In an interview with Rolling Stone, guitar hero Eddie Van Halen shares, among other things, how important the Kinks are to him ??sorta??.A few excerpts from the chat:RSYou ended up covering another Sixties classic, the Kinks' "You Really Got Me," on your first album.EVH:At our shows, we used to do that and "All Day and All of the Night" and, you know, just a bunch of old, semi-obscure rock tun...
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They probably weren't really ready to let the cat out of the bag, but Ticketmaster CEO Irvin Azoff announced today that Van Halen would be touring in 2010. It was mentioned during Azoff's Q&A period in his presentation. It's unknown whether the tour will be in support of Guitar Hero: Van Halen (due December 22), a new album or both.It seem Jermaine Jackson may not have all those stars firmed ...
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OK...so maybe that's just me being a bit dramatic...but Van Halen on-again off-again on-again frontman David Lee Roth was involved in a near-fatal allergic reaction ...all awhile driving his car! More than a month ago Roth was driving his car in Oakland, Ontario (somewhere between Detroit and Toronto) when two cops pulled him over. When they got to his car they realized Roth was suffering a sev...
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Van Halen frotnman Eddie Van Halen has something to "Jump" about. The guitarist will wed his manager and girlfriend Janie Liszewski. How does a rocker propose?Eddie popped the question a while back on August 4th. While in a private room at reknowned jewelry chain Tiffany's the 53 year-old cancer survivor and hip replacement recipient got on one knee and popped the question. (Kinda tacky if you ask
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Atlanta Falcons Cheerleader Jamie.Given that I was at the VAN HALEN show last night at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC and I’m still trying to recover from partying, I might as well feature some of their songs, wouldn’t you say? Highlights from this show for me were the songs ‘Eruption’, ‘Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love’ and ‘Jamie’s Cryin’. These three songs were the Best si
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - A publicist for George Carlin says the legendary comedian has died of heart failure at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif.Jeff Abraham says Carlin went into St. John's Health Center on Sunday afternoon, complaining of chest pain. Carlin died at 5:55 p.m. PDT. He was 71.Carlin, who had a history of heart trouble, performed as recently as last weekend at the Orleans Cas...
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More banks reveal damage caused by subprime-infected debtHOW big the final bill will be is not clear. But most estimates put the eventual tally for defaults by America’s subprime borrowers at $200 billion-300 billion. Sensibly with such a big sum, banks are taking the pain in installments. On Thursday December 20th Bear Stearns was the latest Wall Street bank to add to the $40 billion or so in .
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Those rumors about Van Halen touring seem to be true. Sources revealed to Billboard.com that Van Halen will announce a 50-date American reunion tour with original singer David Lee Roth during a news conference in Hollywood next week.Eddie Van Halen will lead the line-up along with this brother Alex Van Halen on drums. Wolfgang Van Hale, Eddie's teenage son will take over for Michael Anthony on ...
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SIERRA MADRE, Calif. (AP) - A wildfire that broke out in a popular hiking area blackened the steep slopes of the foothills near Pasadena and forced mandatory evacuations for 300 homes, authorities said Sunday. Two hundred homes around Sierra Madre were evacuated Saturday night and residents from 100 other properties were told to leave Sunday, Elisa Weaver of the Arcadia Fire Department said, as...
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One of the most disappointing aspects of Guitar Hero: Metallica was that you have to play with nu-’Tallica, not the Burton or even Newstead-era band we all know and love (I’m told older versions of the Four Horsemen are available as “unlockable content,” but there’s only so many hours in the day and these snarky [...]
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HISTORIC CONCERT TOUR MARKS FIRST OF ITS KIND FOR VAN HALEN IN 22 YEARSLOS ANGELES, CA -- August 13, 2007Beginning this September, in what promises to be the most exciting live tour this year, Van Halen will embark on a national concert tour throughout the U.S. and Canada with its original lead singer David Lee Roth for the first time in 22 years. Considered by fans and media alike as one of th...
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Van Halen has rescheduled tour dates that were postponed due to Eddie Van Halen's medical condition. The group returned to glory last fall with David Lee Roth for the first time in 20 years. The guys will resume their travels on April 19th and will play 20 shows before wrapping up in Grand Rapids, Michigan.Apr 19: Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay Events Center)Apr 22: Cincinnati (U.S. Bank Arena)Apr 24:...
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Van Halen have postponed four concert dates while frontman Eddie Van Halen undergoes "a battery of comprehensive medical tests to determine a defined diagnosis and recommended medical procedures.”Rumors allege that the Van Halen guitarist has gotten back on the sauce due to the publication of his former wife, Valerie Bertinelli's tell-all book. Other rumors point to the his fight with cancer. E.
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Guitarist Eddie Van Halen announced Thursday, March 8 via the groups website that he was entering rehab. “I have always and will always feel a responsibility to give you my best,” he wrote. “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 y
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Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony is speaking out about being nixed for the upcoming Van Halen reunion tour. On his blog, Mad Anthony (http://madanthonyblog.blogspot.com/), the longtime bassist just wants "to bring you all up to speed." "Alot of you have been asking about the upcoming Van Halen tour and my response to it," Anthony wrote. "It's not that I'm not touring with Van Halen because I'm...
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