David Lee Roth's appearance at Saturday night's all-star Foo Fighters concert at the L.A. Forum was still big news on Monday. Rock fans were clearly surprised and interested in the event, flocking to various media sites at the start of the work week, temporarily making David Lee Roth the No. 1 trending term on Yahoo.com this morning. When it comes to current Van Halen news, … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2015
David Lee Roth Performs with Foo Fighters at “Surprise” Birthday Concert for Dave Grohl
UPDATED VIDEO. The video above is the best one yet! Another great one is below, as well. Van Halen's David Lee Roth was one of the surprise special guests at Saturday Night's very special concert at the Forum in Los Angeles for Foo Fighter Dave Grohl's 46th birthday celebration. Diamond Dave was the very last surprise guest, and belted out "Panama" and "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout … [Read more...]
Wolfgang Playing “Sunday Afternoon in the Park” (Video)
Sunday Afternoon on a Friday #FairWarning A video posted by Wolf Van Halen (@wolfvanhalen) on Jan 9, 2015 at 3:16pm PST Today, Wolf Van Halen posted a short (15 second) video to Instagram, saying simply "Sunday Afternoon on a Friday." Play it above. Wolf is playing Eddie's Electro-Harmonix Micro-Sythesizer to create the bizarre, haunting … [Read more...]
38th Anniversary of ‘1984!’ Eddie Looks Back on Van Halen’s Landmark Album
Van Halen's 1984 was released 38 years ago today! Van Halen’s 1984 album and tour were the pinnacle of Van Halen's popularity. To this day, the album remains an absolute classic, and the tour goes down in history as on of the biggest and most extravagant (and costly) rock tours of the decade. Even into the nineties, the staff of Guitar World magazine proclaimed it … [Read more...]
UPDATED: Rock Icon Eddie Van Halen Talks Innovation at the Smithsonian
UPDATE 1/28/15: More details have emerged today about Eddie Van Halen upcoming speech at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and Zócalo Public Square on February 12th. Edward's camp sent us this info today: First of all, the event will be broadcast online, so fans will be able to watch video of Eddie's speech the very next day! The Dutch immigrant and … [Read more...]
VHND’s All Access Photo: Hangin’ at 5150
Eddie Van Halen having a good time at 5150 Studios with Riley Cote & Daniel Carcillo of the Philadelphia Flyers. All Access” Photos is a weekly feature at VHND.com. Every weekend we feature a photo from a roadie, friend, or band insider. Many are never-seen-before exclusives. Tune in every weekend for more! Dan Carcillo is a huge Van Halen fan and has auctioned … [Read more...]
Happy New Year From The Roth Show! (VIDEO)
David Lee Roth just posted a new 'The Roth Show' video embedded above. "My name is Dave Roth, and what a long great trip 2014 was ..." Set to his unreleased recording of "Mustang Sally," this fun video has a lot: footage of him in the streets of Tokyo, backstage singing "Happy" with Naturally 7, performing “California Girls” with Beach Boy Mike Love at The Society of … [Read more...]
Happy New Year
This homemade sign from one of our readers says it all. We know that Dave, Alex, Eddie & Wolf are gearing up for an exciting 2015! Happy New Year from the Van Halen News Desk! … [Read more...]