Unless you're living under a rock, you're probably aware that Valerie Bertinelli---ex-wife of Eddie Van Halen and Mommy of Wolfgang Van Halen---has just released a new tell-all memoir. Included below is the publisher's description of the book, followed by several video clips of Val's recent appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," during which she talks about, among other … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2008
Van Halen adds more 2008 tour dates
The band has tacked some more tour dates onto its itinerary: April 23 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena (on sale March 3) April 25 - Sacramento, CA - Arco Arena (on sale March 1) Also, this press release slipped through the cracks a few days back: TIGER WOODS TO HOST VAN HALEN AT TIGER JAM XI LAS VEGAS, NV -- FEBRUARY 13, 2008 The Tiger Woods Foundation announced … [Read more...]
Van Halen rocks the arena in Jacksonville (Review & Video)
February 16 - Jacksonville, Florida From Florida Times-Union: The best thing about Saturday night's Van Halen concert at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena was seeing almost all of the original band back together. The reunion that started last year brought lead singer David Lee Roth back on stage with the band for the first time in more than 20 years. The worst was … [Read more...]
Van Halen at Amway Arena: Guitar genius and other stuff..
February 14 – Orlando, Florida From Sentinel: David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar, Gary Cherone. Whatever. The guys in Van Halen had just better hope that the band’s guitarist doesn’t decide to quit. On Thursday at a sold-out Amway Arena, it was Eddie Van Halen’s thunderous, inventive squall of feedback and machine-gun arpeggios that lifted Van Halen’s reunion show from mere … [Read more...]
Last Night: Van Halen at the BankAtlantic Center
From NewTimes: Van Halen with Ky-Mani Marley Bank Atlantic Center, Ft. Lauderdale Feb. 12, 2008 It’s hard to believe that it’s been 24 years since I last saw Van Halen featuring “Diamond” David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen together on the same stage. Yes, it was back in 1984 at Madison Square Garden that I was fortunate enough to have my head blown off at the most … [Read more...]
Van Halen rocks old hits at N.O. Arena
February 8 - New Orleans, Louisiana From The Times-Picayune: By Molly Reid Friday (Feb. 8) night's Van Halen concert at the New Orleans Arena, part of the band's first reunion tour to include original frontman David Lee Roth, was a night of joyful noise and nostalgia accented with a few reminders -- both on stage and in the audience -- that it isn't 1978 … [Read more...]
Van Halen’s still got it in Denver (Reviews)
From RockyMountainNews: It's the reunion they blew in 1996. Then again in 2000 and '02. Then it was announced last year, but with Eddie Van Halen's son on bass. Then Eddie went into rehab. The Van Halen reunion has been messed up so many times in so many different ways that it's amazing that the band is rolling across the country in 2008 as a tight unit, ripping through … [Read more...]