The Telegraph — From Van Halen's self-titled to Led Zeppelin II, Marc Lee picks the best heavy metal albums of all time more info

Stereogum — Take a brief moment and thank the year 1974 for its existence. Aside from being the year that saw the Ramones and Van Halen play their first gigs, Queen tour North America for the first time, Stevie and Lindsey join Fleetwood Mac, and Rush release th... more info

Reuters — (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday revived a defamation lawsuit against rocker Sammy Hagar, former lead singer for Van Halen, by a one-time Playboy bunny who claimed he had fathered her son. more info

Mercury News, California — Candlestick Park hosted the Beatles final concert, as well as performances by Jay Z, Justin Timberlake, Van Halen, Metallica and the Rolling Stones. more info

The Telegraph — Neil Young is a master musician, but there was enough guitar soloing at this gig to fill out a Van Halen album more info

Mercury News, California — Dead Kennedys, Velvet Underground and Van Halen also make our list of bands that had a hard time transitioning between lead vocalists. more info

Mercury News, California — AC/DC, Van Halen, Genesis, Black Sabbath and many other acts have found success with replacement vocalists. more info

Stereogum — Foo Fighters were the headliners on Friday Night at Firefly in Delaware and they took the occasion to have some fun: after running through a 16-song set filled with classics, they came back on stage for their encore and introduced themselves as a bar... more info

NME — Band play set filled with cover versions at Delaware festival more info

NME — Rocker played the 1984 hit at Dallas' March Madness Music Festival more info