Metallica and Foo Fighters were set to support Van Halen’s classic line-up on summer 2019 farewell tour, until Eddie Van Halen’s health deteriorated

Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony were among the former Van Halen bandmates who paid their respects to Eddie Van Halen on social media in the wake of the guitar icon's death this week. Now the two musicians, who've been playing together in recent years, have posted a video message to Eddie, recorded after rehearsals for…

Sammy Hagar and Eddie Van Halen secretly made up and rekindled their friendship prior to Van Halen's sudden passing yesterday, Metal Injection reports. The two had a famously contentious relationship and had reportedly not spoken since Hagar, who replaced lead singer David Lee Roth in 1985, left the band for good following their disastrous 2004&...

Eddie Van Halen, who died on Tuesday at the age of 65, is inextricably linked to the band he co-founded with his brother Alex, the hard rock legends Van Halen. But although known as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, he didn't have the kind of moonlighting-heavy c.v. some other rockers accumulated. Van…

This was the ritual: From my preteen years all the way through the end of high school, I would return home from school in the afternoon and head straight to the basement to shred. For reasons related to both love of music and social climbing, I spent countless hours attempting to emulate famous rock songs,…