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I know a lot of people are bummed that Van Halen's long awaited reunion with David Lee Roth, A Different Kind of Truth, consists largely, or maybe even primarily, of old demos that the band re-worked; what I don't understand is why these fans are bummed. But my guess is that they're mistaking the reunion for [...]

The last time a new Van Halen record featured David Lee Roth as the lead singer Ronald Reagan was in the White House, The A-Team was on TV and I spent my nights worrying about acne and solving the Rubiks Cube. Much has changed since "1984,"but in many ways, for the reunited Van Halen, everything is much the same. To mark the release of their first new album together in 28 years, the band invited a select handful of friends, family and music journalists to an intimate party at the legendary Henson Studios in [...]

The new album from the recently reformed Van Halen is out today - A Different Kind of Truth kicks ass, if you're into that kind of thing. David Lee Roth looks like he partied way too much back in the 1980s, but he still sings great and Eddie Van Halen hasn't lost a step on guitar. Here are the boys doing an acoustic version of the Kinks' "You Really Got Me." Purchase Van Halen tour tickets

What was once inconceivable is now a reality: A David Lee Roth-fronted Van Halen is set to release a new album! It took 28 years, a soul-crushing false start with Roth in 1996, the dumping of bassist/backing vocalist Michael Anthony, and a new label home, but A Different Kind Of Truth finally arrives today. However, a fair appraisal of Truth could [...]

in the continuing story of the latest Van Halen comeback, here is another VH video! this is the band performing a "new" song called "she's a woman" at their club gig at Cafe Wha? in New York City on January 5th. this "new" song sounds a lot like an old song from a 70's-era demo that lots of VH fans have heard. still, there is something that the old version didn't have: Wolfgang! his bass is really upfront in this fan-shot clip.... [...]

Turn your speakers up and hide the kids, things are about to get wild. That's right, Van Halen is back for the first time in fourteen years with an album of all new music. A Different Kind of Truth is the band's first since 1998's Van Halen III , which had exactly zero awesome songs on it. Perhaps the most important thing to note about this new album is the return of David Lee Roth, the most successful front man for the band in its infamous carousel of singers. The album is a [...]

speaking of comebacks.... it appears that the mighty Van Halen is making a comeback. again. i can't help but be sucked into it all because i really love that band. always have. i like the Dave-era and the Sam-era. i go both ways. but no true VH fan ever really liked the Gary-era. then in 2007, VH entered the Wolfgang-era when Michael Anthony was permanently replaced with Eddie's son Wolfgang Van Halen on bass. old-school VH fans would rather ol' Mikey were playing bass but they are thrilled that the ultimate showman David Lee Roth is back. [...]

Holy shit it is time to get super-pumped for new Van Halen music. That is for sure, fun lovers! Of course, it has been like thirteen years since their most recent album, so the music-makers of VH had some dust to shake off. No biggie. The more daunting task before Team Van Halen now is [...]

Van Halen ft. DLR, Alex Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen and Wolfgang Van Halen Tickets for Van Halen featuring original members David Lee Roth, Alex Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen are on American Express presale now. Internet presale starts Jan 13 at 10AM EST, general on sale begins on Jan 14 at 10AM EST. Van Halen plays Madison Square Garden on February 28 and March 1, 2012 *. [...]

By now you probably know that Van Halen is back, reunited with original lead singer David Lee Roth. They're planning a huge tour this year, a new album and this new single, "Tattoo." That's Eddie Van Halen's son Wolfgang on bass, replacing the departed (fired?) Michael Anthony. The new album, A Different Kind of Truth , comes out in early February. Van Halen official website

The wait is over: the new Van Halen single, "Tattoo," is here, and it even has a music video. This is exciting, of course, because the new Van Halen album on which "Tattoo" will appear, A Different Kind of Truth, is the band's first effort with David Lee Roth in twenty-eight years, so... yeah, there's [...]

With a new Van Halen single set to be released tomorrow, it seems like a good time to look back at the only two original songs the band recorded with David Lee Roth since 1984, "Me Wise Magic" and "Can't Get This Stuff No More," both of which appeared on 19962s Best of Van Halen Volume [...]

So last night Van Halen played at Cafe Wha?, this incredibly small club (capacity is 250 people) here in NYC; alas, MetalSucks did not score an invitation, but, hey, that's what cell phones are for. You can check out some footage from the show in the above video. More exciting for the approximately eight trillion [...]

There will be dozens more to follow, I have little doubt, but here's the first video to show up on YouTube from Van Halen's intimate club show at NYC's Cafe Wha? The song is an older one called "She's The Woman" that was among the demos VH recorded with Gene Simmons before they had a record deal. And here are the tour dates that hit the web tonight: Thu 01/05/12 New York, NY Cafe Wha? Sat 02/18/12 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center Mon 02/20/12 Auburn Hills, MI The Palace Of [...]

Van Halen Start Your Engines (TBC) Interscope Records 07 February 2012 What they're saying: OK, so this Van Halen records was in our 2011 Album Previews, but with a likely release date of February 2012 you've got to admit we weren't that far off the mark. Given the importance of this [...]

I got freaked out for a second when Van Halen no-showed for their rumored appearance at the Grammy noms party in late November. I was spooked by Hagar's rumor-mongering and by the fact that these things can fall through. But I'm groovy now cuz over the holidays VH announced a 2012 tour (!) and a [...]

I was freaked out for a second when Van Halen no-showed for their rumored appearance at the Grammy noms party in late November. I'd already gotten spooked by Hagar's rumor-mongering and by the fact that these things have been known to fall through. But I'm groovy now cuz over the holidays VH announced a 2012 [...]

The ink is barely dry on Van Halen's new record deal with Interscope. So, of course, it's time to start speculating about the actual contents of the band's new record, which will be their first with David Lee Roth in almost three decades, and their first with Fatty Ding Dongs Van Halen ever. And who [...]

I had shall we say a moment of clarity about Van Halen this week. It's nothing bad and nobody's fault. I love. To me, they score highest in all categories of awesomeness since The Beatles srs. And thusly, I think fans flex on lots of bullcrap. Like, no Michael Anthony? Uh okay. Your teen son [...]

Anyone who plays an instrument has moments of thanking Jeebus for all of his/her appendages & extremities. So often we take for granted the simple inherent nature of having all (or most) of our natural human body parts and functions, and it can be rather inspiring to witness someone overcoming the odds and making good [...]