Van Hagar To Tour In 2017

[Carmine]

What in the actual fuck is with that front page story? I'm shocked. Nauseated...and shocked. Wake me when it's over...or the EEAS band is back up and running...

That's right Van Hagar fan. You heard it here first, on the one and only David Lee Roth Army! And as usual, the David Lee Roth Army has the breaking news first. In fact, we believe we have it before Dave himself even has it! Ed, do not shoot Kody, he's not the one that told us!

Van Hagar is set to do a fall tour in 2017. Yes, that's right. Van Hagar live and in concert in 2017. So, all you girls and girly boys, dust off your parachute pants, dust off your old Bic lighters, dig deep into your pockets, and get ready to hear all those sappy love songs, live in front of your naked screaming ears. Seems the Van Halen brothers figure they have bled Classic Van Halen fan dry, and now it is time to get into Van Hagar fans pockets. Oh, and as a real slap in the face to Classic Van Halen fan, Michael Anthony will be doing this tour too. If Van Hagar fan is really lucky, maybe they’ll come out with a live album and claim it is the “definitive Van Hagar”. We are also being told that this will be the last tour, and the Van Halen’s will “retire” at the end of the tour.

What about Wolfgang? Well, you all probably know he's been working on his own album. So, he'll reportedly be opening the show with his band!

What about ole Dave? Even though we’ve been told Ed and Dave haven’t talked since the end of the tour, we have been informed that the idea of a tour with both Roth and Hagar was floated out there, and was not well received by the Diamond one. So, since Van Hagar is going to pretend it's 1985 again, why shouldn't Dave do the same thing? We have no idea if they'll be able to pull it off, or to what extent, but we're told Diamond Dave is trying to get the EEAS band back together, and this time it won't be for a one off gig, like the one that got shut down by the fire marshals in Los Angeles.

Last but not least, let’s hope this paves the way for the release of the album Dave and John 5 have completed, and sitting there waiting for release, as also first reported here at the David Lee Roth Army back on November 23, 2013 in this thread. Click Here to read to read Von Halen Talks To John 5

[TitanTopper]

FUCK THE SISTERS!! If true, I'm done for good with them.

[VAiN]

If this happens - I am completely done with eddie fucking van halen and his fucking band. This is the biggest FUCK YOU to the fans who stuck by and supported the last 3 tours.

[FORD]

Von must have been drinking the Flint water again. I'm not buying this. If this were true, the sheep would be stampeding all over Links by now.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

If this were true, the sheep would be stampeding all over Links by now.

Brett must have that place quarantined, still nothing over there....

Spreading pretty quick online though....

[Von Halen]

Brett must have that place quarantined, still nothing over there....

They're on Amazon searching for parachute pants.

[WARF]

Von Halen will you send me to Cabo Wabo in the front row so I can be in their next video?

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Von Halen will you send me to Cabo Wabo in the front row so I can be in their next video?

Somebody on FB is already claiming you created this rumor, so there's that....

[Carmine]

Somebody on FB is already claiming you created this rumor, so there's that....

"I can tell that Brian wrote this. It's not true. Just seeing who can be stirred up. Sorry, but no sale."

VA: Brian?
Me: Brian?

[FORD]

"I can tell that Brian wrote this. It's not true. Just seeing who can be stirred up. Sorry, but no sale."

VA: Brian?
Me: Brian?

WARF is Brian.

[WARF]

WARF is Brian.

Yup

[Romeo Delight]

Von Halen will you send me to Cabo Wabo in the front row so I can be in their next video?

Standing with your backs to the stage?

[FORD]

You might get stuck down there when Emperor Cheeto builds his stupid wall.

[wiseguy]

This will make Edward the biggest sell out in rock and roll history. Never was a bigger Van Halen fan then I am a David Lee Roth fan so fuck it! Dave or the Grave baby!

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Just broke the record - most users online.....

[WARF]

Just broke the record - most users online.....

I sent traffic from a HUGE page on another social network.

[FORD]

What the world needs now.. is cheese...

[BottaGetta]

Hagar was on Eddie Trunk's show TODAY on XM106 Volume (or some shit like that). He was whining today that Eddie never wished him a happy birthday via the Twatter.

Sorry Cheeseheads, it ain't happening.

[Von Halen]

Sorry Cheeseheads, it ain't happening.

