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David Lee Roth keeps rocking into the fall
David Lee Roth 's 2006 tour is proving to have longer legs than his 2006 gig as Howard Stern's replacement on morning radio. The former Van Halen frontman, who has been on the road for much of the summer, will continue working the stage this fall.
Roth has added a number of August stops to his schedule, and has mapped about a dozen other shows that are scattered from mid-September through early November. The itinerary is shown below.
Earlier this summer, Roth popped up on the national radar for his contributions to "Strummin' with the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen," a collection of Van Halen covers played bluegrass style. The singer--who teamed with the John Jorgensen Bluegrass Band for new versions of "Jump" and "Jamie’s Cryin'"--subsequently hyped the disc by performing with the band on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," as well as by making appearances on a myriad of television news and talk shows.
In January, Roth took over the syndicated morning slot that Stern vacated when he jumped to Sirius satellite radio. Broadcasting from Stern's old studio at CBS Radio's WXRK-FM in New York City, the motor-mouthed talker was lambasted by critics from the moment he hit the air, and was unceremoniously dumped in April.
Roth's most recent album of original solo material is 1998's "DLR Band." A covers-heavy collection titled "Diamond Dave"--Roth's nickname--followed in 2003. Concertgoers can expect to hear very few of the singer's solo cuts, however; for years now, his set list has consisted almost entirely of material from the six albums Van Halen released between 1978 and 1984.
In addition to his musical pursuits, Roth is working on a follow-up to his 1997 autobiography, "Crazy from the Heat." Titled "The Tao of Dave: Rock 'n' Roll Philosophy with David Lee Roth," the forthcoming book will "find the self-proclaimed toastmaster of the immoral majority dispensing knowledge, wisdom, action packed anecdotes and knock-you-on-your-a-- chili recipes amidst a collection of personal artwork and photos in what is sure to be the most off-the-hook philosophy book ever written," according to his website.
"I simply have to be creative all the time," Roth said in a statement posted at the site. "I have to create new things. I never have writers block. You wanna figure out something to shoot? This is not an issue. You want some lyrics? This is not a problem. All of the ideas are constant. If nothing else, I am aware of what's going on around me. I always feel like I'm missing something unless I stay completely applied."
