Tonight's the night! Van Halen will play an intimate club gig at the Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village, which was originally owned by Roth's uncle Manny Roth. We've been told that this event is not a press conference, and that there won't be a Q&A. Rumor is the band are going to perform a 45-minute set. Fans are dying to find out if the play a new song or two! Van Halen News Desk … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2012
Van Halen Exclusive: “Al Yells Out The Chords”
The band just sent VHND.com another exclusive - it's another short audio clip of Eddie and Alex Van Halen and David Lee Roth reminiscing about the old days.... "Al Yells Out The Chords" … [Read more...]
Van Halen Update: “Tattoo” Next Week, Tour in February?
More news from VHND.com! This info comes not from the band, but from trusted industry sources. One week from today we will all be hearing a brand new song from Van Halen! We are hearing that the song is titled "TATTOO". Their new album is due February 7th (The album title is still a secret, believe it or not)! Regarding the 2012 tour - we are hearing that Van Halen's tour … [Read more...]
Van Halen to Perform at New York’s Cafe Wha? This Thursday
This story sounds too good to be true, but we confirmed it with the band - it's true! From RollingStone: By Andy Greene January 2, 2012 7:55 PM ET Journalists across New York have been invited to a Van Halen concert at the Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village this Thursday. Though nothing is official, word is the band are going to perform a 45-minute set. The group hasn't … [Read more...]
VHND Under Construction: New Comment System, Layout & More
To all our devoted VHND readers: This past week has been pretty crazy around here... but that's a good thing. We'd been planning for some time to overhaul the Van Halen News Desk. We'd been working on the back end for nearly a year, but each time we were ready to implement something big, along came some news that made the levels on the "visitor radar" hit off the charts. … [Read more...]
Van Halen Reminiscing About Wet T-Shirt Contests and Ed’s Beat Up Volvo
Van Halen has given the VHLinks message board a couple exclusive goodies - two short videos similar to the VHND's “King of Gazzarri’s” video. The first one has Dave, Al, and Ed reminiscing about the wet t-shirt contests that Van Halen would host in clubs in the seventies. In the second, Roth gets Eddie to describe his beat up Volvo he had back then. Great stuff! The videos … [Read more...]
New David Lee Roth “Scrapbook” Video
David Lee Roth has reached out to the RothArmy.com message board by giving them some very cool exclusive content. A nearly 8-minute video entitled, "David Lee Roth Scrapbook Chapter 1", which was shot over the last year or so, can be viewed below. Photo Stills from the new DLR Video can be found here. … [Read more...]