III Tour

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::summary 1998 concert tour by Van Halen ::

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Field	Value
concert_tour_name	III Tour
artist	Van Halen
start_date	March 12, 1998
end_date	November 2, 1998
number_of_legs	6
number_of_shows	86
last_tour	Balance Tour
(1995)
this_tour	III Tour
(1998)
next_tour	Summer Tour
(2004)
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| concert_tour_name = III Tour | image = | image_caption = | artist = Van Halen | start_date = March 12, 1998 | end_date = November 2, 1998 | number_of_legs = 6 | number_of_shows = 86 | last_tour = Balance Tour (1995) | this_tour = III Tour (1998) | next_tour = Summer Tour (2004) The III Tour was a concert tour by American hard rock band Van Halen, in support of their eleventh studio album, Van Halen III. It is the only concert tour to feature vocalist Gary Cherone.

Background

Despite positive critical reviews, the tour underperformed commercially by Van Halen standards, and capped the band's general decline after the early 1990s. It would be their last tour until 2004.

In a change from Sammy Hagar-era tours, Gary Cherone – who had grown up a big fan of the band – was willing to include material from both previous Van Halen vocalists. Due to both differing vocal styles and personal animus between himself and David Lee Roth, Hagar had allowed only a few Roth-era classics into the set lists while he sang for Van Halen. Cherone's voice was deeper than Hagar's, making it more suited to Roth songs, yet he possessed enough vocal range to perform Hagar songs as well. Thus, of the 19 full songs performed on the tour, 10 were from the Roth era, and 4 from the Hagar era, the remaining 5 pertaining to III (since Roth rejoined Van Halen in 2007, no Hagar-era material ever graced the setlists again). "It may have looked odd on paper but it actually worked live," Cherone told KNAC. "I made a concerted effort to do the old Van Halen tunes that Sammy was not doing. I wanted to do the deep cuts… we did songs their fans had not heard in years."

However, dissatisfaction with the new album and the band's troubles in 1996 (arguments over Hagar's sudden departure, followed by a brief reunion with Roth that also ended abruptly) led to the tour's low popularity. Grunge had changed the face of rock music, and Van Halen's fame – which had endured due to their heritage – took a big hit with Hagar's departure.

A 15-date European tour planned for the end of May and June had to be cancelled after four shows only due to Alex Van Halen's injury. The band also cancelled all of their 4 September dates in Brazil and Puerto Rico.

The April 20 show in Sydney, Australia was recorded live for an MTV special, Live from the 10 Spot. It aired on May 1, 1998.

Setlist

1. "Unchained"
2. "Without You"
3. "One I Want"
4. "Mean Street"
5. "When It's Love"
6. "Fire in the Hole"
7. "Why Can't This Be Love"
8. "Romeo Delight"
9. "Alex Van Halen Drum Solo"
10. "Dance the Night Away"
11. "Feel Your Love Tonight"
12. "Humans Being"
13. "Somebody Get Me a Doctor"
14. "Year to the Day"
15. "Eddie Van Halen Guitar Solo"
16. "Right Now"
17. "Ain't Talkin' Bout Love" Encore 1
18. "Josephina"
19. "Panama"
20. "Jump" Encore 2
21. "I'm the One"

