Ross Halfin has posted at his website a bunch of new B&W shots of Eddie. No photos yet that show Ed with the rest of the band. Click on the photo above to go see the rest. UPDATED January 6, 2007: Halfin posted the following message on his site today: My new Van Halen pictures have disappeared off the page. Don't send me emails telling me about it, I know. They'll be … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen News
Eddie Van Halen on new Guitar World cover and CD-ROM
As mentioned in the previous post, photographer Ross Halfin shot Eddie last month for the cover photo shown above. Yesterday, Ross posted the cover at his website, along with this intriguing message: My picture of Edward on the new Guitar World cover. I'll be putting some interesting new pictures of the band up soon ..." The mag hits stores Jan. 16, and will also include a … [Read more...]
Ross Halfin: “They will come back and destroy the world”
Photographer Ross Halfin has shot Van Halen numerous times over the years. His most recent shoot took place Wednesday (12/13), and his first-person account of that day---which he posted as a diary entry on his website---is definitely intriguing: Head off to meet up with Edward Van Halen. It is hot today and I'm in black which doesn't help my thumping head. I feel like I'm … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen says VH “reunion” is up to David Lee Roth; Wolfgang Van Halen has replaced Michael Anthony after playing bass for only three months
From Blabbermouth.net: Eddie Van Halen spoke to Guitar World magazine about the current status of VAN HALEN following the departures of vocalist Sammy Hagarand bassist Michael Anthony. Rumors continue to swirl that original singer David Lee Roth, who was replaced by Hagar in the mid-1980s, will return to the fold, despite years of enmity. Roth, who has recently worked as a … [Read more...]
Eddie returns to House of Petals
Upscale Hollywood flower shop House of Petals celebrated its one-year anniversary last Wednesday (9/4) with a party that included an appearance by none other than Eddie Van Halen. Ed---who is friends with owner Joey House, and who had appeared at another House of Petals event earlier this year---hung out at the party and strapped on his guitar for one song. Joining him at the … [Read more...]
Eddie gives Howard Stern a VH update
Eddie called in to Howard Stern's SIRIUS Satellite Radio show last month and dished the latest dirt on Van Halen. Highlights included: announcing that he and a partner had discovered a cure for cancer. speculating that his tongue cancer was caused not by his decades of cigarette smoking, but rather by electromagnetic energy emanating from his studio gear that was … [Read more...]
Purchase “Sacred Sin” DVD with 2 new EVH Videos!
Watch the two new Eddie Van Halen videos and purchase the "Sacred Sin" DVD here. … [Read more...]
More details surface about Eddie & Sacred Sin
Strange days. The official place to hear new music from Ed is in a porn flick, and the official place to get the full story on how it all came about is in a porn publication. From Adult Video News' website: Rocker Eddie Van Halen Collaborates with Michael Ninn in Sacred Sin By: Jared Rutter CHATSWORTH, Calif. - In a major crossover move, rock superstar Eddie … [Read more...]
New Eddie Van Halen instrumentals, video
Last week, the starved Van Halen masses were dealt a huge surprise with the House of Petals thing ... so imagine the shit storm this is gonna kick up: Two new full-length Eddie Van Halen instrumentals and a music-video teaser of Eddie performing one of the new cuts have surfaced online. Bear with us, because we're trying to piece all of this together. Here's what we … [Read more...]
Eddie performs at House of Petals, new reunion rumor surfaces
Eddie turned up Wednesday (7/19) at the House of Petals in West Hollywood, CA, for a private function, during which he jammed for the invitation-only crowd. Click HERE to see some pictures of the event. (As you might recall, Eddie accompanied the owner of House of Petals, Joey House, to an Oscar party back in March, pictures of which also showed up on the … [Read more...]
Another Half
The Van Halen brothers made a surprise appearance at the June 17 Kenny Chesney concert in Carson, CA---and by "appearance," we mean that they actually got on stage and jammed with the country singer for two songs: "Jump" and "You Really Got Me." Click HERE to see a picture of Ed and Chesney. … [Read more...]
Ed goes 5150 during tour finale
Based on reports of Eddie's behavior during the band's final show of this tour, which took place in Tucson last Friday, it sounds like Van Halen has hit more bumpy ground. A reporter for Tucson Weekly reviewed the show, and his write-up includes the following excerpt: Seeming to have fallen off the bandwagon yet again, EVH's mood changed drastically as the final … [Read more...]