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Top of the world, Dallas!: Van Halen share HD footage of 1991 Texas free show

By Will Simpson Published

Van Halen share footage of 1991 live show

Gigs & Festivals
Patrick Bertinelli
Wolfgang Van Halen plays Eruption and Hot For Teacher with the Foo Fighters

By Rob Laing Published

And The Cradle Will Rockville

Bands
Sammy Hagar performs during a visit to SiriusXM Studios on November 14, 2023 in Los Angeles, California
Sammy Hagar shuts down talk of a shared Van Halen tribute tour with David Lee Roth, says he's not invited to the whole thing: "No f***ing way"

By Rob Laing Published

Update: As feared, the Van Halen vocalists are outta love again: "He can come out and sing a song on a show or two, if he can remember the words"

Guitarists
Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony
“If you are going to go deep into his stuff, into the Van Halen catalogue, you need a guy like Joe Satriani”: Sammy Hagar watches in awe as Satch plays Eddie Van Halen’s most difficult riff

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Watch Hagar and the Best Of All World's lineup of Michael Anthony on bass, Jason Bonham on drums and Satch on guitar then launch into 5150 and perform Van Halen tracks together ahead of 2024 tour

Guitarists
Pete Thorn
Pete Thorn just nailed Eddie Van Halen's Fair Warning 'brown sound' guitar tone with only two pedals

By Rob Laing Published

No 'amp' required

Guitar Pedals
Eddie Van Halen at Donington in 1984
Watch Van Halen’s incendiary 1984 Monsters Of Rock set – and Eddie’s 10-minute guitar solo – at Castle Donington as pro-shot footage emerges online

By Jonathan Horsley Published

A band and their trailblazing guitarist at the height of their powers blaze through an hour-long set of Van Halen classics

Music Industry
Shane Hawkins
Watch Shane Hawkins play drums on Led Zeppelin, Van Halen and Black Sabbath songs with Taylor Hawkins’ cover band, Chevy Metal

By Stuart Williams Published

The young drummer delivered a solo on Moby Dick, and the band were joined by Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach

Drummers
Eddie Van Halen plays guitar on stage with Randy Jackson, Michael Jackson and Jermaine Jackson during the Victory Tour
"Certain people in the band at that time didn't like me doing things outside the group" – remembering when Eddie Van Halen joined Michael Jackson onstage to play Beat It without a rehearsal

By Rob Laing Published

"You got it Eddie!"

Guitarists
Eddie Van Halen, live onstage in 1984
New Van Halen documentary takes us back to the early ‘80s to tell the story of how Eddie built 5150 Studios as the band were coming apart

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Or how Eddie Van Halen helped pioneer working from home, reinvented guitar, befriended Frank Zappa and ended up producing My Mother Is A Space Cadet for a young Dweezil Zappa

Music Industry
David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen onstage in 2015. Roth has just recently released another rerecorded Van Halen classic, prompting speculation that he might have a solo album in the works.
David Lee Roth releases rerecorded version of Van Halen classic Unchained

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Unchained is the latest VH track to be shared by Diamond Dave from his May 2022 solo studio session, and it features Al Estrada assuming the late Eddie Van Halen's role on guitar

Singles And Albums
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