Tour dates

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Date	City	Country	Venue	Warm Up	Oceania	North America	Europe	North America	Japan
March 12, 1998	Hollywood	United States	Billboard Live
March 18, 1998	Toronto	Canada	Sam the Record Man
April 10, 1998	Wellington	New Zealand	Queens Wharf Events Centre
April 11, 1998	Auckland	North Harbour Stadium
April 14, 1998	Launceston	Australia	Silverdome
April 17, 1998	Melbourne	Rod Laver Arena
April 18, 1998	Canberra	AIS Arena
April 20, 1998	Sydney	Sydney Entertainment Centre
April 23, 1998	Newcastle	Newcastle Entertainment Centre
April 24, 1998	Brisbane	Brisbane Entertainment Centre
April 27, 1998	Adelaide	Adelaide Entertainment Centre
April 29, 1998	Perth	Perth Entertainment Centre
May 13, 1998	The Woodlands	United States	Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
May 14, 1998	Dallas	Starplex Amphitheater
May 16, 1998	Rosemont	Rosemont Horizon
May 17, 1998	Cleveland	Gund Arena
May 19, 1998	Auburn Hills	The Palace of Auburn Hills
May 21, 1998	Boston	FleetCenter
May 22, 1998	New York City	Madison Square Garden
May 24, 1998	Philadelphia	CoreStates Spectrum
May 27, 1998	Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki Ice Hall
May 29, 1998	Nuremberg	Germany	Rock Im Park
May 30, 1998	Halle	Eissporthalle
May 31, 1998	Nürburgring	Rock Am Ring
June 2, 1998	Berlin	Huxley's Neue Welt
July 1, 1998	Phoenix	United States	Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion
July 3, 1998	Del Mar	Del Mar Fairgrounds
July 4, 1998	San Bernardino	Blockbuster Pavilion
July 5, 1998	Mountain View	Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 7, 1998	Concord	Concord Pavilion
July 8, 1998	Sacramento	ARCO Arena
July 10, 1998	Portland	Rose Garden Arena
July 11, 1998	George	The Gorge Amphitheatre
July 14, 1998	Park City	The Canyons
July 16, 1998	Greenwood Village	Coors Amphitheatre
July 18, 1998	Bonner Springs	Sandstone Amphitheater
July 19, 1998	Maryland Heights	Riverport Amphitheater
July 21, 1998	Cincinnati	Riverbend Music Center
July 22, 1998	Noblesville	Deer Creek Music Center
July 24, 1998	Burgettstown	Starlake Amphitheater
July 25, 1998	Columbus	Polaris Amphitheater
July 26, 1998	Hershey	Star Pavilion at Hersheypark Stadium
July 28, 1998	Scranton	Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
July 30, 1998	Charlotte	Blockbuster Pavilion
July 31, 1998	Atlanta	Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre
August 2, 1998	Antioch	Starwood Amphitheatre
August 4, 1998	Paso Robles	California Mid-State Fair
August 12, 1998	Boston	Hard Rock Cafe
August 13, 1998	Mansfield	Great Woods Center
August 14, 1998
August 15, 1998	Wantagh	Jones Beach Theater
August 16, 1998	Holmdel	PNC Bank Arts Center
August 18, 1998	Raleigh	Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
August 19, 1998	Virginia Beach	GTE Amphitheatre
August 21, 1998	Bristow	Nissan Pavilion
August 22, 1998	Atlantic City	Trump Marina
August 23, 1998	Saratoga Springs	Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 25, 1998	Darien Center	Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 26, 1998	Toronto	Canada	Molson Amphitheatre
August 28, 1998	Richmond	United States	Classic Amphitheater
August 29, 1998	Hartford	Meadows Music Theater
August 31, 1998	Syracuse	State Fair Grandstand
September 2, 1998	Grand Rapids	Van Andel Arena
September 3, 1998	Clarkston	Pine Knob Music Theatre
September 5, 1998	East Troy	Alpine Valley Music Theatre
September 15, 1998	North Myrtle Beach	House of Blues
September 16, 1998	Lake Buena Vista	House of Blues
September 17, 1998	Sunrise	Sunrise Musical Theater
October 2, 1998	Las Vegas	The Joint
October 3, 1998
October 13, 1998	Anchorage	Sullivan Sports Arena
October 16, 1998	Honolulu	Neal S. Blaisdell Arena
October 20, 1998	Hiroshima	Japan	Hiroshima Sun Plaza
October 21, 1998	Fukuoka	Fukuoka Kokusai Center
October 23, 1998	Osaka	Osaka-jo Hall
October 24, 1998	Nagoya	Rainbow Hall
October 26, 1998	Kawasaki	Sangyo Bunka Kaikan
October 28, 1998	Tokyo	Nippon Budokan
October 29, 1998
October 30, 1998
November 2, 1998	Yokohama	Yokohama Arena
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Box office score data

::data[format=table title="List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references"] | Date (1998) | City | Venue | Attendance | Gross | Ref(s) | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | May 14 | Dallas, United States | Starplex Amphitheatre | 13,789 | $400,825 | | | May 21 | Boston, United States | FleetCenter | 12,073 | $363,730 | | ::

Personnel

• Eddie Van Halen – guitar, backing vocals
• Michael Anthony – bass, backing vocals, keyboards
• Alex Van Halen – drums
• Gary Cherone – lead vocals

Additional musician

• Alan Fitzgerald – keyboards

References

References

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