Eddie Van Halen suits up for NASCAR appearance

[Rikk]

From Billboard.com
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/..._id=1003572652

Rocker Eddie Van Halen will serve as an honorary NASCAR official this weekend in what will be the guitarist's first post-rehab appearance.

Van Halen will participate Friday (April 20) in pre-race activities at the Subway Fresh Fit 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series event at the Phoenix International Raceway, unveiling a limited edition Fender Stratocaster guitar series. Additionally, he is set to greet drivers on the pre-race stage the following day as they are introduced prior to the start of the race.

As previously reported, the guitarist entered a rehabilitation facility early last month, four days before he and his Van Halen bandmates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York.

As such, he skipped the Rock Hall ceremony -- along with lead singer David Lee Roth and drummer Alex Van Halen. Ironically, only ex-members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony were present to represent the band that night.

The guitarist's personal travails contributed to the cancellation of a planned summer Van Halen tour with Roth on vocals for the first time in 20+ years.

[Rikk]

Ah, I caught the other thread...EVH News...

[ELVIS]

So, are we supposed to forget the Roth reunion thing ever happened ??

C'mon Ed, give us a break !!!

[Rikk]

Back to the same ol' shit. Ignores the obvious stuff (a cancelled tour, Dave returning, the bass player fiasco) and starts making useless appearances that have nothing to do with the band he hasn't played with for ages.

[jharp84]

Fuck EDWARD! Let him live in FUCKING DISNEY WORLD W/JACKKO!

[Cathedral]

Folks, they serve mega amounts of beer at Nascar events...it's really not so out of the ordinary for birds of a feather to flock together.

He'll fit right in, like a dick to a pussy.

[theicecreamman]

Its obvious now that the rehab was just a ploy to prevent the reunion

[Loons The Great]

All Hail King Edward, the mighty protector of the Van Halen legend!

You got to a-a-a-accentuate the positive, though...at least Van Hagar is long gone...Van Hagar, R.I.P....REST IN PISS!!

[Douglas T.]

Subway Fresh Fit 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series



So they get a guy FRESH out of rehab to represent here! Aaaaalll righty then!? Maybe he has to make a cuntmunity address statement or something as a condition for early release. I'm leaning toward the insurance requiring his drying out!?

[Douglas T.]

...or is the ex requiring it before he tours with wooffie!

[Nitro Express]

Fender wants to sell those expensive EVH Frankenstrat copies. It's a Fender marketing thing not necessarily a EVH thing. Fender wants a return on investment and they aren't going to let the Smoking Loon ruin it for them.

[Cathedral]

Genelmen Starcher engens *BURP*

[FORD]

Originally posted by Cathedral

He'll fit right in, like a dick to a pussy.

No, the pussy played at NASCAR last month.....

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[DLRdelight!]

Originally posted by FORD
No, the pussy played at NASCAR last month.....

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lol so true!

[frankfasteddie]

The guitarist's personal travails contributed to the cancellation of a planned summer Van Halen tour with Roth on vocals for the first time in 20+ years.


So is billboard where we get are offical announcement that the summer tour is axed? Not that it would shock me however I still havent seen anything from the band.

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by theicecreamman
Its obvious now that the rehab was just a ploy to prevent the reunion

Probably right.

[Wawazat]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
It's a Fender marketing thing not necessarily a EVH thing.

Fender finally gets it, too bad Ed doesn't get it at all.

Mentally, but ok that's old news.

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by Wawazat
Fender finally gets it, too bad Ed doesn't get it at all.

Mentally, but ok that's old news.

I like porn.

Lesbian porn, generally.

[svrwthr]

http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/feat...nix/index.html

And now, in honor of Eddie Van Halen, who will serve as the Honorary Race Official for the Subway Fresh Fit 500, we present the main attraction, headlined by Kevin Harvick. Buoyed by his Phoenix sweep in 2006, Harvick has the best Average Running Position (6.043) and Driver Rating (114.7) in the past four desert races.

As a diehard hick NASCAR junkie following my boy Matt Kenseth. FUCK OFF ALL YA. Racing is not boring if your sitting around getting drunk and playing cards or boating, depending on time of year, with numerous friends. Got to make up that 4 hours of circling around and around with some entertainment. It gives me an excuse to my wife for getting smashed.

Anyways, a point here is that NASCAR has gone way away from country music and into alot of rock. As a matter of fact they occasionally play Van Halen among numerous other rock bands for highlights and preludes to race. This could be more than the fender guitar shit and an opening up of what may be in the works for Van Halen. An advertisement derderder for a reunion. NASCAR does not pull out some dick knob for Honorary Race Official unless it will make them money. I don't think the guitar is going to make NASCAR money but I do think that a much anticipated reunion tour of VH will because it will be one of the hugest grossing reunion tours on record (if you leave out the Striesands or Stones. I bet alot of you will be watching atleast part of of something most of you would never watch. Rant over





Eddie Van Halen to act as NASCAR official
In what might be Eddie Van Halen's first public appearances since entering rehab, the guitarist will be at Phoenix International Raceway in Arizona this weekend for NASCAR's Subway Fresh Fit 500 race. On Friday (April 20th), he'll unveil two guitars at the track -- a custom-made Fender Stratocaster and a limited-edition EVH "Frankenstein" model, which is a duplicate of the guitar he played in Van Halen's early days. Then Eddie will be back at the track on Saturday (April 21st) to act as an honorary race official, when he'll help greet the drivers as their introduced before the race begins. At the conclusion of the race, the winner will be presented with the custom Fender guitar.

Eddie said, "I am honored on behalf of EVH Brand guitars, amps, and musical products to be invited to such an exciting and fun event. I feel privileged to be working with such amazing organizations like Phoenix International Raceway, their NASCAR event, and Fender."

Phoenix International Raceway President Bryan R. Sperber said, "I'm personally delighted that Eddie Van Halen has accepted our invitation to join us as our Honorary Race Official for the Subway Fresh Fit 500. There is no one who has had the kind of impact on music that he and his band -- Van Halen -- have had. I know it will be a thrill for the drivers and fans to have Eddie at Phoenix International Raceway for the NASCAR weekend."

[michelle]

Isn't it a strange coincedence that Dave mentioned Nascar back in December when the reunion rumors started? He drew an analogy between Nascar and their reunion, saying that people watch Nascar to see the crash, not the race.

[VanHalener]

Welcome to Roth Army michelle!

Originally posted by michelle
Isn't it a strange coincedence that Dave mentioned Nascar back in December when the reunion rumors started? He drew an analogy between Nascar and their reunion, saying that people watch Nascar to see the crash, not the race.

Originally posted by ELVIS
So, are we supposed to forget the Roth reunion thing ever happened ??

C'mon Ed, give us a break !!!

I sure hope these guys have something up their sleeves. Maybe Eddie will loosen the lips and give us a hint about VH's future at the race.

[DavidLeeNatra]

Originally posted by vanhalener
I sure hope these guys have something up their sleeves. Maybe Eddie will loosen the lips and give us a hint about VH's future at the race.

"well...I'm open to anything...y'know...blabla"

fuck ed...

[Big Troubles]

Originally posted by theicecreamman
Its obvious now that the rehab was just a ploy to prevent the reunion

No. If anything, rehab was a way of avoiding the HOF and facing Hammy, Mikey and the press....Plus, at the time, he couldn't play a lick of original music.

Look at 07 Namm

pathetic

Im thinking he's clean. Fit and itchin' to start playing again. He better call Mike though...His fat kid dont want to tour!

[Big Troubles]

He may want to let Dave know, just what the fuck is going on... That would be nice.