If you're at a Van Hagar show next Fall, will you promise to come back and give us virtual blow jobs?

[WARF]

If any staff member here wants to bring traffic to this site. I'll be glad to add you to my page for news updates.

[ZahZoo]

If any staff member here wants to bring traffic to this site. I'll be glad to add you to my page for news updates.

You still have a page..? Still waiting on that traffic. Must of gotten blocked by election protestors and BLM parades...

[chuckjitsu]

I personally don't think Ed has any interest in putting out new material with any singer, whether it's Dave, Sam, or some Filipino dude they dug up who sounds like Steve Perry. Ed's made statements about fan expectations in regard to what fans are willing to accept, so I think the odds of a completely new front man are basically zero. So, scratch new material with somebody other than Sam/Dave. Slightly higher would be a new album with Dave, but "slightly higher" in this case basically means "some very small number that's barely above zero". The most likely scenario to me would be new stuff with Sam, but even that has a pretty low chance in my mind.

Let's say the Velveeta '17 tour happens. Then what? How many times can they get away with touring behind a 70+ year old dude in Capris? I think doing anything with Sam drives the final nail into doing anything further with Dave. In my mind, it would really be a disservice to fans if the original lineup never plays together again. That's how you ride off in to the sunset for the Dave era- Mike's back in, Dave turns off the cruise control and steps up like he did in 07-08 and the VH tsunami destroys sheds across America. Probably has as much of a chance of happening as a narcissistic, unqualified failure of a businessman losing a popular vote by millions of votes then becoming president via a retarded, antiquated and disenfranchising "electoral college" system.

[Terry]

I personally don't think Ed has any interest in putting out new material with any singer, whether it's Dave, Sam, or some Filipino dude they dug up who sounds like Steve Perry. Ed's made statements about fan expectations in regard to what fans are willing to accept, so I think the odds of a completely new front man are basically zero. So, scratch new material with somebody other than Sam/Dave. Slightly higher would be a new album with Dave, but "slightly higher" in this case basically means "some very small number that's barely above zero". The most likely scenario to me would be new stuff with Sam, but even that has a pretty low chance in my mind.

Let's say the Velveeta '17 tour happens. Then what? How many times can they get away with touring behind a 70+ year old dude in Capris? I think doing anything with Sam drives the final nail into doing anything further with Dave. In my mind, it would really be a disservice to fans if the original lineup never plays together again. That's how you ride off in to the sunset for the Dave era- Mike's back in, Dave turns off the cruise control and steps up like he did in 07-08 and the VH tsunami destroys sheds across America. Probably has as much of a chance of happening as a narcissistic, unqualified failure of a businessman losing a popular vote by millions of votes then becoming president via a retarded, antiquated and disenfranchising "electoral college" system.

The thing of it is, I don't think either of the Van Halens or Azoff necessarily have a long term strategy. I don't even know how useful such a strategy would even be considering how old the band is and where they are all at, career-wise. Basically, the Van Halens need to be fronted by either Roth or Hagar for enough people to actually pony up the dollars to see the band. And Roth and Hagar, if they aren't fronting Van Halen, are going to be doing solo ventures on a much smaller scale because the interest in them as solo artists these days isn't close to the level of interest when they front Van Halen.

You can almost completely remove the studio recording aspect from the equation now. Recordings don't sell what they used to, the band is no longer dependent on having a record contract to exist, and live shows are where the money is at these days. The era of Van Halen putting out a new record that sells millions of copies, regardless of content or who is singing for them, is over.

I also think it would be (as it has been) the ultimate "I don't give a shit about what you want" from Ed to the fans if the original lineup never performs again. Particularly when he's gone 3/4s of the way over the last 15 years toward that, anyway. I don't know how Michael Anthony feels about performing with the CVH lineup. From what one has read, Anthony has had a limited number of encounters with Roth over the last 30 years, and virtually no contact with the Van Halens over the last 12 years. And Anthony is pretty solvent financially, so it's gotta be more than money that would motivate him to do a reunion. In addition, Ed - and I think any reasonable person would see it along these lines - has shit all over Anthony. Not only has he shit all over him, but he feels totally justified in having done so. I mean, fuck, Ed whittled down Anthony's percentage, then chucked him out of the band for his teenaged kid, then went on to claim Anthony couldn't even play anything that Ed didn't teach him AND claimed that Ed's background vocals were a bigger part of the signature Van Halen sound than Anthony's were! And this was AFTER ED GOT SOBER!!

