DAVID LEE ROTH

DAVID LEE ROTH Talks Upcoming VAN HALEN Show In Australia - "Van
Halen Are Just Now Starting To Value That Which Once Was, Which Was The
Capacity To Experience Other Worlds, Other Communities, Particularly
When You Are A Stranger In A Stranger Land"





VAN HALEN will headline the inaugural Stone Music Festival at Sydney’s
ANZ Stadium over the April 20th and 21st weekend. The event will also
feature BILLY JOEL, KINGS OF CHAOS, RICHIE RAMONE, BUCKCHERRY, LIFEHOUSE
and ILLUMINATION ROAD.





Speaking with The Daily Telegraph's Kathy McCabe, Van Halen frontman
DAVID LEE ROTH discusses the upcoming show. An excerpt follows:


Q: Is the concert in Australia part of your quest to get Van Halen out of America and touring the world again?


A: "Clearly. The Van Halens, I think, are just now starting to value
that which once was, which was the capacity to experience other worlds,
other communities, particularly when you are a stranger in a stranger
land. I find that so refreshing. And you gotta be prepared to be a
beginner, you gotta be prepared to not have your cheesburger and fries,
you gotta be prepared for a lot.


In the days back when, we would come off the road after a full year
out, I would walk straight though to the international terminal and head
for an adventure. I have earned the stars and scars. Kathy, we were
shooting some film the other day and I said to the make-up lady in
Japanese: ‘You see there are eight lines on my forehead? Each one is
named after an ex-girlfriend’. And she points to the third and says,
'Which one is this, Dave?', “That’s Stacey from Dallas.”


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Roth says Australian audiences can expect a playlist reflecting the
band’s heavy metal roots, its flamboyant pop tunes and tracks from the
band’s critically lauded 2012 album, A Different Kind Of Truth.


Talking to TheAge.com.au, Roth states: ”We are one of the few acts
that could open for a JIMMY BUFFETT on one night and play with METALLICA
on the other and still move with alarming credibility.”


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Stone Music Festival tickets are available via Ticketek.com.au, and Stonemusicfest.com.


(Thanks: Van Halen News Desk)