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April 15, 2003
Michael Anthony joins the One Less Tear team to help fight cancer.

April 11, 2003
Vote on MTV: The 22 Greatest Bands of the last 22 years.

April 10, 2003, Thursday
RADIO 3FM 09.06-12.06 Arbeidsvitaminen
Dutch radioshow with a playlist of 27 songs featuring Van Halen's Jump at #2.

| This was the first single from 1984 and the band's first #1 hit! The song was recorded on an Oberheim OBX-A keyboard and really introduced the world to Van Halen's keyboard-based songwriting. Sharp-eared listeners will note that the main riff from Top of the World (from F.U.C.K.) was written around the ending riff from Jump. Jump was certified Gold on 4/03/84 and remained at the top of the charts for five weeks. |

| Released: 1/14/84 | Peak Position US: 1 | Weeks on Chart US: 21 |

TODAY IN HISTORY:
On April 01, 1985 David Lee Roth, who brought the party to the Van Halen albums, leaves the band. There's no doubt that the party attitude of Van Halen through their first twelve years was mainly attributable to David Lee Roth. The split in 1985, today eighteen years ago, was a great shock for rock fans around the world...