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Van Halen dump Oz
The band's 2012 'world' tour will not include a stop Down Under, even though they'll be playing three gigs in Japan in late November.
Promoter Patrick Prendergast, who's been in talks with the band and their management since April said a deal had been "very, very close".
It's the second time the band has bypassed Australia...they were due to headline last year's Soundwave Revolution festival but pulled out after the event collapsed.
Source: Ultimate Guitar 
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Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. Critics and fans alike consider its 1978 debut album, Van Halen—featuring virtuoso guitarist Eddie Van Halen, vocalist David Lee Roth, drummer Alex Van Halen, and bassist Michael Anthony— one of the most "original and revolutionary albums to change rock and roll. " According to the Recording Industry Association...
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