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“We shared the experience of spending more hours in the studio than I’ve spent doing anything else in this life”: The final track Eddie and Alex Van Halen wrote together will feature on highly anticipated new audiobook memoir

The drummer's upcoming book is a “love letter” to his brother, offering an “intimate and open account” of their personal and musical relationship – and it will include the last song they worked on together

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Last Alex and Eddie Van Halen track ever to debut on AVH's memoir audiobook

Alex Van Halen to release the last track he worked on with Eddie

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“I’m sure our paths will cross”: Sammy Hagar on whether we’ll ever see Wolfgang Van Halen join the Best Of All Worlds tour

Hagar hopes to take the tour to South America and Europe, which could increase the chances of a Wolfgang guest spot in the future

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"The best gig of all time": What happened when Van Halen played a secret show at a tiny New York club

In 2012 Van Halen announced a new album and celebrated in the only way they knew: By throwing a party

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"I think that was his statement to me": Sammy Hagar took Alex Van Halen's recent sale of his musical equipment personally

Sammy Hagar has detailed his fruitless attempts to reach out to Alex Van Halen

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Watch: Josh Freese delivers a jaw-dropping version of Van Halen’s Hot For Teacher drum intro at Foo Fighters’ Glasgow gig

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“It's the end of anything that that could have been tribute-wise”: Michael Anthony gives his thoughts on Alex Van Halen selling all his gear

Michael Anthony gives his thoughts on Alex Van Halen selling all his gear

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“I’m not gonna point fingers, but through all of this, one of the ingredients was not playing ball with everybody else”: Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony sets the record straight on the much-rumored VH tribute project

According to Michael Anthony, internal disputes have ruined the Van Halen tribute project's potential

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"The best frontman I ever saw. Nobody else came close": The day David Lee Roth turned in the performance of a lifetime

With a heavyweight line-up including Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC, Van Halen, Mötley Crüe and more, Monsters Of Rock 1984 is still revered in festival folklore

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“Alex wants to set the record straight on Edward’s life and death”: Alex Van Halen set to chronicle his relationship with Eddie in new memoir, Brothers

Dubbed “the definitive take on Edward Van Halen’s life and death from the one who knew and loved him best”, Brothers will arrive this October

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“I was with him from day one”: Alex Van Halen's forthcoming memoir Brothers promises to offer “the definitive take on Edward Van Halen’s life and death from the one who knew and loved him best”

Alex Van Halen will share "his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love" in forthcoming book Brothers

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"I know in my heart, I want to hear that sound in my head" – Joe Satriani is having a custom 3rd Power amp built for the Van Halen tribute tour and it's based on Eddie's 1986 live choice

"But the main thing will be, can you have that one sound that will carry you through?"

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"Kids came in their thousands, and the first two rows looked like Attila The Hun’s frontline troops – frothing at the mouth": four years on the road with America's ultimate party band, Van Halen

At the tag end of the 70s, Van Halen were poised to become one of the biggest-grossing acts on the planet... but the cracks were beginning to show

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“It’s one thing to listen, but when you play these songs, you go, ‘It’s no wonder Eddie had so much fun playing this’”: Tackling Van Halen, reforming G3, recording with Steve Vai – Joe Satriani is gearing up for his biggest year yet

He’s the godfather of shred, but over four decades into his career, Joe Satriani is busier than ever. He explains why he’s playing catch-up after avoiding Van Halen songs in the ‘80s, what his “intentionally excessive” collaborations with Vai have in store, and the biggest struggles he’s facing in covering…

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Sammy Hagar shuts down talk of a shared Van Halen tribute tour with David Lee Roth, says he's not invited to the whole thing: "No f***ing way"

Update: As feared, the Van Halen vocalists are outta love again: "He can come out and sing a song on a show or two, if he can remember the words"

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“The music we created is going to outlive us all. It’s time we go out and serve the fans that music, while we still can”: Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony announce The Best of All Worlds – the next best thing to a Van Halen tribute tour

Though not explicitly a tribute, Hagar promises that the summer 2024 trek will feature a very Van Halen-heavy setlist

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The 50 best Van Halen songs - the ultimate American party soundtrack

Eddie Van Halen was a game-changing guitar player, but it was his band's exuberant songs that gave his genius the power to soar - and here are 50 of the best

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Hearing Eddie Van Halen was "like, 'OK, the adult has entered the room'" says Paul Gilbert

"When Eddie came out, it was otherworldly"

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 7-13

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of May 7-13 include comedian Aidy Bryant from “Saturday Night Live,” drummer Alex Van Halen of Van Halen and former NFL coach Bill Cowher

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Eddie Van Halen was making plans for a farewell tour with the original Van Halen lineup

Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt revealed that Van Halen had been planning to reunite with Michael Anthony for the farewell shows

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Sammy Hagar muses on a Van Halen reunion and weighs in on David Lee Roth: "The guy sang so bad last time he was doing shows, it was embarrassing to me"

Hagar also said he pitched shows with Michael Anthony to Alex Van Halen – "We've got to do it for the fans"

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