nme.com–
Rumours that Van Halen completed a new album with David Lee Roth have been denied by Eddie Van Halen’s wife and spokesperson Janie.
Whispers that a new album was completed over the weekend (July 3-4) with a single due at the end of this year started circulating online, forcing Janie to make a statement to Rolling Stone denying the band were recording.
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stereogum.com–
Both the tour and the LP will include David Lee Roth, who went on a reunion tour with the band in 2008, but hasn’t recorded with them since 1983’s 1984. Billboard reports that Eddie and Alex Van Halen recently re-upped their contracts with their publisher, and that Live Nation said they were planning on a Van Halen tour in 2011, which also points to a new album.
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guardian.co.uk–
Van Halen are working on their first album in more than a decade, and they're runnin' with David Lee Roth. Twenty-six years after they last recorded together, the hard-rock band have reuinted with their original singer, with an album planned for next year.
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After wrapping up a massively successful reunion tour in 2008, Van Halen may gear up for another trek, which could be produced by Live Nation. In a conference call last week, Live Nation Chairman Irving Azoff told analysts he was "optimistic" about another Van Halen trek, according to USA Today.
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pastemagazine.com–
Van Halen are reportedly gearing up for a new album and world tour in 2011.
The as-yet-untitled new album, which will be out on Warner Bros. early in the year, will be the band’s first new material since 1998. The label is also planning on releasing some of Van Halen’s earlier works — including Van Halen II, Women and Children First and 1984 — on vinyl on Dec. 13.
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nme.com–
Van Halen have started work ontheir first album with original frontman David Lee Roth in 26 years.
News that the band were set to work with producer John Shanks, who has most recently worked with Bon Jovi and Take That, broke last year, and Shanks has suggested that he's now gone into the studio with the metallers.
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stereogum.com–
Maybe nobody believed it when they mentioned it last year, but hey, it looks like Van Halen have started recording their first album with David Lee Roth since 1984 (the year, the classic record). As NME reports, they’re apparently in the studio with recent Bon Jovi and Take That producer John Shanks, who tweeted “Here we go kids… VH” and posted a photo of Eddie Van Halen’s guitar amp next to a “WTF!.” No word from the band regarding a release date.
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One of Eddie Van Halen's guitars will have a home at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
The museum announced Monday that it has acquired the "Frank 2" guitar that Van Halen used during his 2007-2008 North American tour with original lead singer David Lee Roth.
The red, white and black guitar is a replica of the original "Frankenstein" guitar that Van Halen used for more than 30 years. Van Halen constructed the "Frankenstein" guitar himself to suit his playing style.
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nme.com–
Former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar has outlined in his new autobiography that he believes he was abducted by aliens.
In an interview with MTV Hive to promote his recent book, Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock, Hagar was asked if he believed he'd been abducted by aliens.
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nme.com–
Former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar has revealed he has turned down the opportunity to join Aerosmith, Motley Crue, Pantera and Velvet Revolver.
Hagar, who was the singer in Van Halen from 1985 to 1996 and then subsequently from 2003 to 2005, currently fronts Chickenfoot.
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pollstar.com–
The first 2011 dates for Van Halen emerge as a new Australian music festival announces the band at the top of its lineup. “Soundwave Revolution,” brought to you by the folks behind Australia's annual Soundwave Festival, is a touring extravaganza slotted for Brisbane Sept. 24; Sydney Sept. 25; Melbourne Sept. 30; Adelaide Oct. 1 and Perth Oct. 3.
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popeater.com–
Van Halen are adding yet another chapter to their lead-singer saga as original frontman David Lee Roth will reportedly rejoin the band to headline Australia's Soundwave Festival.
According to the traveling event's site and Triple M, Roth will perform alongside all three Van Halens: Alex, Eddie and Wolfgang.
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