From Russ Weakland at HollywoodLife.com: Van Halen is set to rock the Staples Center on June 1 in what can only be described as breathtaking. Do yourselves a favor and get tickets now! This years Van Halen tour in support of their fantastic album, “A Different Kind Of Truth” hits the Staples Center both on June 1st and the 9th. And if its anything like last week at the MGM … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2012
Van Halen’s Babysitter
The band's record label assigned Ted Cohen to go on tour with them in their glory years. Here's what he saw. From LAweekly.com. By Michael Wilton Thursday, May 31 2012 On the first night of Van Halen's 1978 world tour, in Madison, Wis., the band burst into the hotel room of their artist development director, Ted Cohen, and threw all of the furniture out of the … [Read more...]
Van Halen Interviews, Part 5 (Video)
The fifth and latest in a series of "interview" videos from Van Halen features Ed, Al and Dave sitting on stools around the camera talking about the good old days. This segment, which covers their earliest musical influences, starts off with the guys talking about the first record they ever bought. Enjoy! … [Read more...]
“Stay Frosty” This Summer!
The time will soon come for Van Halen to reach in to their bag of tricks and choose another gem from A Different Kind Of Truth that will become the album's third single. First there was was "Tattoo", then "She's The Woman." That still leaves 11 songs left to pick from. But which song should they choose? Two months ago, the Van Halen News Desk conducted a poll where we … [Read more...]
Van Halen Rocked and Ruled Vegas
In what many fans are calling one of the best concerts of the current tour, Van Halen pulled out all the stops at the sold out MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday night (May 27th). From all accounts, Eddie, Alex, and Wolfgang Van Halen were an unstoppable musical powerhouse, playing like the virtuosos they are. Eddie matched up to his living-legend status on the … [Read more...]
Midnight Phil’s “Chickenfoot III” Album Review Video
Midnight Phil reviews Chickenfoot's second album, "Chickenfoot III". You can also watch his “A Different Kind of Truth" Album Review Video and his Van Halen Retrospective Video. … [Read more...]
Midnight Phil’s “A Different Kind of Truth” Album Review Video
Midnight Phil reviews Van Halen's long-awaited new album with David Lee Roth, "A Different Kind of Truth". And if you haven't seen his Van Halen Retrospective Video, we highly recommend it! … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen Premium T-Shirts by Trunk Ltd.
Announcing the new Eddie Van Halen premium t-shirts by TRUNK Ltd! EVH All Over Stripes Shirt (Small - XXL) This shirt features the greatest graphics in the history of rock 'n' roll: Red with white and black stripes from Eddie's legendary Frankenstein guitar! The ENTIRE shirt is striped (the front, back, sides & sleeves), making this the ultimate striped EVH … [Read more...]
Van Halen Unleashes “And The Cradle Will Rock” in St. Paul & Kansas City
Review of St Paul Van Halen show Saturday night from StarTribune.com: With High Kick And More, Van Halen Was Band Of Old All eyes in Van Halenville were on St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center on Saturday night. Eddie Van Halen and his namesake band -- once again featuring original singer David Lee Roth -- slinked into town under a cloud of speculation and rumors of stormy … [Read more...]
Michael Anthony Talks Van Halen in New Interview
The American Rock Scene got a chance to talk via phone today with the hot-sauce makin’, hot-rod buildin’, hot-bass playin’ Michael Anthony from Chickenfoot and once upon a time, Van Halen. Most of the interview is about Chickenfoot and some of his passions away from the music. We've got the little bit of Van Halen talk transcribed right here: Compare playing with Joe … [Read more...]
Public Relations
David Lee Roth gives us the Van Halen update! … [Read more...]
Van Halen Getting Along Fine, Taking a Break, And Planning to Extend Tour!
Just when we all were beginning to think we were going to get a killer Van Halen album and an entire tour without any drama whatsoever, look what happens! Yesterday, Van Halen POSTPONED (not canceled!) most of their Summer tour dates with no reason given. Immediately, speculation ran wild. Fans wondered if there were health issues. Rolling Stone quotes a mysterious "source … [Read more...]