March 3, 1997 - This Saturday (March 8), VH-1 will be broadcasting the City of Hope Benefit Concert. The concert took place in Universal City, CA on October 16, 1996 and featured the All-Star Garage Band which comprised of Edward Van Halen, Bryan Adams, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Steve Winwood and many other award-winning performers.

The show will air at 1:00PM and again at 4:30PM - check your local guides for details.

March 5, 1997 - Van Halen News Desk users are invited to visit the all-new Van Halen Mailing List Chat Room! It was set up recently on the Van Halen Haven web page by Jon Dunphy. It is extremely easy to use, and requires no additional software. All you need is a web browser that is Java capable (newer versions of Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer are fine).

March 9, 1997 - I've managed to obtain some cool screen-shots of Edward Van Halen at the City of Hope benefit concert which aired on VH1 yesterday. Thanks to Tom Welch for once again providing some great pictures!

If you look closely (or watched the show) you'll notice that Edward is using a Peavey Wolfgang guitar equipped with a Transtrem....

City of Hope Pictures
AVI movie clips at The Brown Sound

March 18, 1997 - The Cabo Wabo Seventh Anniversary Party will be held on April 24/25!

As you may already know, Cabo Wabo is the name of the club in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico that was formerly owned by the members of Van Halen. Sammy Hagar is still a shareholder.

The Cover Police will be the house band for the celebration. Band members include Gilby Clark (Guns 'N' Roses), Randy Castillo (Ozzy Osbourne) Ryan Roxie (Alice Cooper) and Phil Soussan (Ozzy, Billy Idol, Vince Neil).

Sammy Hagar will be in town in May to rehearse for the Marching To Mars album launch. There is a possibility that he may show for the anniversary party.

Watch out for Sammy's new single, Little White Lie and the Official Sammy Hagar Web Site - coming soon! More details later...

March 21, 1997 - Van Halen have chosen Mike Post to produce their next studio album. Post is best known for his work on television and movie soundtracks including Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, Quantum Leap and NYPD Blue among many others.

March 24, 1997 - Edward and Alex Van Halen are the latest celebrities to appear in the Got Milk? advertising campaign. Special thanks to Guillermo Carrera from the 5150 Sunset Strip web page for providing the picture.

The caption reads:

Of all the lead singers we've had, most never got enough calcium. Typical. But not for Alex and me. Because every time we change singers, we have an extra glass of milk. That way we're sure to get more than the recommended three glasses a day. As you can see, sometimes all at once.

Click on the picture for the full-size image of the ad.

The ad will appear in the next edition of Rolling Stone magazine.

March 27, 1997 - Sammy Hagar is currently in rehearsals for his upcoming tour to support his first solo album since departing from Van Halen, Marching To Mars. The first single from the album, Little White Lie, featuring Slash on lead guitar, will be released next month. Other notable players on the album include bassist Bootsy Collins and drummer Matt Sorum.

Sammy's band for the tour will comprise of David Lauser (Drums), Victor Johnson (Guitar), Sammy Hagar (duhh!!) and a female bassist known only as Mona.