Love him or hate him, Diamond David Lee Roth has announced a 30-date solo tour of North America. Over the past few years, Diamond Dave has been touring, with mixed reviews from fans. Some look like they’re about to puke in their own mouths, while others (like your’s truly) embrace Diamond Dave for what and who he is and refuse to discount the fact that he is an epic over-the-top rock showman.
When he isn’t posting kick ass videos to his Social Media platforms of him dancing like a goddamn winner, he’s out there playing shows and at 71, homie will his 30 date run on April 16 in Airway Heights, Washington and will visit California, Arizona and Texas later in the month before playing in Tennessee, Florida, North Carolina and Ontario, among others, in May. In June, Roth will visit New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, among other states.
Tickets are on sale now at https://davidleeroth.com/tour/.
David Lee Roth “The Last Tour (Unless It Isn’t) dates:
April 16 – Airway Heights, WA @ Spokane Live
April 18 – Grand Ronde, OR @ Spirit Mountain Casino
April 20 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
April 22 – Tucson, AZ @ The Rialto Theatre
April 25 – Albuquerque, NM @ Revel
April 27 – Lubbock, TX @ Buddy Holly Hall
April 29 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live at The Moody Theater
May 01 – Memphis, TN @ Graceland Soundstage
May 03 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live Orlando
May 06 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
May 09 – Virginia Beach, VA @ The Dome
May 12 – Wilmington, NC @ CCFC’s Wilson Center
May 14 – Greensboro, NC @ Tanger Center
May 16 – Washington, DC @ Warner Theatre
May 19 – Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theatre
May 21 – Niagara Falls, ON @ OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino
May 24 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
May 26 – Schenectady, NY @ Proctors Theatre
May 29 – Hampton Beach, NH @ Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
May 31 – Wallingford, CT @ Toyota Oakdale Theatre
June 03 – Port Chester, NY @ The Capitol Theatre
June 05 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony Summer Stage
June 07 – Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
June 09 – Huber Heights, OH @ Rose Music Center at The Heights
June 11 – Fort Wayne, IN @ Foellinger Theatre
June 13 – Battle Creek, MI @ FireKeepers Casino Hotel
June 15 – Sioux Falls, SD @ The Monument
June 17 – Moorhead, MN @ Bluestem Amphitheater
June 20 – Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
August 07 – Sturgis, SD @ Sturgis Buffalo Chip
Roth‘s solo shows in 2025 featured Al Estrada on guitar, Ryan Wheeler on bass, Francisco Valentino on drums, and Danny Wagner on keyboards.
Roth‘s summer 2025 U.S. tour concluded on September 14 in Napa, California.
Roth played his first full solo concert in more than five years on May 3 at the 2025 edition of the M3 Rock Festival at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland.
“We’ve reached the end of my first retirement,” David joked at one point during the M3 concert. “How many retirements did Rocky have? Nine?”
Roth originally left VAN HALEN to pursue a solo career following the success of the band’s album “1984”, but he returned for a stint in 1996 and then took over as VAN HALEN‘s frontman again from 2007 until 2020, although the band had not toured since 2015.
In the last couple of years, Roth has been releasing solo versions of several VAN HALEN classics, including “Jump”, “Unchained”, “Everybody Wants Some!!”, “You Really Got Me”, “Dance The Night Away”, “Panama”, and “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love”. The tracks were laid down on May 3, 2022, during a session at Henson Recording Studio in Hollywood, California. Joining Roth in the studio were Al Estrada on guitar, Ryan Wheeler on bass, and Francis Valentino on drums. A total of 14 songs were recorded in two hours. The music and the vocals were tracked live with “no samples” and without the pitch-correction technology Auto-Tune.
In January 2022, Roth canceled the remaining farewell shows he was scheduled to play in Las Vegas after he had vowed to retire from live performance.
In a statement, event organizers said the cancellations were made “due to unforeseen circumstances related to COVID and out of an abundance of caution for those working and attending the shows.”
When Roth‘s Vegas residency was first announced, organizers promised “a changing set of 26 instantly recognizable songs, including ‘Jump’, ‘Panama’ and ‘California Girls…’”
In March 2020, Roth postponed the final six shows of his Las Vegas residency due to the coronavirus pandemic spreading worldwide.
Roth‘s last Vegas residency kicked off on January 8, 2020, with a 15-song set that included 10 VAN HALEN classics and five songs from his solo career. Backing the singer were lead guitarist Al Estrada from the VAN HALEN tribute band ERUPTION, rhythm guitarist Frankie Lindri, bassist Ryan Wheeler, keyboardist Danny Wagner, and drummer Mike Mussleman.
Roth explained that he chose Vegas as the place to debut his new band because “this is where you come to celebrate and do the victory dance, whatever that means to you.”
In a February 2020 interview with the Star Tribune, Roth openly wondered whether his first tour since VAN HALEN completed its 2015 run of shows would be his last.
“I’m calling it ‘The Last Tour’,” he said at the time, “and then underneath it in parentheses: ‘Unless It Isn’t’. … At my age, everything is a possible farewell tour.”
“It’s been a long, great trip, a long, great run,” he continued. “But this kind of music requires the kind of energy that people in their 20s bring. You know what NFL stands for: Not For Long. It’s similar to rock. I remember the days when we would stand around and say, ‘Let’s go have a cigarette.’ And that’s what we did: Four guys having one cigarette. I remember those days. They go by fast, so enjoy them while you’re in them.”
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