(Updated June 27th, 2018) It was nine years ago today that Edward and Janie wed. (Original report from June 28th, 2009): Eddie Van Halen married his publicist Janie Liszewski at his Studio City home on Saturday night. (Scroll down for many more photos from the wedding). Eddie’s son Wolfgang served as best man and his brother Alex officiated the vows. Janie wore … [Read more...]
Archives for 2009
Eddie Van Halen – in Flip-Flops – Weds Girlfriend
From People.com: By Vicki Sheff Cahan Photo by: Bauer-Griffin, 2008 The ceremony took place in the garden of his seven-acre estate in the hills above Studio City, Calif., starting at 7 p.m., when Liszewski walked down the aisle to Van Halen's "When It's Love," performed by the Sonus Quartet. The 54-year-old groom's 18-year-old son, Wolfgang, served as best man, while … [Read more...]
When the King of Pop met the King of Rock Guitar
Eddie Van Halen appeared on Michael Jackson's Thriller album for the song, "Beat It". Eddie reflects on his experience working with award-winning producer/songwriter Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson, in the later half of 1982: "I used to have this old phone system in the studio. Phone rang, I picked it up and there's this voice saying, 'Yo, Eddie? That Eddie?' There was … [Read more...]
Van Halen Heartbroken Over Jackson
Posted Jun 25th 2009 9:30PM by TMZ Staff He provided the rock guitar solo in Jackson's hit song "Beat It." TMZ has just heard from Eddie Van Halen on Michael Jackson's death: "I am really shocked; as I'm sure the world is, to hear the news. I had the pleasure of working with Michael on 'Beat It' back in '83 -- one of my fondest memories in my career. Michael will be … [Read more...]
Chickenfoot footage from Ireland
There's some fairly good quality fan-filmed footage of The 'FOOT's headlining performance at the Marquee in Cork, from June 23, in Ireland. Here's the encore: Here is the rest of the footage from the show, courtesy of "Chromeboy2003": Avenida Revolution Soap on a Roap Sexy Little Thing Oh Yeah Down The Drain Learning To Fall Future In The Past … [Read more...]
Extreme to tour this summer
Gary Cherone and his band, Extreme, are about to hit the road this summer in a co-headlining tour with Ratt. The tour kicks off July 12 in Amarillo, Texas and runs through August 7 in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. Extreme are touring in support of their latest album, Saudades de Rock, which was released last summer. The band, which features vocalist Gary Cherone, guitarist … [Read more...]
Video: Eddie Van Halen Accepts Spike TV’s “Guitar God” Award
In the video above, Robert Downey, Jr presents the "Guitar God" award to Eddie Van Halen during Spike TV's "Guy's Choice" awards, which aired June 21st. … [Read more...]
The Genuinely Bizarre Case Of The Satriani/Peavey Endorsement Deal’s Collapse
Until yesterday, Joe Satriani had what appeared to be a lucrative and positive situation working with Peavey as a spokeman and product endorser. In fact, the company had recently introduced a signature line of amplifiers bearing the guitarists name, leading to an appearance in April at a trade show in Frankfurt, Germany. As said, until yesterday. Here is a loose time line for … [Read more...]
Guitar Hero: Van Halen due in Nov/Dec 2009
A little update on Guitar Hero: Van Halen; the game is officially scheduled to be released during the timeframe of November/December, 2009. … [Read more...]
Chickenfoot interview with KLOS’s Uncle Joe Benson
Click here to listen to to Uncle Joe Benson's May 19th interview with Chickenfoot's Michael Anthony and Joe Satriani. From 95.5 KLOS - Southern California's Classic Rock. … [Read more...]
Chickenfoot’s European Vacation
Here's a glimpse from the first show of their European festival dates - June 20th at the Nova Rock Festival in Nickelsdorf, Austria: … [Read more...]
The Brown Sound: Interview with Craig Parker Adams
Eight months ago, the Van Halen News Desk came across a guitar player named Craig Parker Adams (official site), who wrote and recorded some instrumental songs that we truly felt captured the summertime sound and feel of classic VH. We've just learned that Craig has written four brand new VH-esque instrumentals, and we want to share them with VHND readers. Note that it's … [Read more...]