Van Halen

[kmac]

It's official.

David and Ed have agreed to tolerate one another for an upcoming tour starting Sept. 27th. David and Ed both are ego maniacs but there is no denying the music contributions during the Roth spandex era.

I am unhappy with the departure of Michael Anthony, but I am still very interested in seeing them perform.

Here is some info from our friends at VHLinks.com:

VhLinks (http://www.vhlinks.com/links/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1187065911&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&)

Van Halen Mach IV
David Lee Roth officially returned to Van Halen today, marking the first time in 23 years he will tour with the band. Eddie's son Wolfgang has also taken over on bass for longtime fan-favorite, and founding member Michael Anthony.

Van Halen announced their tour plans at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles, CA this morning. The proposed tour will start on September 27, 2007 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and run through December 11th in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. More dates are expected to be added soon.

It's a bittersweet story for Van Halen fans, as Roth returns, Michael Anthony departs. Anthony, well known for his distinct and powerful backing vocals and Jack Daniels bass, will be on tour with former-Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar and his band this fall. This will be the first Van Halen tour not to feature Mikey on bass.

Instead, the bass playing reigns have been turned over to Eddie's 16-year old son Wolfgang, whose touring resume is comprised of playing rhythm guitar on his father's solo spots on selected 2004 tour dates. It is unknown if he will be singing back-up on this tour, or if pre-recorded vocals will be piped in. In any event, Michael Anthony's contributions in this department will be sorely missed.

In another bizarre note. On the Official Van Halen Web Site, the album covers that feature Michael Anthony's pictures have been removed and/or edited. In particular, the legendary "Van Halen" album photo now shows Wolfgang in the spot where Mike should appear, in the bottom right. This is a rather strange way for the band to honor their history and a founding member by removing his picture from the album covers.

According to Roth at the press conference, "This is not like the Police. The idea is that this will go on and on and on. This is like a brotherhood like it never was before." This writer is not sure that Dave realized the true irony in that statement. Unlike the Police, Van Halen is not touring with their original members. So yes he's right, this is not like the Police...unfortunately.

Most remember the group was supposed to start this tour earlier this summer, but those dates were canceled when Eddie went into rehab back in Spring. "None of us wanted to give you less than our best," Eddie said. Here's hoping he's telling the truth, and the band is truly on top of their game. They will need to be.

Tickets for the earlier shows go on sale August 18th at 10 AM with other dates to go on sale afterwards. Tickets can be purchased through our site, by going to our 2007 Van Halen Tour page and clicking the purchase ticket links. You can also discuss the upcoming tour with other fans on our message forums at our 2007 Van Halen Tour forum.

Looking forward to seeing everyone's comments and reviews on the upcoming tour.

[kmac]

From the sometimes overlooked Fair Warning album.

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[kmac]

Here is the most up to date tour schedule at the Van Halen official website:

http://van-halen.com/tour.html

[Jerry]

Something worth noting. Put your mouse over the album covers on the sides of the page. They took out Michael Anthony's picture from the first album - and replaced it with Ed's son Wolfgang. Is that the most pathetic crap ever or what? And they totally replaced the cover for 'Women And Children First.' The real cover was a group shot, I guess it was too hard to brush him out. The albums also stop at '1984,' when Dave left the band. So nothing from the Sammy Hagar years. Unbelievable. They did the same thing when they were touring with Sammy a few years ago - they acted as if David Lee Roth was never in the band. Petty and lame.

[joenamherst]

The closest they are coming to me is T.O.. I won't go unless I can get tix in the first ten rows. And that probably won't happen because I can't find any pre-sales. It's only about a two hour drive, which is no big deal.....but the two to three hour wait and the grilling at the border is ridiculous. I would go if Sir Paul was playing bass instead of Valerie Jr.. Besides, I saw VH in the 80's when they still were churning out hits. I remember their big hit at the time was 'Panama'.....Thats the one where Diamond Dave swung up high on a cable.

[Hari's Chick]

Something worth noting. Put your mouse over the album covers on the sides of the page. They took out Michael Anthony's picture from the first album - and replaced it with Ed's son Wolfgang. Is that the most pathetic crap ever or what? And they totally replaced the cover for 'Women And Children First.' The real cover was a group shot, I guess it was too hard to brush him out. The albums also stop at '1984,' when Dave left the band. So nothing from the Sammy Hagar years. Unbelievable. They did the same thing when they were touring with Sammy a few years ago - they acted as if David Lee Roth was never in the band. Petty and lame.

That's so odd/wrong, yeah. They should honor their history.

Exciting news though~ it's not been VH for me w/o Dave. This is great news!

[pattiboyd's slave]

Since it's summer, what the hell! :devious: :devil7: :devious:

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[Magill]

Yeah. We saw the press conference the other day on VH1. It took all my strength not to throw things at the tv screen, hearing David going on and on and on and on and on---saying many stupid things. UGH! Only one message to the "screamer". Just shut up and sing, huh? *in my Archie Bunker voice*

[dav-here]

I heard on the radio the other day that they (Eddie?) removed (photoshop'd?) all of Michael Anthony's photos from all of the Van Halen album covers on the official Van Halen website and replaced his face with Wolfgang's face instead! I've also heard that Michael Anthony's name has been removed from the songwriting credits to all of the songs (isn't that illegal?).

Would I pay big buck$ to see this show? Honestly, I think Dave will be kicked out of the band (AGAIN!) before they ever make it out here to San Diego.

I saw them a few years ago when they toured with Sammy. That's good enough for me. Yes, I know Dave was the original lead singer and was the voice heard on those great, classic first 6 albums. But Sammy's a better singer, IMHO. Besides, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge is my favorite VH album, anyway.