All Purpose Van Halen Grammy head-fake bullshit thread

[Sensible Shoes]

Can you swill a cheeseburger? Just sayin'

[DLR Bridge]

Can you swill a cheeseburger? Just sayin'

I believe there is a White Castle slyder at the bottom of each bottle of his tequila. That's what drives up the cost.

[Jagermeister]

From Perez Hilton I think. lol

You know, people shouldn't make promises they can't keep!

Last night, it was rumored that Van Halen would be making a triumphant return to the stage for the Grammy Nominations concert in LA. The performance would mark the first time the reunited band would be performing on TV and many fans were super excited to see Eddie Van Halen with original lead singer David Lee Roth tear it up once again!

However, the concert went up … and no Van Halen. So what gives?

Seems some wires got crossed and as the Recording Academy President Neil Portnow reveals, the guys just weren't ready. In his statement, he explains:
"In the world of creativity, everything is fluid. In the process of discussions that we had been having with an expectation that perhaps we would be at a point tonight where the artist involved and we, moving forward, would be ready to announce (a reunion), they weren't quite at that point. So it's live television, we go on to the next act. It's rock and roll and so on. That being said, we were genuine about the intention and we are genuine about the discussion."

Epic fail!

Hopefully, they will be ready come Feburary for the actual Grammy Awards. They have two months to prepare.

Trying and get your shiz together, people! We want some real Halen!!!

[sonrisa salvaje]

Maybe Van Halen heard Grandmaster Flash was going to be there doing a posedown during The Message and decided they couldn't compete. Did anybody else find that as strange as i did? GF really wanted to let everyone know of his muscularity.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Fucking Rolling Stone, what a bunch of dickwads.....

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/iconic-group-reunion-at-grammys-nominations-concert-doesnt-happen-20111201

'Iconic Group' Reunion at Grammys Nominations Concert Doesn't Happen

The Beach Boys had been rumored to be getting back together on the show

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By ANDY GREENE
December 1, 2011 3:10 PM ET

Last night I tuned into the Grammy nominations special waiting to see an "iconic group" announce their "monumental" reunion. I saw Lady Gaga sing with Sugarland. I saw a lot of Bruno Mars. I saw the Band Perry inexplicably cover Tom Petty's "Free Falling." I saw Usher perform with Mike Stoller and Valerie Simpson. I didn't see anything resembling a reunion.

What happened? "There was the expectation that the artist involved and we would be ready to announce," Grammy President Neil Portnow told the Telegraph. "We were genuine about the intention and discussion, but the time frame has moved."

Many people thought that Van Halen was supposed to be the band, largely due to the fact that the Grammys sent out this not-so-subtle Tweet on November 3rd: "Who do u predict the reuniting band will be @ GRAMMYnoms? Does this hint make u wanna 'Jump' & 'Dance The Night Away?'" This seemed to confirm beyond any doubt that Van Halen was the band, but what many people missed is that the Tweet also linked to a Hitfix story that guessed it was Van Halen. The fine folks at the Grammys merely sent out that Tweet to get people talking, and the Van Halen song titles were a reference to the HitFix prediction. They wanted to open up a whole Twitter-wide guessing game.

Unfortunately, all it did was make everyone think that Van Halen were locked in. According to industry sources I've spoken to, Van Halen were never - at any point - lined up to appear at the Grammys special.

It's hard to be 100 percent certain, but I'm extremely confident that it was supposed to be the Beach Boys. Their 50th anniversary reunion tour this summer is one of the worst-kept secrets in the music business right now. The Los Angeles Times agrees with my assessment. "Sources close to the show said that talks with the band – reportedly the Beach Boys – fell apart in the 48 hours leading up to the nomination show," the paper reported this morning. "There's hope, however, that the Beach Boys will still be available for the Feb. 12 Grammy Awards."

Expect an official announcement of the Beach Boys reunion tour sometime in the next couple of months. This Grammy debacle didn't exactly get things off on the right foot. One can only imagine what crazy behind-the-scenes drama caused them to pull out.

[FORD]

I guess I'm not getting all this goddamn mystery hype about "announcing a reunion".

Van Halen reunited sometime in late 2006, and (after Eddie's trip to rehab and a botched induction into the Rock n roll Hall of Fame)held a press conference to officially announce it in the summer of 2007, after which they went on tour.

The only way they could be MORE reunited is if Michael Sobolewski was back in the band. Which apparently he's not, unless his comments earlier in this thread - not to mention him currently being on tour with Chickenshit - are all part of the plot. Which is very unlikely, because that would involve Spamela Bette Hagar being able to keep a secret, and we all know he's completely incapable of keeping his cheese eating trap shut.

[Jagermeister]

I gave up on Van Halen. I am a pure cuntry fan now. I could care less about Van Halen.

[FORD]

As for a Beach Boys reunion...... mixed feelings about that one.

While there shouldn't be ANY incarnation of "The Beach Boys" existing without a single Wilson brother involved, I'm not so sure that even Brian, Mike Love, and Al Jardine all managing to pull the swords out of each others backs is enough anymore. Still, I guess I'd be sort of happy to see them make peace with each other regardless.

[Nitro Express]

I gave up on them. I just figure if Eddie ever gets his act together and comes out with some good new music, I will hear about it over the grape vine. He's not getting any young, the clock is ticking, and nothing seems to get done or come out. He hasn't played good since the VH 3 tour. The band hasn't produced a good song since 1984.

[Sensible Shoes]

The only way they could be MORE reunited is if Michael Sobolewski was back in the band.

I guess that's POSSIBLE.....and I say POSSIBLE because it's a real pipe dream. I'd love to think the recent video of Wolfie playing the drums as a guest shot means he's getting ready to depart for something more suited to his age, making room for Mikey........ahhhhh who am I foolin' -- it'll never happen.

[Jagermeister]

Did eveyone see where the mighty Ed Van Halen was in Rolling Stone this month?

I hate that fucking wrag!

[Sensible Shoes]

Wasn't he supposed to get a cover or is that some other wrag?

[Jagermeister]

Wasn't he supposed to get a cover or is that some other wrag?

Oh he's on the cover.

[jhale667]

To quote a rock star friend who shall remain nameless... "Pffft...I gave up on them in 1986..."

[Jagermeister]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/eddie-van-halen-19691231