Van Halen
American rock band
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| March 28 2025 | Van Halen is scheduled to release the live album 'Live In Dallas 1991' through Warner Bros. Records on CD, digital, and LP formats. |
| 2024 | Alex Van Halen presided over the wedding of his son, Malcolm Van Halen. |
| October 22 2024 | Alex released a book titled Brothers and began a three-date promotional tour. |
| June 2024 | Alex Van Halen auctioned off all his drum gear that had been in storage for decades, raising speculation about his future involvement in music without his brother. |
| March 10 2024 | Performed 'I'm Just Ken' live during the 96th Academy Awards ceremony. |
| 2023 | Served as a guitarist for the song 'I'm Just Ken' from the Barbie movie soundtrack. |
| 2023 | Released his second album 'Mammoth II' under his solo project Mammoth WVH. |
| October 15 2023 | Married Andraia Allsop in an intimate ceremony. |
| October 6 2023 | Released 'The Collection II' compilation album through Rhino, available on LP, CD, and digital formats. |
| August 2023 | Wolfgang Van Halen confirmed there were no plans for a Van Halen reunion and stated that the band 'doesn't exist anymore'. |
| 2022 | The Red Hot Chili Peppers paid tribute to Van Halen with the song 'Eddie' from their album Return of the Dream Canteen. |
| 2022 | His first two singles 'Distance' and 'Don't Back Down' debuted at #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart, making Mammoth WVH the first act to achieve this since The Glorious Sons in 2019. |
| 2022 | Nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Rock Song category for his song 'Distance', which he wrote about his father's cancer struggles. The song was particularly emotional, causing his father Eddie to cry when he first heard it. |
| July 6 2022 | Announced his engagement to longtime girlfriend Andraia Allsop. |
| 2021 | Released his debut solo album 'Mammoth WVH', performing all instruments and vocals. |
| 2021 | Began touring with Mammoth WVH band, featuring Frank Sidoris, Jon Jourdan, Ronnie Ficarro, and Garrett Whitlock. |
| 2020 | At the Billboard Music Awards, Van Halen was honored by musicians including Jack White, G. E. Smith, Charlie Benante, and Dierks Bentley, who gave speeches paying tribute to his career. His son Wolfgang Van Halen shared personal photos. |
| 2020 | The album re-entered the charts, reaching #88 on the US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) chart and signaling its enduring popularity. |
| 2020 | Rolling Stone magazine ranked the Van Halen debut album number 292 in their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. |
| 2020 | Featured as a musician on Clint Lowery's album 'God Bless the Renegades'. |
| November 2020 | Wolfgang Van Halen confirmed that Van Halen had disbanded following his father's death. |
| October 10 2020 | Saturday Night Live paid tribute to Van Halen by playing a clip of his February 1987 performance. |
| October 6 2020 | Eddie Van Halen died of cancer. |
| October 6 2020 | Passed away due to complications from throat cancer, ending the life of one of the most influential guitarists in rock history. |
| October 6 2020 | Eddie Van Halen passed away from a stroke at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, at age 65. He was surrounded by his wife Janie, son Wolfgang, ex-wife Valerie Bertinelli, and brother Alex. His son Wolfgang later confirmed his death on social media the same day. |
| October 6 2020 | Van Halen officially disbanded a month after the death of Eddie Van Halen. |
| 2019 | Hospitalized after battling throat cancer for the previous five years. |
| November 1 2019 | Van Halen released 'The Japanese Singles 1978–1984', a box set containing 13 7-inch vinyl EPs covering their early Japanese singles, released through Warner Bros. and Rhino Records. |
| September 30 2019 | David Lee Roth expressed uncertainty about the band's future, suggesting Van Halen might be finished. |
| June 2019 | Clint Lowery announced on Twitter that Wolfgang Van Halen would play drums and possibly bass on his solo debut album. |
| February 2017 | Eddie Van Halen donated 75 guitars from his personal collection to The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation, supporting music education for students in low-income schools. |
| 2016 | Concluded his tenure with the band Tremonti. |
| 2016 | Appeared on Tremonti's follow-up album Dust. |
| 2015 | Appeared on Tremonti's studio album Cauterize. |
| 2015 | Appeared on Van Halen's live album 'Tokyo Dome Live in Concert' and collaborated with Tremonti on the album 'Cauterize'. |
| 2015 | The lawsuit between Alex Van Halen and Kelly Carter over the use of the 'Van Halen' surname was settled. |
| April 2015 | Eddie Van Halen told Rolling Stone the band would likely work on a studio record after their tour and collaborated with Chris Cornell on potential songwriting. |
| March 31 2015 | Released 'The Collection' compilation album through Warner Bros. and Rhino, available on LP, CD, and digital formats. |
| March 24 2015 | Van Halen announced a 39-date North American tour with David Lee Roth, scheduled to run from July to October 2015. |
| 2013 | Rolling Stone listed the album at number 27 of the 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time. |
| 2013 | Wolfgang became an official member of Tremonti, replacing previous bassist Brian Marshall. |
| 2013 | Alex Van Halen sued Kelly Carter over her commercial use of the 'Van Halen' surname. |
| April 15 2013 | David Lee Roth was interviewed by Jay Mohr on his podcast, where he selected the Van Halen debut album as his favorite Van Halen recording. |
| 2012 | Underwent emergency surgery for a severe case of diverticulitis, which led to the postponement of Van Halen's tour dates in Japan. |
| 2012 | Rolling Stone's updated 500 Greatest Albums list ranked the album at number 415. |
| 2012 | Contributed as a featured musician to Halestorm's album 'The Strange Case Of...' and performed on Van Halen's final studio album 'A Different Kind of Truth'. |
| September 10 2012 | Mark Tremonti announced Wolfgang Van Halen would fill in as bassist for the first tour of Tremonti's band. |
| February 7 2012 | Released the album 'A Different Kind of Truth'. |
| 2011 | Recorded the studio album 'A Different Kind of Truth' with Van Halen. |
| 2010 | Successfully graduated high school. |
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