David Lee Roth cancels 2 shows at House of Blues

David Lee Roth had happily anticipated kicking disconnected the extremity of his signifier vocation with a brace of New Year’s concerts connected the Strip.

COVID has different ideas.

Diamond Dave unopen down his New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day shows astatine House of Blues astatine Mandalay Bay. In a connection issued Thursday, reps for the 67-year-old beforehand antheral said, “Due to unforeseen circumstances related to COVID and retired of an abundance of caution for those moving and attending the shows, the David Lee Roth performances docket for Dec. 31, 2021 and Jan. 1, 2022 person been canceled. Refunds volition beryllium automatically processed, and ticket-holders volition beryllium notified directly.”

Roth’s shows Jan. 5, Jan. 7-8, Jan. 14-15, and Jan. 21-22 are inactive connected the books. Roth’s shows articulation those postponed by the Go-Go’s implicit New Year’s Eve weekend. The ’80s rockers pulled shows New Year’s Eva and New Year’s Day at The Venetian Theatre for a COVID lawsuit successful their camp. Those performances are reset for Feb. 11-12.

The ex-Van Halen beforehand antheral caused a tsunami successful the stone manufacture Oct. 1 by abruptly announcing helium was retiring aft his Vegas shows. In an exclusive interrogation successful this column, Roth classically remarked, “I americium throwing successful the shoes. I’m retiring.”

The announcement spurred summons income to Roth’s archetypal 5 dates astatine House of Blues. In December, helium tacked connected the four further dates. Those shows, too, sold out.

As Roth commented, “I had nary thought however galore of you wanted to wage to spot maine go.”

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