This just in from the VH camp: DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND VAN HALEN EXTENDS HISTORIC TOUR INTO 2008 "For more than two hours, the gods delivered." -- Rolling Stone (Los Angeles, CA) November 26, 2007 - In the midst of one of the most highly anticipated and successful tours of the year, Van Halen announced today that they will extend their historic tour into 2008. Eddie … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2007
Van Halen Rocks The House In San Diego
From UT: When David Lee Roth sang the chorus of Van Halen's “Unchained” Sunday night at SDSU's Cox Arena, it was the moment that summed up the rocky 22-year hiatus since Roth departed the iconic rock band and the recent reunion. Change means questions: Could Van Halen maintain the technical superiority that set it apart from the high tide of heavy metal bands in the early … [Read more...]
Reviews & Pics From Los Angeles’ Staples Center, November 20th
From Los Angeles Times: Instead of sweating to Van Halen, the ravers who packed Staples Center on Tuesday often looked as if they were gaping at a movie. They were; they all had to stand at seats, and the dynamic angles on the behind-stage mega-screen pumped the scene with a cinematic dimension. They had another reason to lurk like peepers behind their cellphone cameras, … [Read more...]
You know your boss is cool when …
... he hires Van Halen to play at a private concert for his employees! That's right, Van Halen hit the stage last night to perform a surprise concert for 14,000 Research in Motion employees and their guests during an employee-apprecition party at the Air Canada Centre. One of the RIM employees snapped some great shots of the gig, which you can view by clicking on the … [Read more...]
Madison Square Garden Reviews
November 13, 2007 - Madison Square Garden From Rolling Stone: There were plenty of reasons to be skeptical walking into last night's Van Halen concert at New York's Madison Square Garden. In no particular order: founding bassist Michael Anthony has been kicked to the curb in favor of Eddie Van Halen's sixteen-year-old son Wolfgang, David Lee Roth's vocals have sounded … [Read more...]
More 2008 tour dates popping up
UPDATED 11/15: Tour promoter LiveNation originally listed 11/17 as the on-sale date for all four of the newly added shows; that has since changed, and the new on-sale dates are shown below. --- As expected, Van Halen is adding another leg to its current tour, and, after wrapping up the current '07 leg next month, will return to the road in January for a new batch of … [Read more...]
Video footage & Review of Van Halen in Kansas City
From Pitch: A crowd roughly the size (and appearance) of Independence, Missouri, poured into the Sprint Center last Friday night to worship at the altar of once-lusty '80s guitar rock kings Van Halen, fronted this time around by original bitch-on-the-mic David Lee Roth. Side note: I would not go see Van Halen unless Diamond Dave was there. I'm pretty sure that man was the … [Read more...]
Worcester Review: Rocking Like It’s 1984
From Telegram: WORCESTER — Van Halen’s return to the concert stage with singer David Lee Roth back in the lineup after a 22-year separation proved to be not so much a reunion show, but rather a redemption show. In a crisp two-hour performance last night at the DCU Center, Van Halen reclaimed and restored a catalog of arena-rocking gems perilously close to being lost to … [Read more...]
Washington Reviews: Van Halen Alive and Riffing
From The Washington Post: By Dave McKenna Special to The Washington Post Saturday, November 3, 2007 As sure as the rivers will flow and the sun will rise, David Lee Roth will get canned from Van Halen. Again, that is -- just as he was canned in 1985.But for more than two hours at Verizon Center on Thursday, Roth was in the fold, and the giggles were back. By the time … [Read more...]