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Eddie Van Halen Gets a Visit From the Toxic Twins – Pic of the Week

Mary Ouellette — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:19:29 +0000

Van Halen finally returned to the stage over the weekend (April 20) at the Stone Music Festival in Sydney, Australia and look who showed up for the festivities – Joe Perry and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. Okay, in all fairness, Aerosmith was on the bill as well, but it still made for some great photo ops behind the scenes.

Van Halen Working on New Songs

Nick DeRiso — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:06:58 +0000

All signs point not just to a full recovery and return to the road for Eddie Van Halen, but some forthcoming new music, as well. The guitarist, who was sidelined by a nasty case of diverticulitis last year, has posted a photo to Facebook of himself in the studio.

Eddie Van Halen Checks In After Emergency Surgery

Mary Ouellette — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:00:58 +0000

Van Halen guitar great Eddie Van Halen recently had a bit of a health scare when he underwent emergency surgery due to a serious flare-up of diverticulitis, a condition impacting the intestine causing it to become infected or inflamed, causing immense pain.

Dave, Eddie, and Alex Talk Van Halen in Japanese TV Special [VIDEO]

gonzo — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:23:15 +0000

Van Halen are gearing up for a brief tour of Japan, and to make sure the fans were jacked up for the tour, the TV show “Song To Soul” featured Van Halen on Tuesday. The show highlight is an exclusive interview with David Lee Roth and Eddie and Alex Van Halen at Dave’s house, in [...]

The Story Behind Eddie Van Halen's Public School Guitar Donation Revealed

Dave Lifton — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:00:51 +0000

Back in January, Eddie Van Halen donated 75 guitars from his collection to the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation for use in Los Angeles public schools. In a new interview, Felice Mancini, the foundation’s executive director, explains how the transfer took place.

Another Van Halen Show Hits the Internet [VIDEO]

gonzo — Sat, 26 May 2012 21:18:03 +0000

Despite rumors of a tour implosion, the Van Halen 2012 tour rolls on, with a stop in Dallas on June 20th, and one in New Orleans on June 27th. One interesting aspect of this tour is the band allowing fan taping of the shows. You can find an earlier show from Indianapolis here, and I [...]

Van Halen on Van Halen – The Complete Interview [VIDEO]

gonzo — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:48:33 +0000

You might recall, leading up to the release of “A Different Kind of Truth” on February 7th, Van Halen played a couple of warm up shows, released some promo videos for ‘Tattoo’, and dropped a shot interview segment of Dave interviewing the Van Halen brothers… Now, they’ve made more footage from the sessions available [...]

Eddie Van Halen Donates 75 Guitars to School Music Programs

Jeff Giles — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:22:04 +0000

Being in the school band just got a whole lot cooler for some of the kids in the Los Angeles area: Eddie Van Halen has teamed up with the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation to donate 75 guitars from his personal collection to schools that don’t have enough funding to pay for instruments. For Van Halen, it was a simple case of giving back — as he put it simply, “Music education and families are dealing with the economic times, and I wanted to help them.”