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Report: EDDIE VAN HALEN Pulls Plug On SOUL SIRKUS Support Slot

Andrew McNeice of MelodicRock.com reports: "Eddie Van Halen has pulled the pin on Neal Schon and Jeff Scott Soto's band playing in support of VAN HALEN on their two upcoming Californian dates. News of this filtered through to me this afternoon. "SOUL SIRKUS were to open for VAN HALEN in Oakland and...
July 18, 2004
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VAN HALEN: Bassist MICHAEL ANTHONY Nowhere To Be Heard On New Tracks

According to MelodicRock.com, bassist Michael Anthony isn't credited on the three new songs ("It's About Time", "Up For Breakfast", "Learning To See") included on the new VAN HALEN compilation, "Best of Both Worlds", due on July 20. Appearing on the new tracks are Alex Van Halen on drums, Sammy Haga...
July 17, 2004
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SAMMY HAGAR: 'Essential Collection' Due In August

Hip-O/UMe have set an August 20 release date for Sammy Hagar's "The Essential Red Collection". Described as "the most complete overview of his solo career on record," it features 20 selections, each digitally remastered from the original tapes, spanning 1973 to 1999 with all of Hagar's Top 40 pop hi...
July 1, 2004
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DAVID LEE ROTH To Rake In The Dough From VAN HALEN Reunion Tour?

"Celebrity Justice" reports: VAN HALEN and back-again lead singer Sammy Hagar are selling thousands of tickets for their summer tour, and that means big-time cash for… former lead singer David Lee Roth? That's right, because as 'CJ' reveals, top musicians don't have to play onstage to get well paid....
July 1, 2004
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Review: VAN HALEN Returns To Stage In Top Form

Melissa Ruggieri of The Richmond Times-Dispatch reviewed VAN HALEN's show at the MCI Center in Washington D.C. Friday night (June 25). "When you're Eddie Van Halen and you've weathered a hip replacement, overcome tongue cancer and watched your marriage dissolve after 20 years, you deserve the ovatio...
June 28, 2004
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Review: VAN HALEN's Reunion Tour Reveals Musically Disjointed Group

Jim Farber of the New York Daily News writes: "For years, VAN HALEN fans have been hoping the band would reunite with whichever big-name lead singer Eddie could stand to be with for more than five minutes. "On Tuesday (June 22),a recently reconstituted version of the group, with Sammy Hagar on the...
June 24, 2004
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SAMMY HAGAR: VAN HALEN Reunion Tour Is Like One Giant Celebration

VAN HALEN frontman Sammy Hagar and drummer Alex Van Halen recently took part in a joint Boston Globe interview to discuss the group's latest chapter. "This tour is like one giant celebration with all the fans that've been there forever," Hagar said of the current reunion tour. "People are really exc...
June 19, 2004
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VAN HALEN Finalize Sequence For 'The Best of Both Worlds'

VAN HALEN have finalized the song sequence for "The Best Of Both Worlds", the two-CD retrospective they'll release on July 20, according to Launch Radio Networks. The sequence has changed considerably since the track listing was first revealed — instead of a mostly chronological running order, the a...
June 16, 2004
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VAN HALEN: Tour Kick-Off Photos Posted Online

The VAN HALEN reunion tour got underway Friday night (June 11) at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was their first gig with Sammy Hagar on vocals since October 1995, and their first one since 1998, when Gary Cherone was the lead singer. Check out pictures from Wire Image. .....
June 15, 2004
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VAN HALEN: Reunion Tour Opening Night Set List Revealed

The VAN HALEN reunion tour got underway last night (June 11) at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was their first gig with Sammy Hagar on vocals since October 1995, and their first one since 1998, when Gary Cherone was the lead singer. The complete set list for the show was a...
June 12, 2004
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VINCE NEIL To Play With SAMMY HAGAR's Band At Tahoe Cantina

Former MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil will play with Sammy Hagar's band, THE WABORITAS, on July 3 at the Altitude Nightclub (Tahoe Wabo) in Lake Tahoe. Tickets are priced at $25 and are on sale now through (800) HARRAHS. To reserve your VIP booth please call (775) 586-6705. "It's sure to be a night o...
June 11, 2004
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EDDIE VAN HALEN Speaks Out: 'The Best Is Yet To Come'

With a 42-city tour kicking off June 11 and a brand new album, "The Best of Both Worlds" set to hit stores on July 20, VAN HALEN guitarist Eddie Van Halen is a busy man. In a true world exclusive and his first major interview in five years, the rock and roll god talks exclusively ...
June 10, 2004
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VAN HALEN Drummer: 'We've Matured'

VAN HALEN frontman Sammy Hagar has told USA Today that he can't see the sense of dissecting unresolved squabbles with his newly reunited bandmates, as METALLICA did with their traveling therapist in the new documentary "Some Kind of Monster". "We already went through the misery once," said Hagar. "W...
June 9, 2004
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Report: VAN HALEN Prepare To Kick Off Tour In Greensboro

Mike Kernels of Greensboro. North Carolina's News-Record.com reports: "The first of 12 tractor-trailers rumbled to a halt outside the Greensboro Coliseum around midnight Saturday. "Six hours later, it opened its doors to reveal black and silver containers. Lots of them, stacked high and tight. Each...
June 8, 2004
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VAN HALEN: Reunion Boosts Back Catalogue Sales

According to Undercover News, five of VAN HALEN's albums earned an extra platinum award in May — possibly as a result of an increased interest in the band following the announcement of the group's upcoming reunion tour. Albums that are said to have benefited from the renewed interest in the group in...
June 7, 2004