Eddie Van Halen suits up for NASCAR appearance

[Rikk]

From Billboard.com

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_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.