will have a gig too though. It's a shame their tickets are so expensive, I'd love to do more than one gig.a train? I expected a chick guzzling tequila wearing a rubber leotard.Can't argue with this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 According to the Van Halen News Desk the first wave of tour dates will be announced tomorrow as advance for the January 10th on-sale. Come on, Toronto!I've got a good feeling about Buffalo to be honest, a lot more artists seem to be coming through there lately. I'm sure Toronto will have a gig too though. It's a shame their tickets are so expensive, I'd love to do more than one gig.Buffalo works too! It's about the same distance away (maybe even a bit closer) so if they announce both I'll just pick whichever day seems to be more convenient.I'm looking forward to the album too. Apparently they went back to some old demos and re-worked those so it should sound like classic Van Halen. I'll also be anxious to hear what Wolfie does in the studio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Journalists in NYC were told about VH showing up at the Cafe Wha? on Thursday for a press conference and a possible set. Also if you search through VH Links and VH News Desk, there's audio of Dave interviewing Ed and Alex and a 7 minute video scrapbook Dave put together of him and his dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Hoping to be able to do one, hopefully more, especially if they're GA.Can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Hoping to be able to do one, hopefully more, especially if they're GA.Can't wait! Van Halen doesn't do GA unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDeeds Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Kick ass!Kick ass!Kick ass!Kick ass!Kick ass!Kick ass!KICK FUCKING ASS!!!!!!!So pumped about this new record! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JONEZY Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Van Halen hasn't been this active in a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becket Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Kick ass!Kick ass!Kick ass!Kick ass!Kick ass!Kick ass!KICK FUCKING ASS!!!!!!!So pumped about this new record!My thoughts exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Use Your Delusion 1 Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 I like the cover, should be great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITW 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=167876 VAN HALEN: 'Tattoo' Single To Premiere Next Week - Jan. 3, 2012 According to the Van Halen News Desk web site, VAN HALEN's new single will be titled "Tattoo" and it will premiere on January 10. The band's much-anticipated new album — which will be its first with original singer David Lee Roth in 28 years — will arrive on February 7.VAN HALEN's upcoming tour will kick off next month in Louisville, Kentucky, with tickets set to go on sale on January 10. As previously reported, VAN HALEN will perform at the Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village, New York City this Thursday. It is rumored that the band will play a 45-minute set at the 250-seat venue, which was once owned and operated by VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth's uncle Manny Roth, providing a stage to then-up-and-coming acts such as Jimi Hendrix, Bill Cosby, Bob Dylan, Richard Pryor and many others.VAN HALEN recently gave fan site VHLinks two exclusive videos of the band reminiscing about Eddie Van Halen's old Volvo and judging wet T-shirt contests back in the Seventies. The site also says that a "trusted source" tells them the band has been "busy booking rehearsal space and hotel rooms for the band and their crew for [this] week in NYC."VAN HALEN didn't just use the Roxy nightclub on Hollywood's Sunset Strip to shoot a music video. According to a post at the venue's web site, the reunited band has been rehearsing there for their upcoming tour for the past two months.The November 14 shoot was reportedly for a video for the song, presumably "Tattoo", that the band is seen but not heard playing in the tour announcement clip.VAN HALEN's new record deal with Interscope was finalized in November and marks the first time the band has recorded away from Warner Bros. Records, which signed the group in 1977.VAN HALEN reunited with Roth in 2007 for a successful year-long reunion tour — minus original bassist Michael Anthony, who now plays with ex-VAN HALEN singer Sammy Hagar in CHICKENFOOT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zint Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Not jumping for joy just yet... It kinda reminds me of Dave's MTV Awards speech where he ragged on Stones albums sucking after the 70's.'You buy them hoping they will be good,but they just suck"...or something like that.Pot,kettle,black??..we'll see.Hoping for good shit though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Happy to hear the tour will be starting as soon as February. April is a bit tricky to buy tickets for at this point since I'll have no idea what my exam schedule is that month for a while yet. February and March are doable! Just announce the damn dates already, I need to know if I'm preparing the credit card for the January 10th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artfromtex Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 a train? I expected a chick guzzling tequila wearing a rubber leotard.this is Van Halen, not Poison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDeeds Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 a train? I expected a chick guzzling tequila wearing a rubber leotard.this is Van Halen, not Poison.And besides, tequila was Sammy's thing. The band wants to forget the Van Hagar era ever happened (as do I). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zint Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I wish we could hear new shit before tickets go on sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 So no one who works on Sunset, heard VH music coming out of the Roxy during the week? Hard to believe. http://theroxyonsunset.com/?p=7178 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Feb 28th and March 1st Madison Square Garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Feb 28th and March 1st Madison Square Garden.Source? I may be doing the show on the 29th if this is true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JONEZY Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Feb 28th and March 1st Madison Square Garden.Source? I may be doing the show on the 29th if this is true.Its true, saw the video. Dave was signing autographs and said the 2 dates at the Garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Cafe Wha Ustreaming (maybe) http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cafewhanyc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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