VAN HALEN NEWS DESK

Red Rocker returns to Tahoe

Sammy Hagar is a hometown favorite in Tahoe.By Tim Parsons, Lake Tahoe Action (TahoeDailyTribune.com)

For Mexico, Cinco de Mayo is a time to commemorate the victory over France in 1862’s Battle of Puebla.

For Tahoe, the weekend closest to Cinco de Mayo means Sammy Hagar is coming to town.

Every year at this time the Red Rocker makes the drive from his Marin County home to Tahoe (which for him probably only takes an hour or so) to perform some shows at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. He also checks on his restaurant, the Cabo Wabo Cantina, where he sometimes gets onstage for an impromptu performance. Plus, he gets to see his son, Aaron, who lives at South Shore — the 2007 Angora fire missed his house by only a few yards. read more

Redbeard’s Van Halen interviews streaming

In The Studio is the nationally syndicated rock star interview radio show heard each week on almost ninety stations, and hosted by the famous interviewer, Redbeard. Their website has a few Van Halen and Sammy Hagar interviews streaming for your listening pleasure. To listen, go to their  homepage, where they have direct links to all [...]

Chickenfoot rehearsal photos

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A dozen new Chickenfoot rehearsal photos are on the band’s Facebook.

Chickenfoot Sell Out First Nine Concerts “In Record Time”

Before even releasing their self-titled debut on June 9th, new rock supergroup Chickenfoot have already sold out all nine road-test concerts they had planned for May. The quartet — which features former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Mike Anthony, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani — posted on [...]

AWESOME vintage Van Halen photo gallery on DavidLeeRoth.com!

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Another huge collection of spectacular Van Halen photos is up on David Lee Roth’s official website, DavidLeeRoth.com! It’s a must-see. He’s got two photo galleries for your viewing pleasure: Van Halen 2007-2008 Tour (This one was posted a few months ago) NEW: Van Halen 1977-1984 (with a few shots thrown in from his solo career) [...]

More GUITAR HERO: VAN HALEN News

While speculation has continued that Activision will be releasing a version of the perenial Guitar Hero centered around Van Halen, the company has offered no official comment. This speculation was further increased over the weekend as a German game ratings board announced specifics for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions of the game. Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle [...]

Best Buy’s Chickenfoot site launched

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Best Buy’s Chickenfoot site is up, where you can pre-order the new CD & LP. The site includes: LP-DIGITAL ALBUM INFO: Info on the vinyl release, which includes the bonus track, “Bitten By The Wolf.” THERMAL PACKAGING: a sweet interactive look at how the hear-sensitive thermal cover works. EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: A new 3 minute video [...]

New Chickenfoot video

Just when we thought there would be no news today, our friends from CHICKENFOOT give us a little lovin’. They’re just itchin’ to hit the road… visit chickenfoot.us for more info Scroll over it and press the Play button.

Van Halen videos made by fans, part 2

Good Enough: This was filmed in ’86, by Curtis Lanclos, who says, “This is a music video created in 1986 by me and my friends (Gene, Mike and Matthew) from Cash Control at Six Flags Over Georgia in 1986. I was Eddie Van Halen in the video. Gene was Sammy Hagar, Matthew was Michael Anthony, [...]

Chickenfoot’s new single / US “Road Test” shows

New Song Streaming – “Oh Yeah” Chickenfoot just put its foot down and gave you the new single to listen to, “Oh Yeah”. This is the album version, and it is being released to radio today. LISTEN North American “Road Test” shows The band will take the stage for a limited number of live shows, [...]

A love song to Diamond Dave

The Bird and The Bee‘s singer, Inara George, not only has a beautiful voice, but also a great taste in rock ‘n’ roll front men. “Diamond Dave” is a love song she wrote to David Lee Roth, which is on the band’s new album, Ray Guns Are Not the Future. Lyrics: “Diamond Dave” When I [...]

Chickenfoot: Album, Band, Tour, Fanclub

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Here’s a bunch of news from Chickenfoot: HELLO PEOPLE OF THE FOOT! We have a few good pieces of news to report hot off the presses! As you know, we are starting to get close to the album release in June, and the first European festival dates. But, here are a few new things that [...]