When David Lee Roth first shocked fans by disappearing from Van Halen in a puff of cocaine dust at the zenith of the band’s debauched mid-eighties success, who’d have guessed that 30 years and a handful of Eddie Van Halen rehab stints later, he’d be back with his old bandmates, getting ready to delight magic
Watch a cavalcade of surprise guests smash a massive setlist!
After promising they would play “until they tell us to shut the fuck up,” the Foo Fighters concluded their headlining set at the recent Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Delaware with a series of bar band staples. The Foos performed covers ranging from hard rock classics to ’70s Rolling Stones hits. As Rolling Stone reports,
We at Music Feeds are of the opinion that Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth can pretty much do whatever he wants, because he can make just about anything work. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that what he chooses to do isn’t worthy of a raised eyebrow or two, like his cover of Happy. As
There’s a natural desire in the heart of every music fan to see the bands they love who were unfortunate casualties of the volatile beast that being in a band can become, finally reunite and take the stage together once again to relive their glory days and provide a shining beacon for the future. Sometimes
During his recent and highly lucrative tour of Australia, Bruce Springsteen and his formidable E Street Band covered a raft of Australian classics both old and new. Now he’s taken puns to the next level by performing Van Halen‘s Jump during the March Madness Music Festival in Dallas. The festival is part of the celebrations
Here’s one for the “only in America files” – rock legends Van Halen are taking drummer Alex Van Halen‘s ex-wife Kelly to court over the name of her interior design and construction company, Kelly Van Halen, saying her use of her own name is “diluting their brand”. In a lawsuit launched by ELVH Inc, who
Van Halen frontman, David Lee Roth, has surprised fans by appearing as a hitman in a Japanese short film. The clip sees a calm yet menacing Roth take out some unwitting marks on those who incur his wrath after offending the gaijin by throwing fried chicken at him. The trailer peaks when a shirtless Roth
The ever outspoken frontman of Californian rock superstars Van Halen has openly blamed the inevitable transition of the band from stadium rock titans to karaoke’s secret pleasure, quite predictably, on the popularity of the movement that followed their own, Grunge. In a typically hyperbolic interview with Buzzfeed, David Lee Roth openly embraces the flaws of
Dream On, Aerosmith fans – the bad boys from Boston will reportedly no longer be playing a solo Sydney show and instead Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and company have announced they will be co-headlining the Stone Music Festival a week earlier. Noise11 reports that the band released the following statement to fans today: “We are
Van Halen‘s David Lee Roth obviously took no chances with his Rock N Roll lifestyle on tour – he took out insurance on his penis. The singer made the revelation after answering a pre-submitted question from a fan during an interview with the Huffington Post – which you can check out here. When asked if
Van Halen have been announced as headliners for the inaugural Stone Music Festival, which will be held at ANZ Stadium in Sydney on April 20th and 21st.
This might just be the one – Van Halen‘s much mooted (and now long overdue) Australian tour now has a good chance of happening in the middle of this year. Triple M reporter and Herald Sun journalist Nui Te Koha believes a local promoter is chasing the 70s rock icons for a tour to fit
When he’s not touring as bassist for Van Halen, the son of founding member Eddie is up to all sorts of things. Currently touring with Mark Tremonti, the rock royalty heir had a run-in with a particular British boy band that left a very bad impression. It’s not really known what went down, but as
Guitar god Eddie Van Halen is currently recovering in hospital after recently being admitted for a round of emergency surgery. The Van Halen co-founder was suffering from a heavy bout of diverticulitis. Diverticulitis is a condition that causes pouches to form in the wall of the colon and get inflamed or infected. There are many
Van Halen have once again raised our hopes spectacularly only to crush them in a devastating manner. Yep, that’s right. Once again the rock gods have shelved plans on coming Down Under, according to Triple M.
Before any official dates have even been announced, it looks like any plans that the aging rock act Van Halen may have to visit Australian have already been pushed back. In February Music Feeds reported that music reporter Nui Te Koha told Triple M he expected the band in Australia sooner than later. “David Lee
Van Halen are currently back on the touring radar, playing a number of US shows and planned world tour dates, although they have recently cancelled shows from July 26 onwards. Frontman David Lee Roth has revealed in a recent video that the cancellations are due to exhaustion. He continues in the video to explain that
Last night, David Lee Roth stopped Van Halen mid song so he could berate some members of the crowd for fighting.
Van Halen kicked off their Different Kind Of Truth World US Tour last night at Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center in Kentucky and David Lee Roth forgot the lyrics mid set.
