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  • its not van halen or a reuinion without mike anthony.....eddie is washed up & dave looks like my grandfathers girlfriend.....its over.....fuck these imbeciles

    yeah this is old...but even for this new one.....fuck them, its over....what a joke....time to get a job dave

  • @Oreeyemma no fuck you, asshole. people get old, you douche bag! dave and eddie made their peace, and if eddie can stay sober, and dave doesnt lose his voice, they'll rock out the house for a few more years. go back to your bong, douche bag.

  • @thevealchop68 LOLOLOLOLOLOL.....i bet you'd suck their old washed up dicks to ya fuckin cry baby :)

    WAAAAAANNY FUCKIN BOO HOO YA FUCKIN MONGOLOID :)

    and I will get back to the bong...yer mom just loaded it :)

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  • @thevealchop68 homo......you would need somone else to use that crowbar you fucking dress wearing sissy boy......fuck you ya little bitch......& then you remove your comment...little fucking garbage cunt...you'll die in bar like your old man.......fag boy.........now bend over bitch....again

  • money grab, money grab, cold, cynical money grab.

  • Love Van Halen but realistically we need Mike back! We love u Mike good luck with Chickenfoot n hope u can all get along someday man! =)

  • Michael Anthony (He's The Only Band Member That Alex And Eddie Van Halen Had No Problems With) Should B Apart Of This Reunion, To Hell With Wolfgang. God Bless.

  • young and ambitious maybe. but no where near skinny!!

  • Check it out... VH News Desk... The album is classic VH

  • still miss Mike. New album better kick ass.

  • Man, look at Eddie's expression when Dave talks about the Police. He's disgusted. They still hate each other, they're only together for the spotlight.

  • They still need Michael...

  • its going to continue on and on well its 2011 and we havent heard anything from the band about a tour or what the deal is with the new album

  • young and ambitious maybe... but in no way skinny. have you seen the size of him?

  • yo dave get off your high horse and let ed or alex speak i love dave and he's better then sammy but give someone else a chance to talk

  • Nothing against Wolf, but I don't think I will EVER understand the good of having him on stage and not Michael...The back up singing,for example,will never be the same without him.

    That being said-it's great to see Dave with the brothers.

  • Eddie could pass for Yoko!

  • What they COULD have done was have MA come back on bass and have Wolfie be rhythm guitarist. That would have solved everything. All 4 original members would be back AND Eddie's desire to have his son in the band would happen too. Why all this griping? Sammy is out of the band and that's a huge coup for VH fans.

  • I agreem not a real reunion, what they did to Michael is shameful.

  • its a little ridiculous to bring your 15!!!!!! year old son into your band!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he just aint ready!!!! and the whole sound of the band now is weakened!!!!!! mchael anthony had those monster background vocals, wolfgang just aint got that!!!!! and tobring your young son out there and under that kind of pressure and critical scrutiny is unfair to him cause you know he aint prepared for that!!!! a little crazy eddie.........................­..............................­.....

  • and DLR looks like Joe Pecsi

  • Eddie looks like robert downey jr

  • this was SO stupid

  • When your dad and mother are EVH Eddie Van Halen and actress Valerie Bertinelli , Wolfgang cant loose

  • Steve Vai performs "For The Love of God" live with the Holland Metropole Orchestra, 2005. From the amazing DVD "Visual Sound Theories" - available through the official Steve Vai website,

  • Van Halen for SuperBowl 45 who else thinks so

  • wolfgang....LOL ,wtf ,he fails so much x)...

  • who cares...Dave get a fucking wig...christ!

  • My new brother ? What a crock ....

    This will never last ...

    EGO's will get in the way !!!

    They always have !!

  • been there seen it RETIRE

  • Until they come out with a new album with the new line -up its just a cheap nostalgia tour ,..old bread sopping up old gravy. Thanks for your money.

  • Hey, What is wrong with you? If ya can still do what ya love to do and make money at it, WTF! Any one of you critics would give your left nut to be in the limelight! Well, talent like this get's to do when ever the $#%! they feel like it! What's wrong with that? Geez, get a real life why don't ya!

