A Different Kind of Truth (or Viva La Van Halen Tour) was a 2012–13

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for

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band

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. It was Van Halen's tour in support of their 2012 album, '' A Different Kind of Truth''.

History

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. On January 10, the single "

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" premiered on radio stations. The band's new album from

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, entitled '' A Different Kind of Truth'', was released on February 7. The band did three warm-up shows –

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in New York City on January 5, 2012,

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on February 1, and The Forum in

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on February 8 – before kicking off the North American leg of the tour in

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at KFC Yum! Center on February 18. This leg ended on June 26 at

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opened each show (except Uncasville), through the end of June. Another North American leg was scheduled to begin July 7 and last until September 25, but was postponed and then cancelled due to the band feeling overworked.

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was 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 scheduled to visit Japan for the first time since their 1998

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with

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/since 1979 during their " World Vacation Tour" with

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, however, due to

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's emergency surgery for

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in August 2012, the Asian tour was rescheduled for June 2013, preceded by the band's first Australia show since 1998 at

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on April 20, 2013. The band kicked off the Asian leg at

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on June 18, followed by a show at the

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on June 21 (released as ''

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'') and ending with two shows at

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on June 24 and 26. The band finished the tour with two shows at Ford Festival Park in

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for the "Rock USA Festival" on July 20 and at Chumash Grandstand Arena in

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for the "California Mid-State Fair" on July 24. "I'm happy now when somebody sends me a video of those guys in concert," remarked former singer

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, "and I see Eddie's playing good again. I wish that would have been the guy that did the 2004 tour. If it was, we probably still would have been together."

Setlist

;Songs played overall #" Unchained" #"

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" #" She's the Woman" #"I'm the One" #" Romeo Delight" #"The Full Bug" #"

" #" Everybody Wants Some!!" #"Somebody Get Me a Doctor" #"China Town" #"Mean Street" #"Jamie's Cryin'" #"Hear About It Later" #"

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cover) #Alex Van Halen drum solo Drumstruck"#"

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" (

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cover) #"The Trouble with Never" #"Blood & Fire" #"Bottoms Up!" #" Dance the Night Away" #"

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" #" And the Cradle Will Rock..." #"

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" #"Women in Love..." #"Outta Love Again" #"Girl Gone Bad" #"Hang 'Em High" #"Atomic Punk" #" Beautiful Girls" #"Ice Cream Man" (

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" #Eddie Van Halen guitar solo and "

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", "Cathedral" and "

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" Encore #

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" ;Typical setlist #"Unchained" #"Runnin' with the Devil" #"She's the Woman" #"Romeo Delight" #"Tattoo" #"Everybody Wants Some!!" #"Somebody Get Me a Doctor" #"China Town" #"Hear About It Later" #"Pretty Woman" (Roy Orbison over) #Alex Van Halen drum solo Drumstruck"#"You Really Got Me" (The Kinks cover) #"The Trouble with Never" #"Dance the Night Away" #"I'll Wait" #"Hot for Teacher" #"Women in Love..." #"Beautiful Girls" #"Ice Cream Man" (John Brim cover) #"Panama" #Eddie Van Halen guitar solo" nd "Spanish Fly", "Cathedral" and "Eruption"#"Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" Encore #

"Jump"

Tour dates

Information

*Top 200 North American Tours 2012: #8 *Total Gross: US $49.9 million *Total Attendance: 485,172 *No. of concerts: 50 ;Festivals and other miscellaneous performances :This concert is a part of the Stone Music Festival :This concert is a part of the Rock USA Festival :This concert is a part of the California Mid-State Fair A full private show for SAP was played at Orlando Amway Center on May 16, 2012.

Cancellations

Shows Legs

Personnel

– lead vocals, guitar *

– lead guitar, backing vocals *

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– bass guitar, backing vocals *

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– drums, percussion

References

External links

Van-Halen.com
– The official Van Halen website
Van Halen NewsDesk

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