FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 28, 2007

VAN HALEN
MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28 AND SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30
Tickets On Sale Saturday, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m.

LAS VEGAS – Rock legends Van Halen will embark on a concert tour throughout the United States and Canada, with its original lead singer David Lee Roth, for the first time in more than 22 years. The tour will stop at the MGM Grand Garden Arena for two nights, Friday, Dec. 28 and Sunday, Dec. 30. Both shows are scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. with special guest Ky-mani Marley.

Tickets priced at $175, $125 and $65, not including applicable service charges and taxes, go on sale Saturday, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. and will be sold at the MGM Grand Garden Arena box office and at all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations (select Smith's Food and Drug Centers, Macy's West at the Fashion Show Mall and Ritmo Latino). Ticket sales are limited to eight (8) per person for each show. To charge by phone with a major credit card, call the MGM Grand box office at

(702) 891-7777 or Ticketmaster at (800) 929-1111. Tickets also are available for purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com.

Wristband distribution will begin Saturday, Oct. 6 at 6 a.m. and end at 9 a.m. A random number will be drawn and a lineup will be in sequential order beginning with the random number selected. Wristband distribution requires a form of personal identification and does not guarantee that a ticket can be purchased.

Considered by fans as one of the most highly anticipated tours in rock 'n' roll history, Roth, guitarist Eddie Van Halen and drummer Alex Van Halen will perform with Eddie's son, Wolfgang Van Halen, who joins the lineup as the band's bass player. Van Halen and Roth have not performed or recorded together since 1984's classic multi-platinum album, 1984, and subsequent tour, making this tour truly a historic event.

Van Halen remains one of the most important and influential bands of all time. Formed in Los Angeles in 1974, the band quickly won a loyal hometown fan base with their electrifying live shows. From the moment they released their self-titled 1978 debut album, Van Halen shook the foundations of rock, thanks largely to Roth's peerless showmanship, Eddie Van Halen's revolutionary guitar virtuosity and their songwriting abilities; this changed rock music forever.

The band's record of achievement is hard to top. Their two albums, Van Halen and 1984, were certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America. Van Halen joins an elite short list of two-time Diamond Award honorees in the history of the music industry. The Diamond Award is presented to an artist for album sales of 10 million or more units. They also are in the Guinness Book of World Records for having more No. 1 hits on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart than any other band in history. Inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in March of this year, Van Halen has produced a treasured body of work that fans will admire for decades to come.

The MGM Grand Garden Arena is home to concerts, championship boxing and premier sporting and special events. The Arena offers comfortable seating for as many as 16,800 with excellent sightlines and state-of-the-art acoustics, lighting and sound. Prominent events to date have included world championship fights between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson as well as Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather and George Foreman vs. Michael Moorer; and concerts by The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Bette Midler, Gloria Estefan, Janet Jackson, Phil Collins, Billy Joel, Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, Sting, Jimmy Buffett and the Barbra Streisand Millennium Concert. The MGM Grand Garden Arena is also home to the annual FOX Billboard Music Awards, the annual Andre Agassi Grand Slam for Children Benefit and the Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMA).