Van Halen and Roth will tour next year

Wire and staff report

NEW YORK

Van Halen will tour in 2012.

The rock band has posted a video on its website announcing that the first tickets will go on sale Jan. 10. A list of cities on the tour was not released.

The black-and-white video shows guitarist Eddie Van Halen and drummer Alex Van Halen, along with original lead singer David Lee Roth and Eddie’s son, Wolfgang, on bass. The ticker at the bottom of the video reads: “Van Halen on Tour 2012. First tickets on sale January 10.”

No other information is posted on the website.

Van Halen, with its flamboyant frontman “Diamond Dave,” was one of the most popular rock bands of the 1980s, but Roth left the band in 1985. Van Halen toured with him in 2007-2008.

In July 2006, Roth gave a solo concert at Cafaro Field, now Eastwood Stadium, in Niles.

Van Halen signed with Interscope Records last month and reportedly is working on a new album, although there has been no word of a release date. The band had previously spent its career with Warner Bros. Records.

After Roth left the band in 1985, Van Halen replaced him with singer Sammy Hagar and produced a string of hit albums and songs. Hagar was dropped in 1996 and replaced by former Extreme singer Gary Cherone, who only lasted three years.

After bringing Hagar back in from 2003 to 2005, Van Halen invited Roth back into the fold several years ago and toured with him in 2007.