David Lee Roth explains why Van Halen postponed tour dates

David Lee Roth posted a video this weekend explaining the abruptly postponed dates on Van Halen's tour. 

Van Halen postponed a number of dates on their current tour last week with no explanation.  All dates following their June 26th show in New Orleans, LA have been removed from the tour schedule on the Van Halen website.  Still no information has been provided regarding rescheduled dates or refunds.

"The band is getting along famously," Roth says in the video, "better than we have in quite some time."
The true cause for the disruption, he explains, is simply exhaustion. "As usual, we bit off way more than we could chew when it came to scheduling. The band is winning, but our schedule has been sidelined for unnecessary roughness," he says. "We're gonna take a break and we're gonna come all the way back around, because this tour is gonna take about two years."

The band’s confirmed tour dates are listed below:

Van Halen 2012 Tour Dates

05/17 Winnipeg, MB—MTS Centre

05/19 St. Paul, MN—Xcel Energy Center

05/22 Kansas City, MO—Sprint Center

05/24 Denver, CO—Pepsi Center

05/27 Las Vegas, NV—MGM Grand Garden Arena

06/01 Los Angeles, CA—Staples Center

06/03 Oakland, CA—Oracle Arena

06/05 San Jose, CA—HP Pavilion

06/09 Los Angeles, CA—Staples Center

06/12 Anaheim, CA—Honda Center

06/14 San Diego, CA—Viejas Arena

06/16 Phoenix, AZ—US Airways Center

06/20 Dallas, TX—American Airways Center

06/22 San Antonio, TX—AT&T Center

06/24 Houston, TX—Toyota Center

06/26 New Orleans, LA—New Orleans Arena



The postponed dates:

07/7  Uncasville, Ct., Mohegan Sun Arena
07/9  Hampton, Va., Hampton Coliseum
07/11  Philadelphia, Pa., Wells Fargo Center
07/13  East Rutherford, N.J., Izod Center
07/15  Baltimore, Md., 1st Mariner Arena
07/17  Rochester N.Y., Blue Cross Arena
07/19  Detroit, Mich., Joe Louis Arena
07/21  London, Ontario, John Labatt Centre
07/24  Toledo, Ohio, Huntington Center
07/26  Grand Rapids, Mich., Van Andel Arena
07/28  Cleveland, Ohio, Quicken Loans Arena
07/31  Fort Wayne, Ind., Allen County Memorial Coliseum
08/2  Columbus, Ohio, Schottenstein Center
08/4  Knoxville, Tenn., Thompson-Boiling Arena
08/6  Memphis, Tenn., FedEx Forum
08/8  Birmingham, Ala., BJCC Arena
08/10  Greenville, S.C., BI-LO Center
08/12  Cincinnati, Ohio, US Bank Arena
08/21  Spokane, Wash., Spokane Arena
08/23  Portland, Ore., Rose Garden
08/25  Sacramento, Calif.,Power Balance Pavilion
08/28  Fresno, Calif., Save Mart Center
08/30  Reno, Nev., Reno Events Center
09/4  Salt Lake City, Utah — EnergySolutions Arena
09/8  Albuquerque, N.M., Tingley Coliseum
09/11  El Paso, Texas, Don Haskins Center
09/13  Austin, Texas, Frank Erwin Center
09/15  Oklahoma City, Okla., Chesapeake Energy Arena
09/17  Wichita, Kan. – Intrust Bank Arena
09/21  Moline, Ill., Iwireless Center
09/25  Milwaukee, Wis., Bradley Center