  • Maybe VH should call it quits now that MA is gone. He was such a vital part of the band, just think: Mike wrote their best material, VH would still be a backyard party band if it wasn't for MA, LMFAO NOT!!!

  • Wolfgang looks like a dyke.

  • That comment I agree with.

  • I'll judge this. Van Halen isn't anywhere near as awesome without MA!

  • true tht!

  • Oh please, like MA played a huge role in the band.

  • Well besides the fact that he shredded on the bass and had the most amsome backing vocals like no other, and having a chubby pubescent teen take his place is ludicrous.

  • "Shredded on bass"? Give me a break, Billy Sheehan shreds on bass, Mike never has. When people mention great bass players, Mike isn't one of them.

  • "sheehan!" is zulu for "bass guitar"

  • WHAT!! Mike's sound alone is the reason why I like bass guitar especialy when 1984 came out.

  • Really? That is sad.

  • I just LOVE a Mr. KnowItAll!!

  • Dude, if MA's tone is the reason you love bass, that is pretty sad. EVH stated in 80's interviews that he never was a fan of MA's style...but as long as you like it. LOL

  • I also read in an interview in the early 80s he said that "He doesn't play guitar on bass, he plays bass"! You probably know that Michael's influences are Tim Bogart, Jack Bruce and the late Jaco Pastorius. Sounds like jazz and fusion to me. When that 1984 album cam out he developed a mean deep bass sound I liked. His style as far as recording TO ME was just in the pocket. Nothin' wrong with that.

  • Dude, all I am saying is he is/was the least important element of VH, although his background vocals were a great part of VH. However, he contributed nothing in terms of music creativity.

  • Ok. I can agree on that but I can't imagine Van Halen any other way. It's like any other group that for a long time had a founding member and say one dies or something, like John Bonham, Keith Moon or Cliff Burton, John Entwhistle or whoever, some guys are irreplaceable. Mike can be replaced sound wise but would it be the same? Not to me. BTW, this is just a friendly debate, no argument but just our opine. Peace!

  • Agreed, it's a debate--and I think we both have kept it that way. "Founding (member)" means someone that established or set up. I don't think that defines MA. MA was only there for the ride, VH was never his vision. So to describe him as a founding member is incorrect, IMO.

  • That's right. From what I overstand David Lee asked him to join. Michael had his own group. Here's another thing: I don't believe that one musician is better than the other. People say that for instance Stanley Clark or Neil Peart is better than James Jameson or Charlie Watts. They're really, to me, type of players.

  • I agree with you there. And one doesn't need to be a virtuoso to make great music, we all know that. In fact, if VH had a player on bass that had a more flamboyant style, that, IMO, may of hindered the band.

  • I much say I also agree that Charlie Watts fits the Stones in a way Neil Pearts style never really would--same as Angus fits AC/DC better than Vai would. But, Peart could play rings around Charlie, thus he is a better player. Peart would have an easier time playing Charlies style, as oppose to Charlie attempting to emulate Pearts style of playing.

  • You're right. I still say though they would be types of players. Charlie Watts is rooted in jazz/blues and Neil Peart.....well? LOL!

  • You are right on the money 'pheydoom'!!! I suggest get a copy of Modern Drummer magazine with Alex Van Halen on the cover/featured artist and he reveals some interesting truths about the roots of Van Halen. Alex, Eddie & Dave are the founding members and architects of Van Halen. Mike auditioned after their original bass player was stood down.

  • Mike didnt write a thing, even Eddie played bass on some songs!! Mike should thank Van Halen for giving him everything he so treasures in life today. He has no right to criticise Van Halen, he knew his role but chose to go with Sam. Its pretty simple.

  • I agree Champane97.

  • The tour was highly successful, I think alot of people have the "Michael-who?" mentality. It's not like MA wrote any material or had stand-out bass lines.

  • If you say so.

  • But great backround vocals. What would Running witht the devil be without the high pitched vocals? Not so great

  • I agree with you. And to be honest I would like MA in the band too, but just because he isn't doesn't mean VH should just call it a day and pack it in. That was my main point.

