Following Wolfgang Van Halen on Instagram and Twitter has been paying off lately! Throughout the week, he's been digging into his father's incredible guitar collection, and teasing us with glimpses of A Different Kind of Treasure Trove. For our many readers who aren't on those sites, we're featuring his pictures here. If you are, be sure to follow Wolf … [Read more...]
Sneak Peak: Van Halen Song To Be Featured in Super Bowl Commercial
Van Halen fans have been salivating for years at the prospect of the band appearing as the main attraction at the halftime of the Super Bowl. No, that's not happening this year. But one of the band’s songs will be featured in another typically high-profile slot during the big game – a comedic commercial starring Mindy Kaling. Watch a sneak peak of the commercial above, where … [Read more...]
David Lee Roth, Dave Grohl’s “Bucket List Motherf*cker,” Trends at #1 Today!
David Lee Roth's appearance at Saturday night's all-star Foo Fighters concert at the L.A. Forum was still big news on Monday. Rock fans were clearly surprised and interested in the event, flocking to various media sites at the start of the work week, temporarily making David Lee Roth the No. 1 trending term on Yahoo.com this morning. When it comes to current Van Halen news, … [Read more...]
David Lee Roth Performs with Foo Fighters at “Surprise” Birthday Concert for Dave Grohl
UPDATED VIDEO. The video above is the best one yet! Another great one is below, as well. Van Halen's David Lee Roth was one of the surprise special guests at Saturday Night's very special concert at the Forum in Los Angeles for Foo Fighter Dave Grohl's 46th birthday celebration. Diamond Dave was the very last surprise guest, and belted out "Panama" and "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout … [Read more...]
Wolfgang Playing “Sunday Afternoon in the Park” (Video)
Sunday Afternoon on a Friday #FairWarning A video posted by Wolf Van Halen (@wolfvanhalen) on Jan 9, 2015 at 3:16pm PST Today, Wolf Van Halen posted a short (15 second) video to Instagram, saying simply "Sunday Afternoon on a Friday." Play it above. Wolf is playing Eddie's Electro-Harmonix Micro-Sythesizer to create the bizarre, haunting … [Read more...]
UPDATED: Rock Icon Eddie Van Halen Talks Innovation at the Smithsonian
UPDATE 1/28/15: More details have emerged today about Eddie Van Halen upcoming speech at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and Zócalo Public Square on February 12th. Edward's camp sent us this info today: First of all, the event will be broadcast online, so fans will be able to watch video of Eddie's speech the very next day! The Dutch immigrant and … [Read more...]
Happy New Year From The Roth Show! (VIDEO)
David Lee Roth just posted a new 'The Roth Show' video embedded above. "My name is Dave Roth, and what a long great trip 2014 was ..." Set to his unreleased recording of "Mustang Sally," this fun video has a lot: footage of him in the streets of Tokyo, backstage singing "Happy" with Naturally 7, performing “California Girls” with Beach Boy Mike Love at The Society of … [Read more...]
Happy New Year
This homemade sign from one of our readers says it all. We know that Dave, Alex, Eddie & Wolf are gearing up for an exciting 2015! Happy New Year from the Van Halen News Desk! … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen To Help Launch Smithsonian/Zocalo Initiative
Here's a press release from yesterday which briefly mentions Eddie Van Halen, followed by our thoughts. The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and Los Angeles-based Ideas Exchange Zocalo Public Square are partnering to launch "What It Means to Be American," a collaborative three-year initiative aimed at engaging leading thinkers, public figures and Americans … [Read more...]