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Sammy Hagar set to rev up racing fans (Daily Bulletin) NASCAR drivers aren't the only guys with a need for speed. "There's always been a pretty strong connection between me and racing," said Sammy Hagar, in a phone interview this week. Head-to-metalhead (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) He's the music critic who thinks Kiss is the greatest band of all time. He's the fiction writer who reviewed the forever-delayed Guns N' Roses album for April Fool's Day last year. And he's the interviewer who, in his new anthology, got inside the mind of Britney Spears. Surprise: He didn't find much there. Chuck Klosterman is one of a kind. But he's our kind, a Midwestern writer with an ... Van Halen Reunion - It's Not Happening (WPVI-TV Philadelphia) Van Halen fans are probably saying "Somebody Get Me a Doctor." The legendary rock band's reunion tour - with original vocalist David Lee Roth - has been called off, according to Rolling Stone. VAN HALEN (The Daily Targum) Hard-rock band Van Halen is reuniting with lead singer David Lee Roth for their first tour since 1984. The legendary band confirmed rumors of its North American summer tour last week. Guitarist Eddie Van Halen is considered one of rock and roll's most influential and talented guitarists. Van Halen's road plans have taken a rocky turn (Los Angeles Times) 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. Rock Music Menu: Hair?s to Britney: Shear madness hardly original thing to do... Who knew underneath the tangled mop of damaged, over-treated, blonde -- no, brunette -- hair on Britney Spears? head resided a cross between an alien and an overweight 15 year-old boy? Because that?s certainly what seemed to stumble out of that Los Angeles salon over the weekend when the former pop tart shot past Anna Nicole Smith as the top celebrity tragedy story of the day. Van Halen Reunion Tour Might Not Happen After All (MTV Music Television) The Van Halen reunion tour might not be happening after all. A source close to the band said the 40-city jaunt with David Lee Roth has been postponed indefinitely. California Speedway front and center (Daily Bulletin) FONTANA - Race fans start your engines ... and drive to California Speedway. This triple-header weekend is the West Coast premiere of NASCAR. Although the races start Friday, the festivities kick off today. Here's what's in store for the jam-packed weekend. Oh, You Ate One Tour? (POLLSTAR) For all the chatter of a Van Halen tour that included "Diamond" Dave, was anybody shocked when the train never left the station? The VH boys have always been a volatile bunch. Fontana: News of Note, schedule (Motorsport.com) For those drivers who had sub par Daytona 500 performances, Sunday's Auto Club 500 offers a necessary shot at redemption. Newsfeed display by CaRP |