Van Halen Music Group

The Van Halen brothers and David Lee Roth are poised to announce a major reunion that would put them all on tour together for the first time since the Reagan administration -- although we've heard that before. Live Nation, the concert promotion company, has scheduled a news conference for Monday morning at the Four Seasons hotel in Beverly Hills for an "announcement of monumental proportions."

The fans of Van Halen are a brash bunch but also accustomed to having their hearts broken -- if you inspect their closets closely, you might find tear stains on all that vintage spandex. That's why Tuesday night was an emotional one as the prodigal band, with David Lee Roth back on vocals, came home to Los Angeles to play for the first time since Ronald Reagan was in the White House.

Band lineup: Van Halen has confirmed that Sammy Hagar will be its lead singer on the group's summer reunion tour.

The boys from Van Halen, most notably mercurial guitarist Eddie Van Halen, showed up as promised at a Los Angeles news conference Monday to announce their fall tour with original singer David Lee Roth, starting Sept. 27 in Charlotte, N.C., and stopping Nov. 20 at Staples Center in Los Angeles before wrapping Dec. 11 in Calgary, Canada.

David Lee Roth has filed a lawsuit against his ex-Van Halen bandmates, accusing them of conspiring to keep money from him. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges that Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony diverted royalties and breached their fiduciary duty to Roth. The singer claims the band signed a Warner Bros. deal in 1996 without his knowledge or authorization for increased royalties from album sales.

Sammy Hagar has now been Van Halen's singer for longer than was his predecessor, the flashy David Lee Roth. When he signed on with the L.A.-based band in late 1985 it was a big change both for Hagar, who'd had a successful if unspectacular solo career, and Van Halen.

Because of a conflict with a potential Lakers playoff game, Van Halen has rescheduled its sold-out concert at the Forum from Friday to next Saturday. Tickets for Friday's concert will be honored on the new date. Ticket-holders who want refunds must return tickets to the point of purchase, where service charges will also be refunded, with the costs covered by the Forum.

Van Halen is suing the Baltimore Orioles for at least $2 million, saying the baseball team reneged on a deal for a stadium concert featuring the rock band. The Orioles approached Van Halen about performing Sept. 2 at the team's Camden Yards, then backed out of the deal, according to the lawsuit. The action seeks damages for opportunities the band said it lost after rearranging its schedule. The Orioles had no comment.

Will Van Halen give up the rock 'n' roll party for a political party? It hasn't quite reached that point, but the perennially popular Los Angeles hard-rock band is suddenly caught up with the ACLU and citizen petition drives in the wake of two recent incidents involving Van Halen fans. In Fort Smith, Ark., a 19-year-old man was arrested April 9 for wearing a T-shirt bearing the name of Van Halen's current album, "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge."

Like a lot of fans, Sammy Hagar winced when he heard Monday that he and old rival David Lee Roth would both be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March with Van Halen. "This could be a complete and total disaster. It could be wonderful too. It really could. But it also could be such a disaster and an embarrassment that it goes down in history." Roth was the voice of Van Halen from its mid-'70s Sunset Strip days up into the monster success of the 1980s.

How did that old Van Halen song go? "I found the simple life ain't so simple .... " The iconic Los Angeles metal band is set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a New York banquet Monday night, but now it appears that only one original member, bassist Michael Anthony, will even show up. Eddie Van Halen released a statement Thursday saying he is going into a rehab program.

For Van Halen, the stars seemed aligned for a triumphant 2007. Next month, the group will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the plan was to follow that with a summer reunion tour that would feature David Lee Roth back at the mike for the first time since the Reagan years. But, once again, the backstage soap opera of Van Halen is the story of the day.

Give credit (or blame?) to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: David Lee Roth is back with Van Halen and planning to tour. The mercurial Roth, who officially left Van Halen on April Fool's Day in 1985, will reunite with his old band for a tour that kicks off in North Carolina in early May and includes June stops in L.A., Orange and San Diego counties, according to sources in the concert industry. Joining Roth will be guitar hero Eddie Van Halen and drummer Alex Van Halen.

Like a lot of fans, Sammy Hagar winced when he heard Monday that he and old rival David Lee Roth would both be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March with Van Halen. "This could be a complete and total disaster. It could be wonderful too. It really could. But it also could be such a disaster and an embarrassment that it goes down in history." Roth was the voice of Van Halen from its mid-'70s Sunset Strip days up into the monster success of the 1980s.

Van Halen is suing the Baltimore Orioles for at least $2 million, saying the baseball team reneged on a deal for a stadium concert featuring the rock band. The Orioles approached Van Halen about performing Sept. 2 at the team's Camden Yards, then backed out of the deal, according to the lawsuit. The action seeks damages for opportunities the band said it lost after rearranging its schedule. The Orioles had no comment.

Even before the lights went down Monday at the Arrowhead Pond, he occupied the room, sending up a squall of electric guitar from offstage that was raw and totally shocking. A hot and inspired Eddie Van Halen came to the arena with the band that bears his surname and reinterpreted even the group's own hits with his urgent slashing, leaving the whole notion of rote concert performance in smoking ruins.

If you see David Lee Roth this week, don't mention the V-word. Van Halen returns this Friday as the titular brothers, guitarist Eddie and drummer Alex, join bassist Michael Anthony and lead singer Sammy Hagar -- not Roth -- on stage in Greensboro, N.C., for the start of a summer tour that will wind its way toward Southern California with an Aug. 16 show at the Arrowhead Pond and the tour's finale, a hometown show at Staples Center on Aug. 19.

If you see David Lee Roth this week, don't mention the V-word. Van Halen returns this Friday as the titular brothers, guitarist Eddie and drummer Alex, join bassist Michael Anthony and lead singer Sammy Hagar -- not Roth -- on stage in Greensboro, N.C., for the start of a summer tour that will wind its way toward Southern California with an Aug. 16 show at the Arrowhead Pond and the tour's finale, a hometown show at Staples Center on Aug. 19.