  • le vrai Van Halen c'est eddie+david...

  • VH are laughing all the way to the bank in ways Chickenfoot never will.

  • phrydoom- integrity is more valuable than cash. :P

  • SHUUUUUT THE FUCK-UP dave, U RAMBLIN' FUCK!!!! UR BLEACH-JOB IS ALMOST AS BAD AS UR "UN-ABILITY" TO SHUT THE FUCK-UP!!!!!!!!! THIS AIN'T GONNA LAST BECAUSE UR A FUCKING ANNOYING FUCK, DAVE!!!! GET ON SOME FUCKING MEDICATION. PREFERABLY, A "DOWNER."

  • omfg. this tour was the most worthless ridiculous crappy thing ever!!!!!!!!!!!! SAMMY HAGAR AND MICHAEL ANTHONY WERE VAN HALEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE!!!!!!!!!!

  • Van Fagar sucked

  • Michael must be crying about this, Fuck Wolfgang.

  • Dude Wolfgang sounds like a little boy yelling in the mike. Listen to them playing running with the devil! Dude thats the only problem with van halen the new little boy bass player! Give Wolfgang the fucking boot and get micheal anthony back in PLEASE!!!!!!

  • Contrived. Sad. Sell outs.

  • VH sucks its not the 80tis anymore what the fuck wolfgang on the bass thats so stupid and the can not even end a toer anymore damm

  • now if we can get the real gnr back together all eill be right with rock. hey dave, shut up before you fuck this up!

  • hes gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

  • fianally they get it right they get roth back but then they kick mike out fuck

  • Very well spoken dave!

  • get well edward!!!!

    we love you!!!

    keep rocking out!

  • man i smile at the smile vh son gets... if i where him my dream would be coming to

  • The only downside to this clip is that Dave sounds like Ted Nugent. Let's hope he doesn't think the same lol

  • As annoying as Dave would be on the tour bus, you gotta hand it to him, he knows how to deal with people: which is a talent that sorta gets lost behind all the bluster, and Van Halen actually needs it quite badly. Eddie's certainly brilliant - but not that way ...

  • Michael A. is great but this is history, at the moment Wolf is a new VH star !

  • Holy-Crap, Wolfgang looks exactly like both his parents: how is that possible?

  • Hmmm. I wonder.

  • Exactly!

  • Michael Anthony kicked, and still kicks, f'ing ass.

    M. A. was a major part of what kept the band on the hard side and away from slipping into "Dancin' In The Street" oblivion that Roth would have led them to. Also, M. A. was the one who sang ALL of the high, tight Beach Boys-style harmonies. Van Halen without Michael Anthony is just a money maker with no integrity. At least M. A. was "solid" from guzzling JD like a fish, not all out fat from chomping donuts like a dough boy.

  • So, anybody know why M.A.left the band?

  • He played with Sammy and the other half and Edward hates Sammy plus he's in Chickenfoot now sorry about you posting this a year ago I have to reply.

  • No, as a matter of fact Dave, I don't know Wolfgang, and frankly I don't want to. Michael Anthony kicked, and still kicks, f'ing ass.

    M. A. was a major part of what kept the band on the hard side and away from slipping into "Dancin' In The Street" oblivion that Roth would have led them to. Also, M. A. was the one who sang ALL of the high, tight Beach Boys-style harmonies. Van Halen without Roth is not Van Halen, but Van Halen without Michael Anthony, is just a money maker with no integrity.

  • Hey Valerie, has Wolfie called Jenny yet?

  • We'll see how long this lasts. I'm waiting to see Ed and Alex through Wolfgang out after Roth. 8 months at best.

  • 2007 Van Halen tour with David Lee Roth:

    39 shows, $56.7 million Gross Revenue

    Avg capacity 99.9967%

    2004 Van Halen tour with Sammy Hagar:

    79 shows, $54.3 million Gross Revenue

    Avg capacity 73%

    In less than half the shows, Van Roth has already made more money than the ENTIRE VAN HAGAR 2004 TOUR!

