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Van Halen tour rolls on, best-of set rides the charts
With its best-of set now in stores and two new singles on the air, Van Halen continues to add shows to its reunion run with singer Sammy Hagar.
The itinerary now stretches into early October, and includes newly added stops in Champaign, IL; Little Rock, AR; Las Vegas; and Albuquerque. Tickets for all four dates will hit the box office this month. Details are shown below.
More dates are yet to come, according to the band's website.
In June, Van Halen launched its first tour with singer Sammy Hagar at the mic since 1995. Hagar and the group split on bad terms in 1996, but patched things up late last year.
Before hitting the road, the group recorded three new songs, all of which are included on "The Best of Both Worlds," a two-disc compilation that also houses previously released cuts from the band's studio albums with Hagar and original singer David Lee Roth.
Released in late July, "The Best of Both Worlds" sold about 138,000 copies during its first week out and debuted at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 album chart. Now in its second week on the chart, the set rests at No. 13.
"It's About Time," one of the three new cuts with Hagar, clocks in at No. 13 on trade publication Radio & Records' most-recent Rock National Airplay chart, and follow-up cut "Up for Breakfast"--also new--has been added to radio-station playlists throughout the country.
