VAN HALEN – North American Tour Tickets Averaging Over $200 On Secondary Market Prior To Saturday’s On-Sale

Forbes.com is reporting following several pre-sales, ticket prices for Van Halen’s anxiously-anticipated already exceeding the $200 average on the secondary market. According to TiqIQ, the average price for Van Halen tickets over their three-month, 39-date road stint is $223.19.

With the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band supporting on all tour dates, the most expensive show will be at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey on August 9th. That show currently owns a secondary average of $495.48, 122% above the tour average, and the get-in price starts at $63. Two other dates also average higher than $400 on the secondary market, with stops at the Gexa Energy Pavilion in Dallas and San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernardino averaging at $460.14 and $402.82, respectively.

Van Halen is touring North America beginning July 5th in Seattle, Washington at the White River Amphitheatre, with concerts scheduled through October 2nd in Los Angeles, California at the legendary Hollywood Bowl. Special guest Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band will support all dates along the tour. Tickets for the Live Nation-promoted tour go on sale beginning April 4th with special pre-sale information being announced locally. A complete list of tour dates can be found at Van-halen.com.

The special Hollywood Boulevard concert will be a hit-heavy set of songs featured on Tokyo Dome Live In Concert, the first-ever live album to feature original singer David Lee Roth. Recorded on June 21, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo Dome Live In Concert includes 23 songs spanning all seven of the band’s albums with Roth. It was released as a double CD, four-LP set on 180-gram vinyl and digitally on March 31.

Also released on March 31st were remastered versions of Van Halen and 1984, with remastered versions of Diver Down, Women and Children First, Van Halen II and Fair Warning due out later this spring. Each album has been cut straight from the quarter-inch tapes for CD, 180-gram vinyl and for the digital version by mastering engineer Chris Bellman, who remastered the original albums for Bernie Grundman Studios, Hollywood, CA.

Go to Van-halen.com for all dates and more information.