Van Halen Reunion Dead Pool 2007

holy shit - NOT LIES!

Yeah Eddie? How about patching things up with Michael Anthony then?!

Then get out your copy of fucking Balance and Bette Midler. Hit shuffle on your fucking pink CD player...and enjoy your BUBBLE bath...FAG.

amazing

Have you listened to Hagar Van Halen?

EVH does seem to be a methed-out control freak: alienating Antony for the crime of enjoying Hagar's company more (clearly, the two are temperamentally similar) and going out and working instead of doing nuthin', after, what, 25 years of being a loyal lieutenant.

I bet you that Dave will probably palpably be more of pro on tour, and that EVH will frequently redefine horror show for our age.

Eddie is on the cover of some guitar mag this month, shirtless. He looks like Lawrence Tierney in a brown mullet wig.

From The Movie "AIRHEADS"

CHAZZ was Brendan Fraser MOORE was Harold Ramis
MILO was Michael McKean REX was Steve Buscemi
IAN was Joe Mantegna
CHAZZ
(to Moore)
Let me ask you a question. Which side did you take in the big Van Halen / David Lee Roth split?
MOORE
Uh...what do you mean?
Chris Moore fidgets nervously.
MILO
What kind of question is that?
CHAZZ
Which way did you go, man? Roth or Halen?
MOORE
Van Halen?
IAN
He's a cop.
Chazz tosses Chris Moore's wallet to the ground.
CHAZZ
Later, bacon.
REX
Oink oink!
MOORE
Come on, come on! That's strictly a judgment call, those guys sold a lot of records after Dave left the group. Give me another one.
They confer for a second.
CHAZZ
Okay, who'd win in a wrestling
Match, Lemmy or God?
MOORE
Lemmy-No... God!
REX
Wrong, dick-head, it was a trick
Question. Lemmy is God.
MOORE
Chazz, you got it all wrong...
CHAZZ
(loses his cool)
Get the fuck out of here, cop!

New tour announced! Let it begin again.

Press release:

VAN HALEN has announced the details of their much-anticipated reunion tour with David Lee Roth today at a Los Angeles press conference. The arena tour kicks off September 27 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and continues through December 11 in Calgary, Alberta. Tickets go on sale this Saturday. The first confirmed dates are as follows:

Sep. 27 - Charlotte, N.C. @ Bobcats Arena
Sep. 29 - Greensboro, N.C. @ Coliseum
Oct. 01 - Philadelphia @ Wachovia Center
Oct. 07 - Toronto @ Air Canada Centre
Oct. 10 - Cleveland @ Quicken Loans Arena
Oct. 14 - Indianapolis @ Conseco Fieldhouse
Oct. 16 - Chicago @ Allstate Arena
Oct. 18 - Chicago @ United Center
Oct. 22 - Auburn Hills, Mich. @ Palace of Auburn Hills
Oct. 24 - Minneapolis @ Target Center
Oct. 26 - Kansas City, Mo. @ Sprint Center
Oct. 28 - St. Louis @ Scottrade Center
Oct. 30 - Boston @ TD Banknorth Garden
Nov. 03 - East Rutherford, N.J. @ Continental Airline Arena
Nov. 13 - New York @ Madison Square Garden
Nov. 20 - Los Angeles @ Staples Center
Nov. 23 - Glendale, Ariz. @ Jobing.com Arena
Nov. 25 - San Diego @ Cox Arena
Nov. 27 - Sacramento, Calif. @ Arco Arena
Nov. 29 - San Jose, Calif. @ HP Pavilion
Dec. 01 - Portland, Ore. @ Rose Garden
Dec. 03 - Seattle @ Key Arena
Dec. 05 - Vancouver @ GM Place
Dec. 09 - Edmonton, Alberta @ Rexall Palace
Dec. 11 - Calgary, Alberta @ Pengrowth Saddledome

The trek will feature founding VAN HALEN members David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen and Alex Van Halen, with Eddie's son Wolfgang on bass.

VAN HALEN last toured in 2004 with vocalist Sammy Hagar, grossing nearly $40 million, according to Billboard Boxscore.

Wolfgang Van Halen, the projected replacement for VH bassist Michael Anthony, told People magazine in April 2007 that he wasn't disappointed there wasn’t' going to be a VAN HALEN tour this summer following his father's decision to check himself into rehab. "My dad's taking care of himself," he said. "I also think I'm too young for the experience, because I know there are a lot of bad things out there."

Eddie Van Halen issued a statement addressed to fans in early March announcing that he was seeking treatment because "at the moment I do not feel that I can give you my best.

"That's why I have decided to enter a rehabilitation facility to work on myself, so that in the future I can deliver the 110 percent that I feel I owe you and want to give you," the statement said.