    Source: Pollstar

  • someone bring back michael A!

  • Geez Ed! Pay one of the bodygaurds to keep your kid out of the doughnut shops! Bring back Michael A.!!!! please!!!!!!!!!!!

  • hahaha yea

  • Hey isnt that Bill Paxton???? where the hell is th OG bass player and how many times do these guys talk of reunions just shut up and play already geeeeeeeeez !!!!

  • Dave still talks too much! Damn!

  • yeah he does

  • If this was a REAL reunion, Michael Anthony would be there and Eddie's kid would be still in school.

  • eddie get your son some excercise and we want michael antony...

  • looks like wolf needs some jenny craig!

  • His mom did and she lost a few pound and Ed and her broke up. Now she is being banged by a younger guy.

  • dude.

    You're a fucking moron.

  • Eddie get them teeth fixed!

  • Grow you hair back guys!!!

  • long hair on older guys seems kind of lame dont you think?

  • not when its van halen man

  • the 80's are long gone.

  • Nice

    watch my vid!!

  • Wonder why VH was not performing on the American Music Awards last night? VERY STRANGE THAT THE BIGGEST BADDEST REUNION TOUR...THE MIGHTY VAN HALEN EITHER DECLINED THE INVITE OR was not INVITED???

  • Just so you know i saw them on october 30th and wolfgang was perfect.i didn't hear him mess up once and the vocals sound the same.i think the only reason they didnt invite mike is because he was touring with Sammy as the Other Half which i guess the frown upon and eddie thinks that having his son present might cool tension between the band.

    anyway they kicked ass dave just sounded a little squeaky

  • its as dave put it. "A brand new band." he talked about a lot of great alumni that have come and go, and how its a basic "revision." either way, in my book its still van halen. its not like the situaton with Axl Rose where he walks around with a buncha strangers HE calls Guns N' Roses when it should basically be viewed as a solo project. Van Halen has always basically been Ed and Al with a few friends and as long as THEY are both included in the line-up, it is basically Van Halen.

  • its so cool that they got the singer from HEART to play bass

  • man i hope eddie is good to his son! what a hard life that young man has had to deal with

    eddie, sorry, I want to, but I still cant believe you have your act together, dude ... sad you cant catch a total clue // david, you were always the charismatic one // i really hope for the best for these guys, especially young Wolfgang!!

  • ive been trying to get god dmn tickets for that show in toronto.... sold out in 5 mins

  • If it's a whole "new band" then I suppose they'll be playing all covers like "Jump" and "Panama."

  • It wouldn't be wolfgang if michael anthony wasn't a crybaby jackass.

  • all you wolfie haters can suck it...at 16, he's more talented and probably gets more pussy than any of you will EVER know!

  • I went to the Philadelphia Show on Monday night 10/01/07. All I can say is that it was... UN-FUCKING-BELIEVABLE!!! Wolfie kicked ass, his Bass Playing & Backing Vox were Super! (the kid is 16 yrs old) I was in Section 5/Row 8 (On The Floor Dead Center) Face Value Ticket price was $149.50. IT WAS WORTH EVERY PENNY!!! I advise anyone who is listening... Whatever you have to do... Get to a show before it's over.

  • It is pretty easy for all you shit brains to bash these guys isnt it? Calling Wolfgang a fat bastard is just mean. How many of you have heard the latest reincarnation of the band that you can make such expert analysis of their performance. You haters are worthless and I am glad I don't know people like you. So glad.

  • tell 'em man....when they came out on saturday night at greensboro it proved all of them wrong, they were amazing and they were just trying to have a good time. All of the skeptics and assholes who were talking shit about them don't know what their talking about anyway. They sounded great and played hard.

  • SAVYSAC well said!

  • savysac, they're just a bunch of jealous losers.They don't realize that as long as you have good health all you need to do is work hard. Fuck 'em.

  • Great band, atrocious decision-making! Is this Spinal Tap???

    No it's Van Halen Mach II!

