VAN HALEN NEWS DESK

New Mad Anthony Tees

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Mad Anthony’s Cafe has whipped up two new tasty tees that you can grab at Van Halen Store: Mad Anthony’s Cafe Blue Shirt S, M, L, XL, XXL  $19.95 Mad  Anthony’s “Open All Night” Shirt S, M, L, XL, XXL  $19.95 View all Michael Anthony’s Mad Anthony shirts & award-winning hot sauce at Van Halen [...]

Michael Anthony Joins ROTUS For Special Treat at the Cabo Wabo Cantina

During the week of Sammy Hagar’s Birthday Bash celebration in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, lucky fans had the opportunity to see a special show at the Cabo Wabo Cantina on On October 12, 2011.  This “bonus show” featured an up and coming act “ROTUS”.  Rotus is a band out of Southern California featuring Sean Hall [...]

Chickenfoot Unveil Video For “Three And A Half Letters (I Need A Job)”

Offiicial video for “Three And A Half Letters (I Need A Job)” off of the new Chickenfoot album, “III”. People from all walks of life are facing hunger. Please help your local Food Bank: http://www.feedingamerica.org/ Directed by Arthur Rosato & Produced by Jon Luini (Chime Interactive)

Chickenfoot Interviews

Chickenfoot’s sophomore album, “III”, sold 42,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 9 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band’s self-titled debut opened with 49,000 units back in June 2009 to debut at No. 6, and went gold with sales of 500,000. Recent Chickenfoot interviews: [...]

Chickenfoot III Packaging Walkthrough, Road Test Dates, Video Podcast Series – Episodes 6-11, Satch Interview

Lots of Chickenfoot news and videos today! This first video walks you through the optically enhanced

The VHND Album Review: “Chickenfoot III”

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Chickenfoot, the supergroup of Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony and Chad Smith, released their self-titled debut album in 2009 — a solid, hard-rocking, good-time album, with several key tracks that most anyone who liked the Sammy Hagar era of Van Halen would probably enjoy, including “Soap on a Rope,” “Down the Drain,” “Sexy Little [...]

Chickenfoot “Big Foot” Teaser & Michael Anthony Interview

UPDATED: A longer teaser of “Big Foot” has been added. Attention Foot Soldiers…Get Your Boots On! The First Single  “BIG FOOT” release date 08.02.11 CHICKENFOOT III album release date on 09.27.11. Michael Anthony talked to MusicRadar.com about basses, amps, and background vocals on Chickenfoot’s upcoming album.  Anthony said that his vocals are featured more prominently [...]

Michael Anthony Clarifies Roth Comments

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The Van Halen News Desk got an update straight from Michael Anthony today, when he personally called us and told us that he reads the VHND every day and he is hoping that we could clarify something he said in an interview that we featured this week. He also gave us the inside scoop on [...]

Michael Anthony on Chickenfoot’s Next Album and Tour

UltimateClassicRock.com conducted an interview last week with Michael Anthony on Chickenfoot’s upcoming album. Here’s some excerpts: Michael Anthony, the founding bassist of Van Halen, and current member of hard-rock supergroup Chickenfoot, took time from planning the release of the band’s upcoming album to grant Ultimate Classic Rock an exclusive interview. He talked about his departure [...]

Special Guest Michael Anthony Plays With ROTUS In Anaheim Tonight

Van Halen fans in or near Anaheim, check this out! Michael Anthony will be joining his future son-in-law Billy on stage TONIGHT (Saturday, Feb. 4th) at the House Of Blues. Billy’s band ROTUS takes the stage at 9pm. Tickets are $15 at the door, or just $10 here.