1/1/12 UPDATE: It's estimated that one million people flooded Times Square last night to watch the ball drop and ring in 2012, and that an additional 100 million in the U.S. and a billion people worldwide watched the festivities on TV. 12/31/11 UPDATE: Van Halen has a billboard in Times Square for New Years Eve tonight! It will be the train graphic and it will … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2011
Van Halen – King of Gazzarri’s
The band just sent us a new tidbit, just for VHND.com! We'll call it "King of Gazzarri's"! How fucking cool is this?! Van Halen, just sitting around, laughing and sharing memories from the club days? More to come! … [Read more...]
Van Halen Exclusive: Raw Footage and New Photos from the Roxy
Here's another exclusive that VHND.com received straight from the band! It's footage of Van Halen performing at the Roxy, but without the crawling text along the bottom. View it below! Also, here's two more never-seen photos as promised. Are you as pumped as we are for the new Van Halen album and tour?? … [Read more...]
Van Halen Rehearsals!
From TheROXYonSunset.com: For the past 2 months VAN HALEN has been rehearsing here 2-3 times a week!!!!!! Do you have any idea how hard that was to not tell you?? When you come in at 10:00AM and David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, and Wolfgang Van Halen are on stage with 3 other people in the room playing “Running With The Devil” and you can’t say … [Read more...]
Exclusive: Van Halen Release Dates, New Photos Revealed!
The Van Halen News Desk (VHND.com) has breaking news on all things surrounding the much anticipated new Van Halen album! Here's the schedule of events leading up to the new album's release: JANUARY 10th: *FIRST SINGLE PREMIERE *FIRST MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE *CONCERT TICKETS GO ON SALE FEBRUARY 7th: NEW ALBUM RELEASE DATE ALBUM TITLE: "The Future" is not the album … [Read more...]
Van Halen Tour in 2012 – Tickets on Sale Jan 10th!
After a year of rumors surrounding the release of singles and TV appearances, Van Halen have made an official announcement: The band will be hitting the road in 2012, with tickets for their first dates going on sale 10 January. Earlier today (26 December), the band posted the above clip that was shot at the the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California. Reportedly, the … [Read more...]
Happy Holidays
Eddie Van Halen posts, "Wishing family, friends and especially the fans a Happy Hanukah, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!" Also, the Van Halen News Desk wishes HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all our visitors! Bless you all and may we all have a helluva 2012! … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen Auctions Guitar For Charity
Eddie Van Halen is donating one of his guitars to raise money for the charity Drop In The Bucket, a Los Angeles based water charity that constructs wells and sanitation systems at large rural schools in sub-Saharan Africa.. This is not just any guitar – This is one of the first Wolfgang guitars ever produced and was owned by Eddie from 1999 to 2011. The guitar comes … [Read more...]
Rare Van Halen 1978 Radio Interview
A Van Halen fan in the UK has recently uploaded a Van Halen interview he recorded off local radio back in 1978 during the band's first UK tour. It's a chat with David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen. Van Halen interviews from the early years - especially from 1978 - are extremely rare. This one has never circulated until now. The photos were taken by Ross Halfin during Van Halen's … [Read more...]
Chickenfoot Videos: Happy Holidays & Behind The Foot
Happy holidays from Chickenfoot, plus a few other updates about the Road Test Tours, the mystery of the missing "Chickenfoot II" album, and more! After overwhelming pressure, Joe Satriani, Chad Smith, Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar finally tell the true story behind the missing "Chickenfoot II" project. … [Read more...]
Van Halen Podcast from “The Mighty Baincast”
"The Mighty Baincast" is a comedy podcast with about 500 listeners. Their newest episode talks about what they want to hear on the new Van Halen tour. Take a listen - it's about 60 minutes and it's free. It is on iTunes under "The Mighty Baincast." Listen here. Josh from "The Mighty Baincast" gives us his list of his Van Halen Credentials: *I have a Van Halen … [Read more...]
Van Halen Merchandise for Christmas
There's still time to get Van Halen merchandise for Christmas from VanHalenStore.com. For Guaranteed delivery by Dec 24th (USA only), just order by these dates: Fedex Ground - Friday December 16, Noon PST Priority Mail - Monday, December 19, Midnight PST Fedex 2-Day - Wednesday, December 21, Noon PST Fedex Overnight - Thursday, December 22, Noon PST View Van Halen Top … [Read more...]