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The Van Halen News Desk has the exclusive on what members of Def Leppard have to say about Van Halen: “I heard “Runnin’ with the Devil” and nearly shat myself!” — Joe Elliott “I still remember the night in 1978 when my friend rushed over to my house and insisted I listen to this album [...]
From Pollstar & Kcoy.com: You can add a second U.S. show to Van Halen’s slowly growing 2013 touring schedule. The California Mid-State Fair has booked the band for one night in July with tickets going on sale next week. The Chumash Grandstand Arena in Paso Robles is the place you’ll want to be July 24. Tickets ranging in price [...]
From MerchantsOfRock.com: Written by Kevin Cenedella There’s been a movement within people who are roughly my age to dismiss Van Halen’s music entirely. I drove four hours to see them with David Lee Roth in Greensboro North Carolina last spring, and my reaction to their reformation and tour was nothing short of “This is going [...]
“And so it began, our fantastically fractured family fairytale …” -David Lee Roth This week’s photo is from Van Halen’s first world tour in 1978. “All Access” Van Halen photos is a weekly feature at VHND.com. Every weekend we will be posting a photo from a roadie, friend, or band insider. Many will be exclusives [...]
Various news tidbits today: 1) 1984 Still Rules: This week on the Billboard 200 albums chart, Van Halen’s Diamond-certified 1984 returns to the chart for the first time since July 13, 1985, thanks to sale pricing in the iTunes Store. With 3,000 sold, it’s the set’s best sales frame since December 2009. The classic album is at [...]
REVEALED: David Lee Roth is the half-hour special that aired during mid-April on REELZ, a US based cable network channel dedicated to stars, fans and all aspects of Hollywood. The legendary Van Halen frontman talks about the band’s early days, comeback, and what it’s like to be a Samurai swordsman! Watch the 22-minute interview above.
Here’s two reviews and some of the best photos and videos we can find from Van Halen’s April 20th concert at the Stone Music Festival in Sydney, Australia. (By the way, many people are wondering why the band wore matching outfits. They were all dressed like the main character from STONE, the classic Australian 70s [...]
Van Halen completed their gig at the Stone Music Festival in Sydney, Australia, which is their first show of 2013. SETLIST : 1 ) Unchained 2) Runnin’ with the Devil 3 ) She’s The Woman 4) Romeo Delight 5) Tattoo 6) Everybody Wants Some!! 7) Somebody Get Me A Doctor 8) China Town 09) (Oh) [...]
Good news for Van Halen fans! In a new interview with Faster Louder, David Lee Roth reveals that Van Halen is planning to spend some time recording new music after they complete their Japan tour in June. Dave mentions “preparing for some new recording and some new songs.” While this is great to hear, we’ll be [...]
David Lee Roth, Billy Joel, and the members of Aerosmith held a press conference at 11am today in Australia. The musical giants are headlining the inaugural Stone Music Festival at ANZ Stadium in Sydney this weekend, the first time they have ever shared a bill. Here’s three articles which feature highlights from the press conference, and [...]
Little Avery is back! The feature we did on the six-year-old drumming prodigy Avery Molek last month went viral big time! Our original story, 6-Year-Old Drummer Shreds Van Halen’s ‘Hot For Teacher’, was seen by hundreds of thousands of people and received over 70,000 facebook Likes on VHND.com, and another 6,000 Likes on our facebook page, which [...]
Van Halen hits the stage in Sydney this Saturday night! Naturally, we’ll be featuring youtube clips as soon as they come in, which could be as early as Saturday morning here in the U.S. Yesterday Eddie Van Halen posted to facebook, “Heading 2 Australia…gonna Rock the Stone Music Festival!” Eddie also tweeted, “Australia get ready to Rock…I’m [...]
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