"When we experience beauty, we know it as truth. Ed - love you... miss you." - Message posted on Van Halen's official website today, with the beautiful and chilling, "Respect The Wind," written and performed by Alex and Eddie Van Halen. Listen below. Other tributes to Edward Van Halen today: Year To The Day (Song) A Tribute to Edward Van Halen … [Read more...]
Archives for 2021
Wolfgang Van Halen Remembers His Late Father With Emotional Message
Wolfgang Van Halen posted an emotional message to his father Eddie Van Halen, who passed away one year ago today. Below is his post to Twitter today: One year.You fought so hard for so long, but you were still taken away. It's just so unfair.I'm not ok. I don't think I'll ever be ok. There's so much I wish I could show you. So many things I wish I could share with … [Read more...]
Nancy Wilson Shares Extended ‘4 Edward with Love,’ Tribute to Eddie Van Halen (Video)
Back in May, Heart’s Nancy Wilson stepped out on her own with You and Me, a solo album that marked her very first foray into “solo artist” territory. One of the more affecting songs on the record is “4 Edward,” Nancy’s emotional tribute to her friend, the late Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen. Today, Oct. 6, marks the one-year anniversary of his death after a courageous … [Read more...]
A Tribute to Edward Van Halen
One year ago today, our favorite musician passed away due to cancer. The Great Edward Van Halen. Van Halen News Desk reader Dave King reached out this week with the following message: "To recognize the one year of Eddie's passing I made this video. I started out making the video just to show my 11 and 14-year-old kids how special Eddie was, as they never were able to see … [Read more...]
Year To The Day
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Exclusive Interview: ‘Eruption: Conversations With Eddie Van Halen’ Authors Brad Tolinski & Chris Gill
Brad Tolinki (L), Chris Gill (R) The Van Halen News Desk had the chance to talk with Brad Tolinski & Chris Gill, authors of the much-anticipated book Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen, which is released today! Tolinski and Gill collected over 50 hours of unreleased interviews with Eddie - most conducted at his legendary 5150 studios in Los Angeles … [Read more...]
David Lee Roth: ‘I’m Retiring’
AUDIO MESSAGE FROM DAVE: Listen to David Lee Roth's message below. This audio is straight from Dave, recorded today. David Lee Roth dropped some HEAVY news today. “I am throwing in the shoes. I’m retiring,” Roth said in a phone conversation with the Las Vegas Review today that was more a spoken-word performance than an interview. “This is the first, and only, … [Read more...]
David Lee Roth’s New Song ‘Lo-Rez Sunset’ – Full Animated Video
Ride off into the "Low-Rez Sunset" with Diamond Dave! David Lee Roth dropped a new song at midnight. The track was co-written and recorded a few years ago with guitarist/bassist John 5. We've heard a teaser of "Lo-Rez Sunset" before, but the full song has now been officially released by Roth and is accompanied by his original artwork made into a short animated video by … [Read more...]
‘Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen’ is the New Book Based on 50 Hours ‘Intimate and Wide-Ranging Talks’
A new Eddie Van Halen biography entitled Eruption: Conversations With Eddie Van Halen will be published by Hachette next month. Due October 5, the book has been written by Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill who – as former editors of Guitar World and Guitar Aficionado, respectively – spent a huge amount of time speaking directly to the legendary … [Read more...]
David Lee Roth Las Vegas Residency: PRESALE Info
UPDATE: PRESALE INFO! ON SALE Today (Sept 28th) at 10 AM PST Password: DLRVEGAS Ticket link for all 5 shows: www.ticketmaster.com/david-lee-roth-tickets/artist/736010 David Lee Roth is ringing in the new year Vegas style! Roth has announced a handful of shows to take place at the House of Blues in Las Vegas beginning with New Year's Eve. … [Read more...]
How Eddie Van Halen Influenced Def Leppard’s ‘Hysteria’ Sound
Whenever Eddie Van Halen gave advice, guitarists always listened. Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen recently talked to MusicRadar about how his first meeting with Eddie Van Halen would later influence the sound of Def Leppard's 1987 album Hysteria. “When I first met Eddie, it was on Van Halen’s first British headline tour at the Rainbow in Finsbury Park, London," said … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar On Wolfgang Van Halen: ‘The Motherf**ker Can Play!’
Sammy Hagar let the expletives fly when expressing his opinion of Wolfgang Van Halen's musical skills. During a recent appearance on the Lipps Service with Scott Lipps podcast, Hagar recalled the first time he heard Wolfgang's music. Songs from Wolfgang's eventual debut Mammoth WVH album were sent to him by his father Eddie, who couldn't wait for the rest of the world to … [Read more...]