    As dumb as he seems sometimes, I think Roth should have been delegated, and that's the key word, delegated authority over the band from the get go, because he's more of a PR, big-picture, semi-managerial type, while Eddie is constantly confused and disoriented, which is great, it's just not the ingredients for success in leading a band

  • I Think "Wolfie" is that little kid fat fuck on the Adams Family. Who's VH's sponsor "Dominos Pizza".

  • Eddie's an ego-maniac, fuckin jerk, this won't last!

  • Holy shit Wolfie ate his mom!!

  • LOL

  • I bet they sound like shit with out Mike's vocals. God knows Dave can't sing live. Eddie wants the only talent in the band to be himself and Alex.

  • I was there with you man. Thats the gods honest truth

  • Wolfy,,,,have u called Jenny yet!,,ah a good diet of coke,and amphetamines otta do it...Icant believe im spendin more for u than the red sox tickets. So give em HELL

  • Mike turned Poodle, fuck him.

  • God help us. We waited 22 years for this? They really don't give a crap about their fans. At least Wolfie will have his college costs covered.

  • wow wolf is fat no shit but m.a aint jack lalane either he's shaped like a turd.we'll miss m.a and his backing vocals but also that hair line that starts at the back of his neck

  • LMAO. I Like when Dave refers to the rhythm section of the band as young, skinny and ambitious. I think Dave was calling out Wolfie; on that remark.

  • Did he say wattle? I think Wolfgang is wattling.

  • Sammy was the only one that EVER had any brains. Thats why he still has his cash and the other Duds don't.

  • Who cares about the cash? The better music came out on VHs first 6 albums.

  • You said it! This band is a joke. David is still mental and annoying, ridding M.A. was a travesty and having a 15 yr. old chubby kid in a band that was once the greatest ever is the bottom of the barrel. I would start drinking again if I were Eddie. Sammy must be sitting back and LHAO.

  • I wouldnt even call this a reunion. Wolfgang Van Halen is NOT micheal Anthony. its isnt a Van Halen reunion unless you have every memeber of the original reunion. regardless of that im still seeing them Oct 7th :)

  • well i wouldnt call it a reunion neither did they.. they clearly stated its not that its a new band

  • Reality friends...Reality...Time goes on, things change. Life is too short to gripe over not being able to control our idols. I will see Van Halen in Chicago and will love it! Wolfgang does not offend me. Dave is who he is. Ed and Al are who they are. Life goes on. Wolfgang can likely play any of us into the ground! I'll just be glad for the memoires and enjoy what IS.

  • HOLY SHIT!!! I am soooooo glad I never wasted one cent on this reunion!!! What a bunch of bull...no Mike A.? Sorry...this is not the Van Halen I know of...same goes for KISS...went to see them in 1996 when the originals got together...otherwise never! Bring back MA and I'll travel to the ends of the earth to see these guys, but this way??? NEVER!!!

  • wolfgang looks like he should hit the treadmill ya kno?? no offense.

  • ...and Wolfie should not even be on that stage in this lineup. No reason they couldnt have called MA back.....they called Roth. This where EVH's ego jumps in and he say...MA?...F'him...we'll get Wolfie to play instead. Do you guys honestly think Michael Anthony would not have gone on tour? He was at the RnR Hall of Fame with Sammy....wtf was EVH and AVH lol

  • DLR will blow this opporunity and cause a problem with VH yet again....look at his ego on the mic during the interview. He should be as humble as ever getting this opportunity...yet again.

  • guys lighten up about micheal anthony there will eventually be a reunion tour but that also means that sammy hagar and david lee roth will be forced to take the stage together because the reunion has to include everybody dave and sams egos will clash resulting in a fight I will bet my money on dave hes a martial artist and sam is out of shape just be happy david lee roth is the new singer

  • Sorry, 123 awesome... but I think you're confused. Dave walks around like a fag! Even though Dave may clain to know martial arts, Sammy can still kick his ass. Sammy used to be a boxer and still has the punch to back it up. VH reunion was much better in 2004 with Sammy and Michael!!!! Fxck You, shxthead!