Back in January, Eddie Van Halen told Rolling Stone magazine about Wolfgang, "Wait until you hear this kid play. I pick him up from school every day and we jam. We've got a shredding bass player now that's laying down the law for Alex [Van Halen, drums], so I get to weave in and out."

VAN HALEN was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March.

lolz @ reunion sans Michael Anthony - I mean of all the members NOT to be involved, he's kinda not the one anyone would've expected to be the lone holdout.

He was fired so Eddie's son could join.

they're like the fuckin Von Trapp Family Singers now, can't imagine Dave will enjoy it for very long before they gang up on him and start some shit

Here's hoping sober Eddie != asshole Eddie and that Dave sticks around for the whole shebang.

I'm sticking with my prediction of 3 shows.

Punch out in Philadelphia, Matt?

i think Michael Anthony's absence is HUGE. what does everyone else think? there's just something about him. i mean, sure, he's a great bass player, but it's michael fuckin' anthony, the dude with the jack daniels bass. he's vital! i'm bummed.

yeah his backing vocals are pretty key imo. Even so, I might really try to make that St. Louis show. If they make it that far.

It being 2007 and all, I would honestly prefer to see the Hagar/Anthony "Other Half" tour than this version of Van Halen.

I hear you, but that's probably a lot of "Right Now" and "When It's Love" and, uh "Mas Tequila" to put up with.

For no rational reason, I'm being an optimist about this one - I thought this was more likely than a Police reunion, and that seems to be...well, going, at least. I'm going to take the ballsiest stance and predict they'll finish the whole thing.

I'd be happier about this if it was a Don't Look Back/complete album show and they just played all of VH I or Fair Warning.

go down a little bit, and see Dave shot out of a cannon; Ed and Al as uncomfortable as MTV awards '96; Dave making conspicuous refs to Wolfie, which may be at Eddie's insistence (or maybe Dave, who I would guess, his nuttiness notwithstanding, has a big heart, is just trying to reassure the kid…

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=78682

No Michael Anthony = No Reunion. Boyctt! Boycott! Boycott!

They're in it for the money -- the greenbacks alone will pretty much guarantee the dates above, and probably more.

Everyone seemed in good spirits, but the fact that DLR was talking about a lean mean updated VH is kind of worrisome. If they make songs from Women and Children First sound like songs from Balance, that's not what anyone paid for.

This has crash and burn written all over it.

The exclusion of Michael Anthony is a travesty, but as borderline embarrassing replacing him in the band with Wolfgang is, I think it's kind of sweet that Eddie seems to be doing it mainly for his son and is letting the kid write the setlist. His voice might even be high enough to do the backing vox justice!

I think it's kind of sweet that Eddie seems to be doing it mainly for his son and is letting the kid write the setlist.

Brings to mind George Lucas letting his kid attend dailies and make suggestions on the Star Wars prequels

Convincing EVH that fans want to hear deep cuts from Women And Children First > Jar Jar Binks

You know, it's worth bearing in mind that according to my iPod, the first six albums have a collective running time of only 3 hours 21 minutes. Once you chop out the little acoustic instrumentals and stuff like "Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)," they could play almost their entire DLR-era catalog in one night, no problem.

20-minute version of Eruption

You're forgetting 5-minute DLR monologue nonsense between every other song in the set. x-post

And the time outs for hits from the oxygen tank for EVH and his son.

I think it's kind of sweet that Eddie seems to be doing it mainly for his son and is letting the kid write the setlist.

And to think people got mad when Sprial Stairs sequenced Brighten the Corners.

They did? I think BtC is pretty perfectly sequenced.

Some clips from the final rehearsals have "leaked" out to YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/creativeny

"Romeo's Delight" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9WNI5zXhO8

DLR vs. Zakk Wyle at the beginning of the clip is pretty hilarious.

Well, has it fallen apart yet?

best friend got us tix for early xmas present. so stoked.

reports have been very positive. eddie is looking and playing great and dlr's voice is supposed to sound v v good.

http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/466/vh20071001frontmc2.jpg

boots of the shows already on the web. they sound real good.

I gotta admit, Wolfgang put together a pretty good setlist.

I snagged a recording of the Charlotte show off of DIME and it motivated me enough to spring for tickets to the Anaheim show in December.

you guys have got to be pulling my leg

Listen to a boot before you discount the reunion altogether.

YSI that shit!

I probably wouldn't advise purchasing based on this clip, but the arguments in the comments are fun to read.

damn that is a bad mess up

lol

never play back 44.1 khz backing tracks at 48k

lolololol

van halen shreds

(I knew you guys would be talking about that clip, it is Marissa-tastic)

Jan Hammer

the new santana one that guy did is amazing

I agree with Shakey Mo, let's hear some of the good stuff.

It's out there: http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=van+halen+2007