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New Interview with the Van Halen Brothers (Audio)

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Today (March 25th) there’s a NEW interview with Eddie and Alex Van Halen! The VH brothers did a phone interview with Australia’s TripleM.com. Sounds like they’re in great spirits and they can’t wait to make it to Australia!   Van Halen’s Bad Habits Eddie spills beans on biggest myths surrounding the 70s rock legends  Van [...]

Audio Sample of LL Cool J song featuring Eddie Van Halen

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A 90-second audio preview of “We’re The Greatest” can be streamed above. This is one of two songs from LL Cool J’s upcoming album, Authentic, which feature Eddie Van Halen. The album is due April 30th. That is unmistakably Eddie Van Halen on some VERY cool guitar on this! Makes us want to hear the whole song… Note [...]

Eddie Van Halen playing on TWO tracks from LL Cool J’s new album

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As previously reported, Eddie Van Halen will be featured on LL Cool J’s upcoming album, Authentic, due April 30th. At a recent concert, LL implied Eddie plays on one track. However, LL unveiled the tracklist for Authentic today, and Eddie Van Halen appears on not one, but TWO tracks! Here’s the complete tracklist: 1. Bath [...]

VHND’s All Access Photo: Wolfie’s Birthday Party

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This week’s All Access Photo comes from Wolfgang’s 22nd birthday party last night. The picture, featuring Eddie and Wolf, was posted on Instagram by Tremonti’s Eric Friedman. Below are a few more photos from Wolfie’s special day. “All Access” Van Halen photos is a new weekly feature at VHND.com . Every weekend we will be posting a [...]

Eddie Van Halen to play guitar on one track from LL Cool J’s new album

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Breaking news from the Van Halen News Desk: The EVH/LL mystery is (mostly) solved! Finally, the explanation for the first and second photos recently posted by both Eddie Van Halen and LL Cool J; one of the tracks on the LL Cool J’s new album will in fact feature Eddie Van Halen on guitar!  What an [...]

Eddie Van Halen involved in LL Cool J’s “Authentic” album

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UPDATE 3/15/13: Read the answer to the mystery HERE. Guitar legend Eddie Van Halen and hip hop legend LL Cool J jointly released the above photo today at noon. The only accompanying text was “AUTHENTIC 4/30/13“. The only thing we know about this is that “Authentic” is the name of  LL Cool J’s new album, which is to [...]

Photo: Eddie & Wolfgang Van Halen & Valerie Bertinelli

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New photo of Eddie & Wolfgang Van Halen & Valerie Bertinelli from last night’s Tremonti show in L.A.

Eddie Van Halen donates guitar to Stuart House Benefit

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  Eddie Van Halen has recently donated a signed guitar currently up for auction for the The John Varvatos 10th Annual Stuart House Benefit. The Fund: The Stuart House is a rape treatment center based out of the UCLA medical center. The center specializes in helping children who have been victimized. Last year, the Varvatos Stuart House [...]

Something Brewing with Van Halen?

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UPDATE 3/15/13: Read the answer to the mystery HERE. We were sent this teaser today from the VH camp.  What is going on over there?? Some upcoming Van Halen shows have been announced recently: one in Australia in April,  three in Japan in June, and one in Wisconsin in July. Will there be a full tour [...]

Couple In Jail After Heated “Slash VS. Van Halen” Argument

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Ain’t talkin’ bout love! Cleveland’s Sun Times reports: A couple was arrested after their argument over who was the greatest guitarist of all time became so heated that Motel 6 staff was forced to call the Brook Park police. The boyfriend was screaming on behalf of Slash, lead guitarist for Guns and Roses. The girlfriend was jumping [...]

I ‘Met’ Eddie Van Halen at NAMM

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From Gibson.com: The annual NAMM Show in Anaheim, California is a great place to check out new musical instrument equipment, watch performances by some of the biggest names in music, attend classes and workshops on everything from music education to music retail to social media, and to simply kick back and enjoy a drink with [...]

The New EVH Wolfgang Custom LT

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From The Music Zoo: NAMM 2013:  What could be cooler than meeting Eddie Van Halen?  Meeting Eddie Van Halen then getting to play his guitar!   That’s exactly what happened last night in a little behind the scenes moment at NAMM 2013.  This is the EVH Wolfgang LT.  The “LT” stands for Larry Thomas, (parent [...]