  • responding back to purpledrumdoc I laughed when I read your comment you cant spell but thats alright and as far as calling me names sticks and stones will break my bones but your retarded comments will never hurt me

  • I am 37 and have lived off VanHalen since I was 12 playing guitar!For MA not being there with these guys makes this such a joke!EVH should have called MA back to play with the original lineup. You dont stick your 17yo son in the lineup and have DLR call it a reunion tour? cmon. Eddie and Alex should have really thought this out clearly before they called DLR back before they started this up. Just cuz MA is playing with Sammy doesnt mean ya kick him out?

  • Van Halen forever

    Dave Lee Roth

    Eddie Van Halen

    Michael Anthony

    Alex Van Halen

  • what the fuck ever ....you fucken haters out there , let the kid show him self b4 you judge him assholes and WTF is wrong with his weight.....STFU

  • FFS, at least give the band a chance to play b4 you get all over wolfie ass man.....fucken hater's out there suck a sammy CABO for and STFU!!!!!!!

  • Wolfie needs to smoke a little of dad's crank to drop some pounds!

  • You're an idiot for making remarks like this. I would bet you probably spend most of your time on the couch with one hand on a can of beer and the other on the remote when it's not on your crotch.

  • You are actually half right. I do spend most of my time on the couch. Yet, it's not the remote which is on my crotch...it's your mom's right hand!

  • that's funny. I love mom jokes. I really do, but i was not saying the remote was in your crotch. you took that well. Have fun at the Van Halen concert.

  • Did Dave just said the rythm section is young and skinny?

    2:52. Do you think he is cracking a joke at old tub boy over there?

  • what a joke. Im 45 years old i was there in the good old days. Roth without Mike is like a car without its engine. Michel Anthony was the back bone of van halen, when Roth was to drunk to remeber the words it ws Michel who always broughtthe songs home. You kids go and have a good time I will sit this one out,

  • I couldnt agree more, I am happy that M.A. was the one who represented VH in the Rock Hall induction. I even think that he isnt even mad about the Wolfgang thing. You can tell he is a great guy.

  • All bow to Saint Micheal Anthony! ;) Yes, he was part of the original magical band and a good bass player with great backup vocals no denying that...BUT for reasons only they know he pissed off the franchise......EVH ....so now MA is a hero? shit happens...

  • This is pathetic, just pathetic. EVH punks out on going to the Rock Hall inductions and now we get this? How long is it going to be before he tosses DLR under the bus again? New brother my ass. While VH did some great stuff with Roth, did they ever have a #1 album with him? Hardly. The real class of VH will be no where around this tour, and I'm pretty sure that Sam and Mike will be thanking their lucky stars for that nugget.

  • Dave & Ed are the two most pathetic guys in rock n roll.

  • After what happened with the '96 Van Halen (non) Reunion, David Lee Roth is a God damned fool for falling for Eddie Van Halen's bullshit again!

    How can they call this a Van Halen Reunion Tour when bassist Michael Anthony was fired and replaced with Eddie's 15 year old son, Wolfgang?

    I used to love Van Halen when I was growing up, but I wouldn't pay one dime to buy their new CDs or see them perform!

  • Agreed. This is NOT Van Halen. This is "The Van Halens Featuring David Lee Roth." Mikey got fucked and everyone knows it.

  • wow! the drugie is back. now they all can get fucked up together and make fools of themselfs.

  • Van Halen again!!!!

  • Good to have you back Dave.

  • Watch Roth's movements, he looks like a puppet on strings. Wolfie is playing with his balls through the whole conference. Also if I hear Eddie say "new brother" one more time I am going to puke. Im just waiting to see a sign for their next concert say "Puppet Show and Van Halen".

  • Wow I Have been waiting for this..For far to long..Good to see everyone getting along

  • Founding bassist Michael Anthony? Wrong, technically it was Mark Stone, of course he didn't last long.

  • Eddie looks like Yoko Ono!

  • What did MA do to piss them off so much? His hot sauce? Anyway this won't work. DLR hasn't changed a bit.

  • YES!!! Diamond Dave and EVH! This is gonna rock!

  • Can't believe that FAT ASS is playing Bass

  • Michael Anthony wasnt a lightweight...