If I were Mike Anthony, my first and last thought would be that Ed can pretty much go fuck himself and no amount of money is worth dealing with that guy. However, I could see where Anthony would be up for another Van Hagar tour. It won't surprise me if in the end he doesn't end up playing with the band, though. Anthony has such a que sera sera attitude that it seemingly wouldn't bother him if Sam does a tour with Van Halen without him. And I could just as easily see Anthony do a CVH tour because he knows fans want to see that happen, and Anthony would be willing to put aside his own feelings to make that happen for the fans.

But...yeah...it's kinda futile to ponder how much of a future Van Halen have beyond the next tour, regardless of who ends up being onstage for that tour. The short answer is that the band can't really do much beyond just taking it one tour at a time within the limited parameters of who they have to work with that is acceptable to the ticket buying public. How many times can they get away with touring behind Hagar? As many as they can with Roth, and the answer to that is as many times as people are willing to pay to see it. How many times THAT will be is speculative: it's not dark yet, but it's getting there.

[cadaverdog]

Probably has as much of a chance of happening as a narcissistic, unqualified failure of a businessman losing a popular vote by millions of votes then becoming president via a retarded, antiquated and disenfranchising "electoral college" system.

The system by which President Elect Trump won the election had been around for years. If it was the other way around you'd be praising the electoral college system right now. Trump won, you lost, deal with it.

[chuckjitsu]

The system by which President Elect Trump won the election had been around for years. If it was the other way around you'd be praising the electoral college system right now. Trump won, you lost, deal with it.

If Hilary had won in the manner in which Trump did (lost popular vote, won via EC), I'd feel the exact way about the electoral college. Any system in which the person who receives more legally cast votes doesn't win is flawed to the point of needing to be scrapped entirely, regardless of anybody's part affiliation.

If it makes you feel any better, I didn't vote for Trump OR Hilary as I felt both were terrible candidates who didn't deserve my vote. And if his idea of "draining the swamp" is hiring the same sort of bankster and neocon losers who played a large part in getting us to where we are today, then the new boss is already looking like the old boss and he hasn't even been sworn in yet.

We'll see, but I'm not optimistic at this point (and I'd definitely feel the same way if Clinton had won, probably more so).

[Seshmeister]

The system by which President Elect Trump won the election had been around for years. If it was the other way around you'd be praising the electoral college system right now. Trump won, you lost, deal with it.

He didn't lose and you didn't win, that happened to very rich powerful people.

[DONNIEP]

Hey Vandy - you know what time it is?? That's right babayyyy!!

[WARF]

Von Halen did you change the logo on your buggy to rings yet?

[DONNIEP]

Von Halen did you change the logo on your buggy to rings yet?

It just came back from the paint shop!!

[WARF]

It just came back from the paint shop!!

This picture is inaccurate, we need to put Von's head bobbing up and down on Richards crotch!

[DONNIEP]

I hope they bring back the 5150 Walk!! Mas Tequila!!

[Nickdfresh]

I hope they bring back the 5150 Walk!! Mas Tequila!!

The Sammy Hagar Dance Party for super-uncool. post-menopausal white people...

[WARF]

The Sammy Hagar Dance Party for super-uncool. post-menopausal white people...

omg charles mansons epic answer

[DONNIEP]

The Sammy Hagar Dance Party for super-uncool. post-menopausal white people...

Send me your shirt size so I can hook you up with some swag from the tour!

[WARF]

Send me your shirt size so I can hook you up with some swag from the tour!

Right now you're so excited you're probably jerking off with Mad Anthony's hot sauce as the lube.....

[twonabomber]

Right now you're so excited you're probably jerking off with Mad Anthony's hot sauce as the lube.....

Hot Hands, indeed!

[DONNIEP]

Right now you're so excited you're probably jerking off with Mad Anthony's hot sauce as the lube.....

You know it!

Seriously, the only thing that could top this is if Ed hired Gary Busey to sing!!

[Nickdfresh]

Send me your shirt size so I can hook you up with some swag from the tour!

I don't wear rainbow Van "Halen" logos...

[DONNIEP]

I don't wear rainbow Van "Halen" logos...

No shirt for you!!

[Romeo Delight]

I hope they bring back the 5150 Walk!! Mas Tequila!!

Goosebumps...Goosebumps...