When Do Van Halen Tickets Go On Sale?
Van Halen is one of the greatest and most significant groups of the hard rock genre ever. It was formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972, and its original members included Eddie Van Halen on guitar, Alex Van Halen on drums, Mark Stone on bass guitar, and David Lee Roth on vocals. Following the release of the self-titled debut in 1978, Van Halen would release many more successful records throughout the following years with both lead vocalist David Lee Roth and later with Sammy Hagar.
Although the band was rather inactive between 1999 and 2007, Van Halen reformed in 2007 with original singer Diamond David Lee Roth. Over the next few years, they continued to tour and released the album A Different Kind of Truth in 2012. It would prove to be Van Halen’s first record with Roth since 1984 and their last full-length record before the death of Eddie Van Halen in 2020 from cancer.
But in 2023, Van Halen is planning to go on tour again for the Van Halen: Then Now & Forever Tour. The tour will see Wolfgang Van Halen, Eddie’s son, on bass, Diamond David Lee Roth on vocals, and Alex Van Halen on drums, likely for the final time with the Van Halen moniker. It will be a unique show and homage to the late Eddie Van Halen, whom fans should not want to miss.
When do Van Halen tickets go on sale for the 2024 tours? No more specific dates for the official ticket sales have been released by the band or the concert promoters. However, given the patterns of concert tours and ticket releases, it is estimated that Van Halen tickets might likely be released for sale in late spring 2024.
As far as large touring rock bands are concerned, most of their tours are generally promoted about several months in advance, and the tickets for such shows are generally made available for presale, one or two weeks prior to the time when they are made available to the general public. Since they advertised this as the final tour with Van Halen, it would not be a shocker if there was also a fan club pre-sale before the general on-sale as well. Any presale dates and links will be disclosed on Van Halen’s website and social media accounts in the months leading up to the tour.
I believe that Van Halen tickets will be released for sale within the period of April or May 2024 for the public. This on-sale is typical in the touring industry since on-sale dates are often on Fridays, and the tickets can be on sale for as little as 6 weeks or up to 12 weeks before actual concert dates.
Where specifically fans can go to purchase the highly-desired Van Halen tickets will either be in the individual city venues. When tickets go on sale to the general public, the primary ticketing sites for larger arena shows, such as Ticketmaster or Tixbag, will be the ones that will be selling the tickets. There should be lots of interest and potential for immediate sales, so fans will be anticipating the time when records go on sale and be right there to purchase them immediately.
For smaller, more intimate shows, tickets could be directly sold through the venue’s box office or website and not through a ticketing site. See specific venue websites for more information regarding each on-sale date, the precise platforms, and where online tickets can be purchased. The existing on-sales are still unknown, but there should be a highly intense ticket rush as most of the fans will attempt to buy between two and six tickets.
Van Halen’s ticket prices for the 2024 tour have not been released at the moment. However, for a legendary rock band on their last tour, one should expect a high ticket price, and the tickets can be as low as $100 before the fees for the back of the arena and can go as high as $500 and up for the floor seats or VIP packages. Average ticket pricing for Van Halen’s last few tours ranged from $150 to $350, depending on the city and venue size.
Toss in the additional factors of an added crowd factor and emotion since this is being billed as Van Halen’s farewell tour, and all indicators are that this is one of the rock shows of 2024. Priced tickets would be face-value prices directly from the box office, and most fans would only be shot at decent tickets too; resale prices are expected to go beyond $500 to average $1000 and above.
So if the possibility of seeing Van Halen live just one more time is on your list of desires, it is high time to watch the website and join the pre-sale notifications during the next several months. If you are planning to purchase tickets on the day they go on sale, prepare early in the morning on the said date, preferably before the date is out, as people will be rushing to get their tickets as well. Watching the band, particularly David Lee Roth, perform his high kicks and splits, along with Alex and Wolfgang Van Halen, pleased to celebrate Eddie’s music, is not a small feat to pull off, and it will definitely cost millions. Still, for millions of rock fans of all ages, the last opportunity to witness a live performance by Van Halen is sure to be worth the price.
