Van Halen - David Lee Roth World Tour

James Joyner @ Gone Hollywood | Tuesday, August 7, 2007

The real Van Halen is getting back together for the first time in twenty years.

Van Halen - David Lee Roth World Tour Photo Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen (L) and bassist Michael Anthony perform during the first of two-sold-out shows at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada August 6, 2004. Van Halen will announce a 50-date American reunion tour with original singer David Lee Roth during a news conference in Hollywood next week, sources said. (Ethan Miller EM/Reuters)

Van Halen will announce a 50-date American reunion tour with original singer David Lee Roth during a news conference in Hollywood next week, sources said. The arena trek will begin in early October.

Roth, who split from the rock group in the mid-1980s in hopes of solo stardom, will reunite with co-founders Eddie Van Halen on guitar and brother Alex Van Halen on drums. Eddie’s teenage son Wolfgang will sub for Michael Anthony on bass.