VAN HALEN are scheduled to headline the final night of the 2013 Rock USA Festival, taking place July 17th - 20th at Ford Festival Park in Oshkosh, WI.

Acts confirmed for the festival currently include:

Wednesday, July 17th - AVENGED SEVENFOLD, BUCKCHERRY, SALIVA (two more acts to be announced).

Thursday, July 18th - BRET MICHAELS, QUEENSRŸCHE, GREAT WHITE, SLAUGHTER (one more act to be announced).

Friday, July 19th - GODSMACK, CHEVELLE, SEVENDUST (two more acts to be announced).

Saturday, July 20th - VAN HALEN, RATT, JACKYL, DOKKEN (one more act to be announced).

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Van Halen will headline the inaugural Stone Music Festival at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium over the April 20th and 21st weekend. The event will also feature BILLY JOEL, KINGS OF CHAOS, RICHIE RAMONE, BUCKCHERRY, LIFEHOUSE and ILLUMINATION ROAD.

Speaking with The Daily Telegraph's Kathy McCabe, Van Halen frontman DAVID LEE ROTH discusses the upcoming show. An excerpt follows:

Q: Is the concert in Australia part of your quest to get Van Halen out of America and touring the world again?

A: "Clearly. The Van Halens, I think, are just now starting to value that which once was, which was the capacity to experience other worlds, other communities, particularly when you are a stranger in a stranger land. I find that so refreshing. And you gotta be prepared to be a beginner, you gotta be prepared to not have your cheesburger and fries, you gotta be prepared for a lot.

In the days back when, we would come off the road after a full year out, I would walk straight though to the international terminal and head for an adventure. I have earned the stars and scars. Kathy, we were shooting some film the other day and I said to the make-up lady in Japanese: ‘You see there are eight lines on my forehead? Each one is named after an ex-girlfriend’. And she points to the third and says, 'Which one is this, Dave?', “That’s Stacey from Dallas.”

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Roth says Australian audiences can expect a playlist reflecting the band’s heavy metal roots, its flamboyant pop tunes and tracks from the band’s critically lauded 2012 album, A Different Kind Of Truth.

Talking to TheAge.com.au, Roth states: ”We are one of the few acts that could open for a JIMMY BUFFETT on one night and play with METALLICA on the other and still move with alarming credibility.”

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Stone Music Festival tickets are available via Ticketek.com.au, and Stonemusicfest.com.

(Thanks: Van Halen News Desk)