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June 30, 2004, Wednesday
RADIO 3FM 09.06-12.06 Arbeidsvitaminen
Dutch radioshow with a playlist of 27 songs featuring Van Halen's Why Can't This Be Love at #22.

| This was the first single from 5150 and featured the band's then new vocalist, Sammy Hagar. The song became the band's second Top 10 hit! |

| Released: 2/26/86 | Peak Position US: 3 | Weeks on Chart US: 16 |

June 23, 2004
The best new live pictures till now!

Link: www.vhnd.net

June 20, 2004
Happy 50th birthday to Michael Anthony today!

June 19, 2004
The Best Of Both Worlds, the band's forthcoming 2-disc compliation schedule for release on July 20 can now be pre-ordered. Click here!

The Best Of Both Worlds is the first hits compilation to span Van Halen's 11 albums. The two-disc, 36-track assemblage features three brand new songs and comes in the midst of their 2004 summer tour.

The three new songs It's About Time, Up For Breakfast, and Learning To See feature vocals by Sammy Hagar, but The Best Of Both Worlds covers the best songs from both the David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar eras. It includes liner notes by Rolling Stone scribe David Wild. Pre-order The Best Of Both Worlds now and you will be automatically entered to win an autographed copy!

June 17, 2004
Edward Van Halen on August 2004 Guitar World cover.

June 14, 2004
De tournee van Van Halen is afgelopen vrijdag begonnen met een optreden in Greensboro in de Amerikaanse staat North Carolina. Sammy Hagar is, na ruim acht jaar, terug als zanger van Van Halen.

In de live-set van dit eerste reünie-concert heeft Van Halen 23 songs gespeeld. Hiervan stammen zes nummers uit de periode dat David Lee Roth hun zanger was. In 1985 is hij vervangen door Sammy Hagar.

Het openingsnummer van het eerste concert was Jump. Ook speelde Van Halen een cover van My Generation van The Who. Zij gaven drie toegiften (You Really Got Me, Panama en When It's Love). Verrassend waren twee songs uit het solo-repertoire van Sammy Hagar - Eagles Fly (1987) en Deeper Kind Of Love (2000). Niet gespeeld zijn Van Halen hits als Runnin' With The Devil, Dance The Night Away en Hot For Teacher.

De Amerikaanse tournee van Van Halen duurt tot en met woensdag 29 september 2004. Voor de groep is dit hun eerste tournee in zes jaar. In 2005 wil Van Halen concerten geven in de rest van de wereld. (Content4You)
Link: www.skyradio.nl

June 11, 2004
Van Halen rocked Greensboro Coliseum!

"All I have to say folks is whoever thinks that Edward has lost anything as far as his chops are concerned, will be sadly mistakened. Eddie was on fire. Very energetic, and did the classic jumps most of the night. He even broke out the old spinning kick that he does in the Jump video. Not bad for a guy with a jacked up hip. He was still sporting the new hair style. For some reason it looked a little better than the pics. Looks like he had it trimmed down a bit. They opened up with Jump which was not my choice of great openers. But the energy these guys put out made up for it. It was amazing. Everyone was on the money. I was a little nervous about Ed's guitar solo after hearing the reviews of the dress rehearsal. Eddie's solo was amazing. And it's different. It's as if he is playing all together different stuff. I cannot say enough great things about how friggin well the man played. He truly still reigns. Sammy worked the crowd and sang as great as he usually does. Mike was awesome too. So was Alex. As a matter of fact, Alex was like thunder. No neck brace either. Wolfgang was a no show in Ed's solo. It was also the loudest I have ever heard them play. They need to take it down just a touch. Eddie's tone was really nice. I was expecting it to be a little harsh ala Live At The Ten Spot, but it wasn't. Very brown indeed. Eddie wasn't still the whole night. No signs of being drunk. Big relief there. (-; Overall my only complaint would be the order of the songs. Opening with Jump, and closing with When It's Love is not my idea of the ideal setlist, but I still was blown away. I'm just bummed that it's over. No one in the place sat down the whole night. You could tell that the guys were overwhelmed by the audience response. They were having a lot of fun up there. Eddie didn't play a single boinker. And he made it look like it was a walk in the park. Smiling the whole time like he usually does. Great night. Glad I was there for sure. Hope they filmed this one for sure."

Thanks to VanShipMan for this great review!

Chart Attack: Van Halen Return With Their Best Plus Three
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June 10, 2004
Van Halen's new radio single It's About Time is continuing to do good business!
Link: www.radioandrecords.com

June 09, 2004
Zelfs Sky Radio heeft een Van Halen archief. Met vrij recent nieuws!
Link: www.skyradio.nl

June 08, 2004
Download Van Halen's other two new tracks from their forthcoming The Best Of Both Worlds album! Up For Breakfast and Learning To See. Both tracks have been played on radio in the USA already. Again two great new songs!
Link: www.melodicrock.com

On the weekend of June 11-13, Van Halen will debut all three new songs from their forthcoming 36-song two-disc compilation The Best Of Both Worlds on the Westwood One radio special "Van Halen - 2004 Tour Special and World Premiere!" The one-hour special will also include the band's first radio interview in more than eight years!
Visit www.van-halen.com for complete details.

The Best Of Both Worlds will be released July 20, 2004 (USA) and July 19 (Overseas) on Warner Bros. Records.

June 08, 2004, Tuesday
RADIO 3FM 09.06-12.06 Arbeidsvitaminen
Dutch radioshow with a playlist of 27 songs featuring Van Halen's Why Can't This Be Love at #15.

| This was the first single from 5150 and featured the band's then new vocalist, Sammy Hagar. The song became the band's second Top 10 hit! |

| Released: 2/26/86 | Peak Position US: 3 | Weeks on Chart US: 16 |

June 04, 2004
Arrow Classic Rock Festival 2005 with... Van Halen???
Stay tuned for more details!

June 03, 2004
Tuesday June 01, 2004 The Van Halen News Desk was privileged to behold something that the world has not seen in nine years:
Edward, Sammy, Alex, and Mike blowing out a full-length set of the music that made them legends. The final dress rehearsal of the most anticipated tour of the year was held before only a couple of hundred people under the strictest security at a closed Sony Studio in Southern California. The staging was spectacular. The band was tight and looked like they enjoyed everything about the experience.

Edward spent most of the evening with his orangeburst Peavey featuring a refinement on the cord management device seen throughout the III tour but broke out his 5150 Kramer during Humans Being to wild audience response. The biggest surprise of all was watching Eddie sit down on the stage during his solo, recline flat onto his back as he played 316, and then listening to the music continue to fill the auditorium even as his hands fell from the guitar. The mystery was solved when his only son, the child for whom the piece is named, Wolfgang Van Halen strode into the spotlight playing it on a striped guitar! Dad then jumped back in to solo over the rhythm Wolfie was laying down. When they finished, Eddie held up Wolfie's hand and declared: "This is the future!"
Link: www.vhnd.net