Spotted: Van Halen Secret Shows At The LA Forum

Van Halen has been playing secret rehersal gigs in front of a whole lotta fans at the LA Forum. Here's yesterday:

AND AN INSANE EDDIE VAN SOLO:

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Van Halen Might Actually Do It This Time

David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, and the son are going on tour. Here's the press conference:

Dave you rule! And thank god you're not making any more bluegrass albums.

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The 100 Unsexiest Men Sucks! David Lee Roth Rules.

The Phoenix has posted their 100 Unsexiest Men of 2007 and we have mega complaint. Not that we really care what men are unsexy, but these guys have seriously knocked our idol and mentor of the bettor things in life. These guys put the one, the only, Diamond David Lee Roth ranked number 75! O.k., Dave isn't exactly Dancing The Night Away:

But we really doubt The Phoenix editors are exactly babe magnets. Dave the the king of sexy rock 'n roll. Sorry Phoenix. (THE RAD REPORT editors are way Dancin' the Night Away, and super sexy, by the way.)

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David Lee Roth Is Banned From His Own Hall Of Fame Induction

David Lee Roth will not be at the Van Halen Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame induction on Monday because the lead singer was specifically banned from performing at the event. Event organizers hired Velvet Revolver instead of Diamond Dave to rock the VH tunes. The Diamond One is pissed:

"I don't make speeches for a living; I sing and dance for my dinner." This "rips my heart out. So it appears this is a television producer's decision.

"It's just not an option for me to go and watch some other band — who are only performing because they have some new record coming out — do our music. I have nothing against Velvet Revolver — I'm not familiar with their music — but that was my 3 minutes and 22 seconds up there."

On Eddie Van Halen's rehab adventure, Roth says:

"Ed is indisposed and working toward a better future here. If Ed ever dries up, this is going to be a stadium act, man."

SOURCE: LA Times

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Not Taking His Whiskey Home: Eddie Van Halen In Rehab

Famed partyboy Eddie Van Halen gave an update today on why the David Lee Roth VH tour has been put on hold: he's still a partyboy! Eddie -- who hasn't boozed with Dave in a long time -- issued this statement:

I would like Van Halen fans to know how much I truly appreciate each and every one of you. Without you there is no Van Halen.

I have always and will always feel a responsibility to give you my best. At the moment I do not feel that I can give you my best. That's why I have decided to enter a rehabilitation facility to work on myself, so that in the future I can deliver the 110% that I feel I owe you and want to give you.

Some of the issues surrounding the 2007 Van Halen tour are within my ability to change and some are not. As far as my rehab is concerned, it is within my ability to change and change for the better. I want you to know that is exactly what I'm doing, so that I may continue to give you the very best I am capable of.

I look forward to seeing you in the future better than ever and I thank you with all my heart.

Love,
Ed

For the first time in ever David Lee Roth did not add a comment. But it's still early, and nobody's knocked on Crazy Girls yet.

SOURCE: TMZ

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Van Halen Replaced By Velvet Revolver

Van Halen is so messed up the legendary rock band has been replaced for their own induction ceremory. Velvet Revolver -- specifically Slash and Scott Weiland -- will perform at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, and salute the musical controbutions Van Halen has made over the years. The reason for the ousting seems to be the fact that David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen and Sammy Hager can't stop fighting long enough to actually get on stage for even one song. On going on stage with Sammy, Diamond Dave said this yesterday:

"I would not do that. That's a whole other kind of music, that's a whole other approach to songwriting... Let him go and do his own thing."

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Confirmed: Van Halen Has Self Destructed, Reunion Off

The much talked about, very skeptical Van Halen reunion 20 years in the making is pretty much as good as over. David Lee Roth was set to rejoin the band, even saying the rehersals are amazing:

“The chemistry is combustible. There’s an explosive sound there that is, I think, perhaps… unless you were there, which most folks weren’t, than you may have forgotten. This is really sophisticated, smart stuff. Everybody’s at the top of their game in terms of… it’s not just intangible things. My voice is arguably better than it was when I left the band back when. I love what I do, perhaps for some different reasons now than I did, more so than I did. It’s a privilege to do what I do for a living.”

But that was last week, and in the world of Van Halen, one week's a lifetime. As Rolling Stone reports:

"Over the weekend, employees of tour promoters Live Nation were informed that “the Van Halen tour has been shut down.”

Guess two days of work was a bit much for the boys. Back to Crazy Girls.

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Confirmed: David Lee Roth Back In Van Halen, Summer Tour Planned

For the last twenty years teenagers and twenty somethings have spent their beer drinking sessions rumoring over the day David Lee Roth says he is once again the singer of Van Halen. Well, it happened. Next Wednesday Van Halen will announce a summer tour and possibly an upcoming album. The band will tour sans original bassist Micheal Anthony. Instead, Eddie Van Halen's son Wolfgang will take the bass. (Lame.) When asked about a reunion in May, Roth explained:

"I see it absolutely as an inevitability." To me, it's not rocket surgery. It's very simple to put together. And as far as hurt feelings and water under the dam, like what's-her-name says to what's-her-name at the end of the movie 'Chicago' -- 'So what? It's showbiz!' So I definitely see it happening."

Crazy, Dave sat through a whole movie?!
UPDATE: Tour to launch at the new Las Vegas Palms.

Related:

Interview with Eddie

Eddie patent's rocking out

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The Atomic Punk Eddie Van Halen Is Back!

First word hits the street that Eddie wants David Lee Roth back in the band. Than Dave says maybe. Than the best Guitar World cover in ten years. Van Halen is back.

UPDATE: Van Halen Confirms reunion.

Related links:

It's illegal to rock out like Eddie Van Halen

Guitar World MySpace

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Eddie Van Halen Has Patented Rocking Out!

In 1987 Eddie Van Halen filed a patent for "A supporting device for stringed musical instruments, for example, guitars." The device is a thing that props a guitar up on your leg. Big deal you say? Well, know what this means: it's actually illegal to rock out like Eddie Van Halen! Shaa! Rock and Roll! And yes, the facial expression in Eddie's drawing of himself is insane!

Related links:

Van Halen reunion

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