Van Halen confirm 2012 tour dates

Monday, December 26th, 2011

Well we all knew this was coming but now it's been made official. Van Halen is touring in 2012 according to their announcement video up top featuring a dancing David Lee Roth.
No tour dates have been announced yet but tickets are going on sale starting January 10th so those dates should be coming pretty soon. We should also be getting some information on VH's forthcoming album that's also expected to be released in 2012. The band recently signed a new record deal with Interscope and this will mark the first… Read More

Van Halen recording with David Lee Roth

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
All of the recent back and forth about Van Halen and their recording/not recording/recording/not recording hoopla has gotten kind of dizzying and annoying. But recently, Gigwise reported that the band really is in studio working on new music and it sound legit this time.

Via a press release from Warner/Chappell Music, it stated that "The group is currently… Read More

Listen: Earliest Van Halen demo recording

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

I do so enjoy coming across early recordings from bands I really like. It's cool to hear how they first sounded before rocketing off into glory and giving us the songs we're so familiar with.
Which is why finding this early recording of Van Halen was even more appealing. TheMetalDen.com happened to come across a super-early recording of a song called "Glitter".
The song is rumored to have been put… Read More