Melodic Rock update...They're kidding right?

**ravid dee loth** · 11.17.06, 04:37 PM

Just saw this at Melodicrock.com...if anyone has any doubts as to Ed's meth habit, this should prove it once and for all (lol)!:

Right now Van Halen is contemplating going on tour in 2007.
And in an interesting twist it is neither Sammy Hagar nor David Lee Roth that's got fans buzzing about the potential outing but Eddie Van Halen's 15-year-old son Wolfgang.
It seems that Michael Anthony is out on bass and Wolfgang is in, according to VH's spokesperson. The band is also reportedly passing on Sammy, Dave, and presumably homeboy Gary Cherone, and considering using another family member, a nephew, in the lead vocal spot. (It's unclear if the nephew is drummer Alex Van Halen's son, but if he is, then it would truly be Van Halen, no?)
One way or another the original VH will undoubtedly be back in the news soon when the 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees are announced. The seminal Cali metallers should be shoo-in.

What do I think of this? Baloney really. Sure, something like this might be contemplated, but I can absolutely confirm without any doubt whatsoever that a Van Halen 2007 tour continues to be pitched to promoters and that tour includes frontman David Lee Roth.
The asking price per show is not something that anyone is going to pay if it ain't Roth up front. There are already issues getting around that fact that it is not a true re-union of the original band now that Michael Anthony is confirmed as a non-starter. If EVH wants to do a club tour sometime, then the above idea might fly.
Where are things currently in regards to this 2007 tour with Roth? Still early days...

**graeme** · 11.17.06, 04:46 PM

Andrew is a stand up guy and reports what he hears but he doesn't believe this shit.(baloney etc)

Whoever started this rumour needs to step back from the pipe and go and get some vit-c.

(Not sure who I'm addressing with that last comment actually)

**Nostalgia Act** · 11.17.06, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by ravid dee loth

Just saw this at Melodicrock.com...if anyone has any doubts as to Ed's meth habit, this should prove it once and for all (lol)!:

Right now Van Halen is contemplating going on tour in 2007.
And in an interesting twist it is neither Sammy Hagar nor David Lee Roth that's got fans buzzing about the potential outing but Eddie Van Halen's 15-year-old son Wolfgang.
It seems that Michael Anthony is out on bass and Wolfgang is in, according to VH's spokesperson. The band is also reportedly passing on Sammy, Dave, and presumably homeboy Gary Cherone, and considering using another family member, a nephew, in the lead vocal spot. (It's unclear if the nephew is drummer Alex Van Halen's son, but if he is, then it would truly be Van Halen, no?)
One way or another the original VH will undoubtedly be back in the news soon when the 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees are announced. The seminal Cali metallers should be shoo-in.

What do I think of this? Baloney really. Sure, something like this might be contemplated, but I can absolutely confirm without any doubt whatsoever that a Van Halen 2007 tour continues to be pitched to promoters and that tour includes frontman David Lee Roth.
The asking price per show is not something that anyone is going to pay if it ain't Roth up front. There are already issues getting around that fact that it is not a true re-union of the original band now that Michael Anthony is confirmed as a non-starter. If EVH wants to do a club tour sometime, then the above idea might fly.
Where are things currently in regards to this 2007 tour with Roth? Still early days...

This has already been posted in the CVH reunion thread

**Wolfgang_'99** · 11.17.06, 04:51 PM

Is this Melodic rock site gossip or full on news?

**RevolutionMan** · 11.17.06, 05:00 PM

melodicrock.com is all real news no bs at all. whoever runs the site basically never posts about gossip. the rumours he does post all come out true in the end all the time which is odd. its like the guy is severely in the know with a few music industry people.
and also the title of the site is in eddies stripes right? it was like that for almost two weeks before this thing with roth was reported and mikey was out, and i think but im not 100% that melodicrock was the first site to report it.

**dolphmurph** · 11.17.06, 05:11 PM

Wow, a family band.

Maybe they'll tour with the Osmonds.

**C5A1B5O0** · 11.17.06, 05:11 PM

Man

Around and around we go, where it must stop nobody knows

I don't get it. NO DAVE NO SAM

A nephew?

Alex's son?

This indeed is a looney ride, cause I can't make heads nor tails of this.

What's there to gain if any of this flies with a fourth singer?

I mean, promoters can't be entertaining a family affair? can they?

**scs5150** · 11.17.06, 05:13 PM

Three words........WTF!!!!

**Wickett** · 11.17.06, 05:20 PM

Melodic rock says it came from the Boston Globe. Couldn't find it there, it must have been removed?

**twonabomber** · 11.17.06, 05:22 PM

i smell a troll.

**Just Reuinite, Damnit** · 11.17.06, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by twonabomber

i smell a troll.

I smell fish. hee hee hahahahaha

**scs5150** · 11.17.06, 05:38 PM

I guess that they don't have to pay royalties to anyone else.

**fast98dodge** · 11.17.06, 06:23 PM

I called it months ago...LOL...

Originally Posted by fast98dodge

Someone in the Guitar Room Forum mentioned Wolfie being good on guitar and someone else mentioned he's good on drums. If he's such a great musician with amazing versatility, why doesn't he play bass??? Just think, there would be three Van Halens on stage, between the three of them, they could keep any frontman in check!!! Eddie and Wolfie, jamming side by side... I can see it now, the lights get low for the bass solo and here come Wolfie out with a Smoking Loon Bass with a bottle in hand chugging it down... How could daddy Ed get upset over this display over public drunkeness and excess??? Eddie said himself he was drinking at ages in the single digits and we know that he has been known to be in the public eye sorta buzzed once or twice. *cough* Dimebag funeral *cough* Wolfie would be the ultimate bass player "Yes Man" that Mikey couldn't completely fulfill... If Wolfie bitches, either Dad sends him to his room or Uncle Al slaps him in the back of the head with a drumstick... Now that we're talking more about family, is there any other Van Halens out there??? I believe the boys need a singer too. They could really be Van Halen in the fullest sense of the word with a relative who is singing. If shit goes south, what's gonna happen? No invitation to the family reunion? They're Van Halens, no need for them to wear a cup... I hope you guys like my ideas and I believe us at this forum have the power of prayer and the dedication to get a grassroots effort going to see that Van Halen is all family and has no outsiders.