New bass player in VH is.......................

[Reverend Timmy]

VH publicist says that Wolfgang has joined his dad as the bass player in Van Halen.....Disscuss.

[texasfury]

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[slash]

How old is Wolfie now?

[jgcable]

Count me out of their reunion tour. To me.. the only reason an original member shouldn't be in a reunion tour is if they are dead.
BULLSHIT. It just goes to show you.. Van Halen sucks. They don't care about the music or their fans. Its all about cash. I am sure they weighed out how not having Mike in the band will hurt their pockets in ticket sales and it wasn't enough to cancel the reunion.
Heck.. its not a reunion. Maybe Gary will sing.

[texasfury]

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[FATKAT]

How old is Wolfie now?

15 I think?

[texasfury]

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[rjohnstone]

It's BS... I won't go to this show to see some 15 year old hack make a half ass attempt at copying Mike.

[jgcable]

A big part of the Van Halen signature sound is Mike's backup vocals.
Crap I tell you. CRAP

[sevser]

Did they say it was a "Reunion tour" I thought they just said they were going to tour and Dave hasn't even been confirmed.

"TMZ.com reports that VAN HALEN has officially hired 15-year-old Wolfgang Van Halen — the son of guitarist Eddie Van Halen and estranged wife Valerie Bertinelli, and nephew of drummer Alex Van Halen — as the new bassist for the band.

Wolfgang replaces longtime bassist Michael Anthony, who left the band earlier this year. VAN HALEN spokesperson Janie Liszewski tells TMZ.com that Wolfgang, known as "Wolfie," has already joined his dad and uncle for rehearsals in the studio. Wolfie played dates with his father during the band's 2004 tour, and the song "316" on 1991's "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" was named for Wolfie's birth date that same year.

According to TMZ.com, the band is still without a lead singer, despite rumors that David Lee Roth might rejoin."

I agree that Mikes vioce not beig there will be a big void in the VH sound though.

[jim777]

A big part of the Van Halen signature sound is Mike's backup vocals.
Crap I tell you. CRAP

Totally! You could stick Vic Wooten in there on bass but it ain't just the bass playing that Mike brings to the table. I don't believe they'll be able to hold this together to get it out on the road anyway

[AzPilot]

theres always the ABBA show in Vegas....

[jgcable]

Did they say it was a "Reunion tour" I thought they just said they were going to tour and Dave hasn't even been confirmed.

"TMZ.com reports that VAN HALEN has officially hired 15-year-old Wolfgang Van Halen — the son of guitarist Eddie Van Halen and estranged wife Valerie Bertinelli, and nephew of drummer Alex Van Halen — as the new bassist for the band.

Wolfgang replaces longtime bassist Michael Anthony, who left the band earlier this year. VAN HALEN spokesperson Janie Liszewski tells TMZ.com that Wolfgang, known as "Wolfie," has already joined his dad and uncle for rehearsals in the studio. Wolfie played dates with his father during the band's 2004 tour, and the song "316" on 1991's "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" was named for Wolfie's birth date that same year.

According to TMZ.com, the band is still without a lead singer, despite rumors that David Lee Roth might rejoin."

I agree that Mikes vioce not beig there will be a big void in the VH sound though.

Well... lets look at it.
If Dave and Mike aren't in the band then its not really even a Van Halen concert so who cares.
If Dave is in the band then it most certainly is a reunion concert and not having Mike will be total crap.
I am sure this is all Eddy's doing. Fukkin guy. Jeez.

[DTP]

Pulled from another site.
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From: http://www.g4tv.com/

Van Halen Exclusive: Summer Tour A Go!
Posted by frankmeyer - Monday, November 06, 2006 4:46 PM

Last week, TheFeed ran a story about how Eddie Van Halen's spokesperson Janie Liszewski told TMZ.com that his son Wolfgang was officially the new bassist in Van Halen. Well, now TheFeed can confirm he's in the band via our own correspondence with Liszewski, as well as the fact that there will be a summer 2007 tour!

"Yes, I can confirm this story in the respect of Wolfgang being the new bass player for the band and yes he has been in the studio with his dad and uncle rehearsing and writing for an upcoming summer 2007 tour," Liszewski exclusively told TheFeed. "Wolfgang most certainly has inherited the Van Halen musical genius gene. At 15 years of age his knowledge, understanding, skill, and command of multiple instruments is impressive."

When asked about the rumor that the Van Halen boys will enlist original VH singer David Lee Roth for this tour, Liszewski said, "There has been no confirmation that David Lee Roth will be touring this coming summer."

She also confirmed what Eddie announced on Howard Stern last month, that Michael Anthony is definitely no longer in Van Halen.

So let's recap: We know that Eddie and brother Alex are rehearsing with Wolfgang on bass. We know that there will be a tour this summer. We don't know who will sing for the band yet, but we know Eddie is open to working with Roth (he said so on Stern) and that no one is denying that Diamond Dave could be the frontman. Hmmmm...interesting.

[jgcable]

Pulled from another site.
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From: http://www.g4tv.com/

Van Halen Exclusive: Summer Tour A Go!
Posted by frankmeyer - Monday, November 06, 2006 4:46 PM

Last week, TheFeed ran a story about how Eddie Van Halen's spokesperson Janie Liszewski told TMZ.com that his son Wolfgang was officially the new bassist in Van Halen. Well, now TheFeed can confirm he's in the band via our own correspondence with Liszewski, as well as the fact that there will be a summer 2007 tour!

"Yes, I can confirm this story in the respect of Wolfgang being the new bass player for the band and yes he has been in the studio with his dad and uncle rehearsing and writing for an upcoming summer 2007 tour," Liszewski exclusively told TheFeed. "Wolfgang most certainly has inherited the Van Halen musical genius gene. At 15 years of age his knowledge, understanding, skill, and command of multiple instruments is impressive."

When asked about the rumor that the Van Halen boys will enlist original VH singer David Lee Roth for this tour, Liszewski said, "There has been no confirmation that David Lee Roth will be touring this coming summer."

She also confirmed what Eddie announced on Howard Stern last month, that Michael Anthony is definitely no longer in Van Halen.

So let's recap: We know that Eddie and brother Alex are rehearsing with Wolfgang on bass. We know that there will be a tour this summer. We don't know who will sing for the band yet, but we know Eddie is open to working with Roth (he said so on Stern) and that no one is denying that Diamond Dave could be the frontman. Hmmmm...interesting.

For me.. it ends with Mike not being in the band or on the tour. No Mike.. No true Van Halen... Roth or not.