
Van Halen , who earlier this month announced the postponement of a planned tour stop in St. Louis Sunday night (10/28), have unveiled a make-up date for the show, and the time frame indicates that a 2008 leg of the band's successful semi-reunion outing is in the works.
St. Louis fans who were originally planning to catch last night's show at St. Louis' Scottrade Center will now have to wait until March 30, according to the venue. Tickets for the original performance will be honored at the new show. Refunds are also available at the point of purchase for fans who can't attend, and tickets freed up as a result of the postponement are on sale now.
Prior to the announcement of the St. Louis rain date, Van Halen's tour plans ended with a Dec. 30 performance in Las Vegas. The three-month gap between those two shows suggests that a full slate of 2008 dates are most likely in the works, though the group has not yet confirmed any additional 2008 roadwork. In the absence of an official announcement, a spokesperson for the group declined to comment on a potential 2008 tour.
Van Halen is in the midst of a semi-reunion tour that launched late last month and has been receiving mostly glowing remarks from reviewers and fans alike. The outing is the group's first in 22 years to feature original frontman David Lee Roth at the helm, but falls short of being a full-fledged reunion of the band's original lineup; prior to setting out on tour, the band's namesake brother duo--Alex and Eddie Van Halen--bounced founding bassist Michael Anthony in favor of Eddie's 16-year-old son, Wolfgang Van Halen.
Earlier this year, Van Halen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Anthony and former vocalist Sammy Hagar were the only two members to attend the ceremony; Eddie Van Halen was in a rehab facility at the time, while Alex and Roth chose to bow out.
Hagar, Anthony and Hagar's backing band, The Wabos, are in the midst of their own 60-date tour, which launched earlier this month and is slated to run until July of next year.