VAN HALEN NEWS DESK

David Lee Roth’s Hand-Written Lyrics to Van Halen’s “Tattoo” Revealed

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Here’s something special that we just received directly from David Lee Roth! These are Roth’s hand-written lyrics and graphics for “Tattoo”, the first single off Van Halen’s forthcoming album, A Different Kind Of Truth. A rare glimpse into the unique style and mind of Diamond Dave!

Roth’s Ode to Uncle Manny

The Cafe Wha?, located in Greenwich Village, was the perfect location for Van Halen’s private press show. This intimate basement club is filled with character and history. Its stage has been graced by early performances of legendary artists including a young Bob Dylan. One of the main reasons the band selected this club is due [...]

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 here. (Scroll down to post #4 for the video). Photo Stills from the [...]

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!

Photo: Van Halen At The Roxy With New Record Label Interscope

Van Halen with Interscope executives at The Roxy. November 14, 2011.

. Van Halen is up to something… This Monday morning the VHND received emails from multiple sources saying that Van Halen was having their gear delivered to the famous ROXY club in Los Angeles that very day, complete with fake palm trees from Dave’s house. The band was to shoot a video at the famous [...]

Video: David Lee Roth and His Sister Promote Van Halen “Rockabye Baby” Lullabye CD

And the cradle will rock! In this new video below, David Lee Roth talks with his sister Lisa Roth, the label VP and executive producer of Rockabye Baby. “Rockabye Baby: Lullaby Renditions of Van Halen” is being released TODAY (Nov. 15th). Very cool to see David support his sister’s venture by endorsing the CD.

The “Rockabye Baby: Lullaby Renditions of Van Halen” CD is already a surprise best-seller at VanHalenStore.com. You can purchase it or Listen to audio sample of all 13 songs here. It’s the

Roth Driving Force Behind Van Halen/Interscope Signing

Billboard.com has an interesting story about the series of meetings that Van Halen had with Interscope Records that “presented the band with a global plan that included extensive marketing, merchandising, touring and, of course, recordings.” Here’s the Billboard article, followed by our own comments: Van Halen To Sign With Interscope By Shirley Halperin, THR Iconic [...]

Happy Birthday to Van Halen’s David Lee Roth!

Diamond David Lee Roth celebrates his 57th birthday today. We salute you!

David Lee Roth Update

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First, VHND can confirm that the Facebook and twitter pages for David Lee Roth that popped up last week are 100% official. Roth’s twitter post was simply “Get Ready for…” Since Roth has chosen to set up his social networking pages during this “calm before the storm”, we’ve decided to address some lingering rumors regarding [...]

Ke$ha Calls David Lee Roth an “Incredible Frontman”

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Wild pop star Ke$ha shows her love for David Lee Roth during two recent interviews: From Malextra.com: Ke$ha is proud of her wild pop persona – insisting she is the female version of Van Halen hellraiser David Lee Roth. The 23 year old hit the charts last year with TiK ToK, a track about her [...]

Lita Ford: “Eddie Van Halen is The Les Paul of Today’s World”

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Photo: The Runaways with David Lee Roth and Rodney Bingenheimer at K-ROQ in Pasadena. From VHND archives. Lita Ford from The Runaways contributed to the upcoming hardcover photo book, Eddie Van Halen, by Neil Zlozower. The Van Halen News Desk has the exclusive on Lita’s quote in the book, below. In the very early days, [...]

Caption This Photo: David Lee Roth At The US Festival

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David Lee Roth of Van Haen in front of the 300,000 + crowd at the US Festival, May 29th, 1983. Write your own caption/punchline in our Comments section.