Legs 2 | ||
Associated album A Different Kind of Truth Start date January 5, 2012 (2012-01-05) End date July 24, 2013 (2013-07-24) No. of shows 55 in North America
1 in Oceania
4 in Asia
60 total | ||
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.
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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. Also on January 10, their first single, titled "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 3 warm-up shows at Cafe Wha? in New York City on January 5, 2012, then at Henson Recording Studios in Hollywood, California on February 1 and at the The Forum in Inglewood, California on February 8 before kicking off the first North American leg of the tour in Louisville at KFC Yum! Center on February 18, and ending the tour in North America on June 26 at New Orleans Arena. The U.S. leg of the tour was supported by Kool & the Gang, who opened each show, (except Uncasville), through the end of June. Although another North American leg was scheduled to begin July 7 and last until September 25, it was initially postponed and then cancelled due to the band feeling overworked. Ky-Mani Marley was set 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 then 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 postponed and rescheduled for June 2013, preceded by the band's first Australia show since 1998 at Stadium Australia in Sydney on April 20, 2013. After that, the band kicked off the Asian leg of the tour at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya on June 18, followed by a show at the Tokyo Dome on June 21 (recorded and later 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. The overall tour was a success.