Sir Stewart Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 What's the frequency, Edward?Yeah, that was posted earlier in this thread. It was happening early on in the tour - I can't say for sure if they fixed it by now, since I left halfway through the show Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Van Halen Beefs Up 2008 ItineraryDavid Lee RothNovember 26, 2007, 8:00 PM ETChris M. Walsh, N.Y.Van Halen has added 23 new U.S. dates to its reunion tour with original lead singer David Lee Roth, extending the trek into April. Beyond the five shows added in mid-November, the Live Nation-produced trek featuring Roth, Eddie and Alex Van Halen and Eddie Van Halen's teenage son Wolfgang on bass will visit new markets such as New Orleans and Providence R.I., while making repeat visits to New York, Chicago and East Rutherford, N.J. The current tour is Roth's first with the Van Halen brothers in more than 20 years and has grossed $25.5 million from 18 shows between Sept. 27 and Nov. 10, according to Billboard Boxscore. The full slate of 2008 shows is: Jan. 22: Oklahoma City (Ford Center)Jan. 24: San Antonio (AT&T Center)Jan. 26: Dallas (American Airlines Center)Jan. 28: Houston (Toyota Center)Feb. 1: Denver (Pepsi Center)Feb. 4: Omaha, Neb. (Qwest Event Center)Feb. 8: New Orleans (New Orleans Arena)Feb. 12: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (BankAtlantic Center)Feb. 14: Orlando, Fla. (Amway Arena)Feb. 16: Jacksonville, Fla. (Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena)Feb. 18: Tampa, Fla. (St. Pete Times Forum)Feb. 22: Charlottesville, Va. (John Paul Jones Arena)Mar. 5: Cincinnati (US Bank Arena)Mar. 7: Raleigh, N.C. (RBC Center)Mar. 9: Baltimore (1st Mariner Arena)Mar. 11: Manchester, N.H. (Verizon Wireless Arena)Mar. 13: East Rutherford, N.J. (Izod Center)Mar. 17: New York (Madison Square Garden)Mar. 19: Hershey, Pa. (Giant Center)Mar. 21: Pittsburgh (Mellon Arena)Mar. 24: Providence, R.I. (Dunkin Donuts Center)Mar. 26: Uncasville, Conn. (Mohegan Sun Arena)Mar. 28: Atlantic City, N.J. (Boardwalk Hall)Mar. 30: St. Louis (Scottrade Center)Apr. 1: Columbus, Ohio (Value City Arena)Apr. 3: Chicago (Allstate Arena)Apr. 5: Grand Rapids, Mich. (Van Andel Arena)Apr. 7: Milwaukee (Bradley Center) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyjimmy Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Van Halen Beefs Up 2008 ItineraryOh God, I knew as soon as I saw that..."They are coming to Charlottesville" Sure enough.Damn.I cannot get used to these big bands coming to my little town. I'll pass, wait two months and see Bruce here...which also blows my mind. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
borracho Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Oh God, I knew as soon as I saw that..."They are coming to Charlottesville" Sure enough.Damn.I cannot get used to these big bands coming to my little town. I'll pass, wait two months and see Bruce here...which also blows my mind. John Paul Jones has his own arena in Charlottesville? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 I've seen a few articles posted at various places today that state Van Halen is working on a new album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 I assume it's the Eddie, Alex, David, Wolfgang lineup? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Warner/Chappell Music says Van Halen will have an album out next year! (by way of the Van Halen News Desk) Van Halen has extended their agreement with Warner/Chappell Music, which is an American music publishing company, and a division of the Warner Music Group. The press release is below. The most important part to Van Halen fans is the very last sentence of the release: “The group is currently in the studio recording an album with Roth that is due for release in 2011.” Where is this news coming from? This news is NOT coming from the band. It originated on the Warner/Chappell Music website yesterday. Does this mean Van Halen will definitely release an album next year? Not necessarily. On the positive side of things, a division of Warner Music Group is saying that Van Halen will have an album out next year, so that’s (yet another) great sign! But on the negative side, Warner/Chappel got some basic facts about Van Halen wrong in their story, so one could question what they are basing their “new album” statement on. Are they basing it on the band’s actual plans, or did an intern simply google the latest news on the band and end up adding a mere rumor to their press release? Hopefully a new Van Halen album will come to fruition and it will turn out that they were right. Van Halen remains silent. VHND emailed Janie Van Halen today asking for a statement, but they aren’t talking. The press release: Warner/Chappell Music has extended its administration agreements with two original members of the legendary rock band VAN HALEN, Eddie and Alex Van Halen. Under the agreement, Warner/Chappell will continue to administer their catalog of works. The Grammy Award-winning VAN HALEN was formed in 1972 in Pasadena, California and released its first album in 1978, quickly becoming one of the most influential rock bands in history. In 2007, after more than three decades dazzling audiences with their energetic performances and establishing their catalog of songs as one of the most enduring in the history of popular music, VAN HALEN was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. With 11 studio albums, VAN HALEN is the 19th best-selling group of all time in the U.S., according to the RIAA, with more than 56 million albums sold in the U.S., 10 of them certified platinum or multi-platinum, six albums that reached No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and two of them, “Van Halen” and “1984?, achieving diamond certification. VAN HALEN has been nominated multiple times by the American Music Awards and, in 1992, won “Favorite Heavy Metal/Rock Album” for the album “For Unlawful Carnage Knowledge”. “It’s fantastic to continue our relationship with VAN HALEN, which is one of the most enduring and successful partnerships within our roster of songwriters,” said Scott Francis, President, Warner/Chappell Music, and Chairman and CEO, Warner/Chappell Music U.S. “Since its inception, VAN HALEN has written driving melodic rock songs performed in groundbreaking style.” During its more than three decades as a band, VAN HALEN has featured a number of different lineups and three different lead singers, and throughout has produced a string of multiplatinum albums that contained numerous No. 1 singles, including “Jump”, “(Oh) Pretty Woman”, “Why Can’t This Be Love?”, “Humans Being”, “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and “Me Wise Magic”. Most recently, the band toured with founding brothers, Eddie and Alex Van Halen, its original lead singer, David Lee Roth, and Eddie’s son, Wolfgang, playing bass. The group is currently in the studio recording an album with Roth that is due for release in 2011. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouisvilleGreg Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Anyone ever hear about Eddie Van Halen being a replacement for Ace Frehley when he left KISS? This would have been circa '82, so he and Dave were certainly going at it around that time. Imagine how different the future of both bands would have been. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Gene wanted him in the band. He knew Eddie, as he tried to get VH a record deal at some point around the mid 70s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouisvilleGreg Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 If Eddie had joined we would've never known the brilliance of Vinnie Vincent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 can this record possibly anything other than wretched? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Possibly, yes. Likely, no. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 The only possible way it could be good is if Rick Rubin produces it and works his magic of bringing them back to their roots. And get Ted Templeton to engineer so maybe they can get back to that VH1 or VH2 guitar sound. Ditch the keyboards on this one and just rip. But no, it's pretty much going to have to suck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 It'd be awesome if they approached it 180º from the angle of most dinosaur reunion projects and did something that could actually speak to longtime fans instead of just doing what they think is expected of them. I'd love to hear a frothy single in the vein of Beautiful Girls/Little Guitars filled with tasty licks and sentiments that address their legacy and age - some shit like "We fought like mothers over Cabbage Patch Kids/On Christmas Eve/Now we're touring off the highest bids/We're never gonna leave!!" (cue Eddie wail). But they're probably going to try to rock our faces off and it will be awful like Me Wise Magic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouisvilleGreg Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Little Dreamer came on the radio the other day and it took me right back to being a very young kid and listening to that record on headphones in bed at night after my mom made me go to bed. That is an excellent debut and an excellent rock record. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Little Dreamer came on the radio the other day and it took me right back to being a very young kid and listening to that record on headphones in bed at night after my mom made me go to bed. That is an excellent debut and an excellent rock record.Indeed. I had a similar experience: listening to Runnin' With The Devil and the VH cover of You Really Got Me on the FM radio station, also with headphones, after "lights out." That was a great era to grow up when it came to radio. I feel sorry for the kids today growing up on such shitty pop music. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Little Dreamer came on the radio the other day and it took me right back to being a very young kid and listening to that record on headphones in bed at night after my mom made me go to bed. That is an excellent debut and an excellent rock record. Little Dreamer. What a wonderful song. I'll need to pull out some VH when I get home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 The other important point is Michael Anthony added a ton to their sound vocally that they won't be able to duplicate without him. I doubt Wolfie can hit them high notes. And Little Dreamer is a pretty great song. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Excerpts from Sammy Hagar's book. Sounds like Eddie is a pretty screwed up individual: Sammy Hagar book excerpts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Excerpts from Sammy Hagar's book. Sounds like Eddie iswas a pretty screwed up individual: Sammy Hagar book excerpts Might be more appropriate since his stint in rehab. Before rehab: After rehab: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 It's funny that they use the VH excerpts to push the book. Not his time in Montrose or his solo career. And lastly, a guy who owned a tequila company, and has a ton of songs about drinking and parting is going to jump on a dude who has a problem? Seems a bit odd. Sammy has always seemed sort of fake to me. I like the first Montrose album. Other than that, he does not do anything for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 It's funny that they use the VH excerpts to push the book. Not his time in Montrose or his solo career. And lastly, a guy who owned a tequila company, and has a ton of songs about drinking and parting is going to jump on a dude who has a problem? Seems a bit odd. Sammy has always seemed sort of fake to me. I like the first Montrose album. Other than that, he does not do anything for me. I absolutely agree with this and I really don't have much interest in reading this book. I have to say though, blame it on drugs or whatever (there had to be more than alcohol going on there) but Eddie has come across as a real douche as well over the years. I wonder if Wolfie will be writing a book in 10 years or so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Some of those passages read about the same as some of the stuff in Dave's book. From what I have read, Alex has been clean for several years now. It seems Eddie may be also. Supposedly, they are working on a new VH album with Dave. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I absolutely agree with this and I really don't have much interest in reading this book. I have to say though, blame it on drugs or whatever (there had to be more than alcohol going on there) but Eddie has come across as a real douche as well over the years. I wonder if Wolfie will be writing a book in 10 years or so.Eddie and Dave have always seemed like douches, but neither can hold a candle to Sammy, in my opinion. I'm just happy that I got to see DLR fronting VH, even if it was 25 years too late. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 The Grateful Dead XM Station plays a Dead version of "Loose Lucy" with Sammy Hager sitting in, quite a bit. Never was a big fan of the song to begin with and Hager makes it even worse. I guess Hager was/is neighbor of Weir's. I agree with A-Man, writing about a dude's problem is pretty lame, but of course it sells. I saw Van Halen in 91 in Carbondale, I had a free ticket. It was decent enough show from what I remember Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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