The Latest News & Info about The Mighty Van Halen
From AccessAtlanta.com: ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — As with any Van Halen tour, there are questions. Have the hip surgeries and tongue cancer endured by Eddie Van Halen hindered his ability to perform and sing backup? Can David Lee Roth still spin like a ballerina on acid and yelp those high notes? Will Eddie’s 21-year-old son, [...]
This is a must-read! Van Halen producer John Shanks was interviewed by Alison Richter for both GuitarWorld.com and Examiner.com. We have all of the Van Halen content from the interview below. We recommend clicking on the links and reading both parts of John Shanks’ interview in their entirety. His background is truly remarkable, and he offers [...]
From Guitar International.com: Thirty two years to the week of the release of their album Women and Children First, the mighty Van Halen brought “A Different Kind of Truth” to the nation’s capital, captivating a sell out crowd with an evening of classic hits as well as new material from their current release, A Different [...]
From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: By Scott Mervis He rewrote the guitar manual when the band debuted in 1978. Three decades later, he’s playing with fire again. Where does he rank among the guitar greats? Early 1978. In the music world, things are churning at a furious pace. Punk is exploding; “Saturday Night Fever” is raging; the Stones, [...]
Van Halen surprised their audience at the Sovereign Center in Reading, PA tonight when they played not one, but two songs that hadn’t been played yet on their “Different Kind Of Truth” tour. The classic “Jamie’s Cryin’” was played for the first time since the 2007-2008 tour, and the new song “Blood And Fire” also [...]
From open.salon.com: I try to remain young at heart musically, or at least as young as my 61-year-old ears will allow me. I check the websites Pitchfork, Stereogum and emusic regularly, and I will investigate the latest buzzed-about indie band (The Men’sOpen Your Heart sounds pretty good), the latest overhyped pop diva (Lana Del Rey – oy!), and any [...]
From OttawaCitizen.com: Years ago, Van Halen famously imploded amid the usual internecine rock and roll warfare, but at Scotiabank Place Wednesday night it was soon clear that despite all those years apart, the band is still as tight as David Lee Roth’s pants. Reunited and slightly reconfigured – bass player Michael Anthony is gone, replaced [...]
