VAN HALEN guitarist Eddie Van Halen is featured in the May 2012 issue of Esquire magazine, where he speaks candidly about his drinking and substance abuse issues. Eddie said, " I don't mean to blame my dad, but when I started playing in front of people, I'd get so damn nervous. I asked him, 'Dad, how do you do it?' That's when he handed me the cigarette and the drink. And I go, 'Oh, this is good! It works!' For so long, it really did work. And I certainly didn't do it to party. I would do blow and I would drink, and then I would go to my room and write music."
He added, "You know, people say with that twelve-step program you will succeed. I disagree. When they say, 'You can't say, I will never drink again,' I can honestly say I will never drink again. It's a whole new world. I'm fifty-seven years old and I know I'm not going to live to be 114, so I can't say I'm halfway done. It's a sullen truth, but this is the first record I've made sober. There's a certain place that you have to get to where things just flow, and I have to say that when I drank and did blow, it might have created a false sense of getting there easier. I'm not comparing myself to all these famous artists in history, but you know, everybody, guys like Mozart, they were all alcoholics. And it does somehow enable you to lower your inhibitions. At the same time, it also gives you a false sense that what you're doing is great. Now I'm so aware of everything that sometimes I'm afraid to pick up my guitar."
Van Halen has added 18 concerts to its highly successful 2012 North American tour. The newly added dates begin July 7 with an encore performance at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Second shows have also been added in the Detroit and New York/New Jersey areas, as well as Philadelphia. Ky-mani Marley is the opening act for all added concerts.
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VAN HALEN ADDED TOUR DATES: |
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Concert Date |
City, State |
Venue |
On Sale Date |
Time |
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Sat, Jul 07 |
Uncasville, CT |
Mohegan Sun Arena |
Sat, Apr 21 |
10 AM |
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Mon, Jul 09 |
Hampton, VA |
Hampton Coliseum |
Fri, Apr 20 |
10 AM |
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Wed, Jul 11 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Wells Fargo Center |
Fri, May 04 |
10 AM |
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Fri, Jul 13 |
E. Rutherford, NJ |
IZOD Center |
Mon, Apr 23 |
10 AM |
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Sun, Jul 15 |
Baltimore, MD |
1st Mariner Arena |
Mon, Apr 23 |
10 AM |
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Tue, Jul 17 |
Rochester, NY |
Blue Cross Arena |
Sat, Apr 21 |
10 AM |
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Thu, Jul 19 |
Detroit, MI |
Joe Louis Arena |
Sat, May 05 |
10 AM |
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Sat, Jul 21 |
London, ON |
John Labatt Centre |
Fri, Apr 20 |
10 AM |
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Tue, Jul 24 |
Toledo, OH |
Huntington Center |
Sat, May 05 |
10 AM |
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Thu, Jul 26 |
Grand Rapids, MI |
Van Andel Arena |
Sat, May 05 |
10 AM |
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Sat, Jul 28 |
Cleveland, OH |
Quicken Loans Arena |
Fri, May 04 |
10 AM |
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Tue, Jul 31 |
Fort Wayne, IN |
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum |
Sat, May 05 |
10 AM |
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Thu, Aug 02 |
Columbus, OH |
Schottenstein Center |
Mon, Apr 30 |
10 AM |
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Sat, Aug 04 |
Knoxville, TN |
Thompson Boling Arena |
Sat, Apr 28 |
10 AM |
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Mon, Aug 06 |
Memphis, TN |
FedExForum |
Sat, Apr 28 |
10 AM |
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Wed, Aug 08 |
Birmingham, AL |
BJCC Arena |
Sat, Apr 28 |
10 AM |
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Fri, Aug 10 |
Greenville, SC |
BI-LO Center |
Sat, Apr 28 |
10 AM |
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Sun, Aug 12 |
Cincinnati, OH |
U.S. Bank Arena |
Fri, May 04 |
10 AM |
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