Van Halen!
 

New record out 2/7. the album will be called "A Different Kind of Truth"



Track listing:
1. Tattoo
2. She's The Woman
3. You and Your Blues
4. China Town
5. Blood and Fire
6. Bullethead
7. As Is
8. Honeybabysweetiedoll
9. The Trouble With Never
10. Outta Space
11. Stay Frosty
12. Big River
13. Beats Workin'


Tickets on sale 1/10, but they will probably be too much $$ lol.
http://www.van-halen.com/tour.html

local dates

Tue 02/28/12 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Arena
Thu 03/01/12 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Arena
Mon 03/05/12 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
Sat 03/24/12 Atlantic City, NJ Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall

Last night in NYC, small gig at a bar called Wah?



last night's set list:

You Really Got Me
Runnin' With The Devil
Somebody Get Me A Doctor
Everybody Wants Some!!
She's The Woman <-- NEW SONG
Dance The Night Away
Panama
Hot For Teacher
Ice Cream Man
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
Encore:
Jump

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/van-h...oncert-review/

VAN HALEN DEBUTS NEW SONG ‘SHE’S THE WOMAN’ AT INTIMATE NEW YORK CITY CONCERT
by: Matthew Wilkening 11 minutes ago

Ultimate Classic Rock

Van Halen re-emerged from a long hiatus with a short, sweaty and generally fantastic concert at a small club in New York City tonight (Jan. 5). They also premiered a brand-new and extremely catchy song, ‘She’s the Woman,’ halfway through their set.

Frontman David Lee Roth was charmingly nervous and excited throughout the show at the tiny Cafe Wha?, which used to be owned by his now 92-year-old Uncle Manny. After blistering set-opening performances of ‘You Really Got Me’ and ‘Runnin’ with the Devil,’ he launched into a winding, directionless story about being a paramedic in New York and sharing half a cupcake with some family on New Year’s Eve. This eventually prompted both Wolfgang and Eddie Van Halen to musically nudge him into the next song, ‘Somebody Get Me a Doctor.’ Which smoked.

After a typically but never boringly dynamic ‘Everybody Wants Some’ came the real moment of truth for the evening – Van Halen debuted a previously unreleased song. It was called ‘She’s the Woman,’ it apparently dates back to the band’s ’70s demos, and.. it was really good at the very least. We’ll reserve judgement because the proximity to our childhood heroes and the open bar and the excitement of the moment probably left us biased. But there’s no way on earth it sucked and while it was playing we could not possibly have been happier.

After that, things got even more up close and personal, with Roth mashing up classic rock heroes by performing a bit of ‘Stairway to Heaven’ as he imagined Jim Morrison would sing it during ‘Dance the Night Away,’ recounting his own personal history with the venue during the opening of ‘Ice Cream Man,’ and urging the crowd to pretend the band left and returned from the confined, tiny stage before the inevitable set closer ‘Jump.’

If you’re looking for someone to say this was anything less than the best place on the entire planet Earth to be this evening, you might wanna fish in some other pond.

STW is not a new song, just never released lol.

I hope this is good and holds together. Them, Zep & Sabbath are my favorite bands. Sabbath on tour next year too.

I think Im gonna go to the AC show.

Very excited!! I wish they were playing IZOD again, since it's close to home. Maybe they'll add that in between the 5th and 24th? Or maybe my wife will wanna see them in AC and we'll stay over at Trump Plaza or something.

Nice... I will try to go to the Philly show!! I saw them back in 97 when they came to Philly!! One of the best shows ever...

Opening act is Kool and the Gang.





Um, OK I guess?

I think that is cool. Totally different.



pre sale for most local shows starts tomorrow. seems you need to use the old AMEX to do the p/s. AC show f/s date not listed yet.

US $50.00 Ticket + US $13.65 Fees = US $63.65
US $159.50 Ticket + US $22.30 Fees = US $181.80

Who is playing bass now that Michael Anthony is out?

Cant wait to see them yet again!

Wolfgang.

Saw them in a VIP box at the IZOD Center for free last time they were there....fantastic show!

145.50 a ticket. Sheeeeesh.

For anyone who hasnt seen VH it is deffinantly a show you must see in your lifetime. Eddie is a Guitar God and usually does a real long solo. Alex is a great drummer as well and usually does a Drum solo..

If someone sees when the AC tickets go on sale please post up incase I forget to keep checking :facepalm:

MSG goes on sale this morning at 10AM, not sure about AC yet.

I like some VH but holy hell Tattoo is such a terrible song.

From what I am hearing Tattoo is the weakest song on the record lol

Check this out

X2

First time I heard it the DJ followed it up with Big Foot from Chickenfoot and said "You decide." LOL.

I heard the album version of "She's The Woman" on my way to work, sounded really good - like vintage VH. Scott, "China Town" sounds pretty damn good too! I'll definitely download it from Amazon.

I was prowling my early bootlegs for that song. lol


I read this breakdown earlier
1) Tattoo - "Down in Flames" from the first world tour '78.
2) She’s The Woman - "She's the Woman" '76
3) You and Your Blues - New
4) China Town - New
5) Blood and Fire - "Ripley" from 1984
6) Bullethead - "Bullethead" from '77
7) As Is - New
8 ) Honeybabysweetiedoll - New
9) The Trouble With Never - New
10) Outta Space - "Let's Get Rockin'" '76
11) Stay Frosty - New
12) Big River - "Big Trouble" '76
13) Beats Workin’ - "Put Out the Lights" '76

Secret gig out here in Hollywood last night. Looks like Ed's still got the goods.



Bunch more vids HERE

nice. they rock

Wow, wish I was back in the 80's.......:nod:

I downloaded it from Amazon on Tuesday and have listened to it twice all the way through. First off, the music - the three Van Halens play so well together it's incredible. They are so tight, and there's some tricky rhythmic stuff going on in a few of the songs. Dave's vocals on some tunes are really on point, and then a few of them are a little "pitchy" (to quote those cheesehead judges on American Idol). If I were them, I would have opened the album with "She's the Woman" and stuck "Tatoo" somewhere in the middle since it's the weakest track. Overall though, the whole album kicks ass!! Gonna listen to it again now on my way home from work. :)

Bringing this back from the dead just to say tix for Izod go on sale tomorrow!!

they went on sale the other day. amex presale at least. i'm going to try for philly tix on tuesday