Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Rockers Van Halen have postponed their upcoming tour of Japan after Eddie Van Halen underwent emergency surgery for a digestive disease. more info

ContactMusic — Rockers Van Halen have postponed their upcoming tour of Japan after EDDIE Van Halen underwent emergency surgery for a digestive disease The guitarist was admitted to hospital for the operation to treat a severe bout of diverticulitis... more info

Consequence of Sound — Guitarist suffers from a severe bout of Diverticulitis. more info

Prefix — Bad news for Van Halen fans in Japan. The band just announced on their Facebook page that ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/eddie-van-halen-undergoes-emergency-surgery-van-ha/68471/ more info

Metalsucks — Bring Back Glam! dug up this interview with Eddie Van Halen on The Guitar Show in 1985, when he was thirty. I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess that he was not sober: That’s more entertaining than any Chickenfoot concert, right? -AR more info

Guardian Music — The blogger runs through the songs that mean the most to her in our Six Songs of Me projectMikala Taylor writes a blog at backstagerider.com.What was the first song you ever bought?Duran Duran – Planet Earth It's funny, I don't actually remember bu... more info

Metalsucks — Let’s cut to the quick: you love metal, and buying all the albums you want can get really expensive, so you’re always waiting for a deal. Well, this is that deal. Amazon is currently having a MASSIVE sale on $5 album downloads, including over 1... more info

Metalsucks — Rage Against the Machine’s self-titled debut came out on November 10, 1992. It was easily the heaviest, most aggressive, most visceral, and angriest record I had ever heard; the Van Halen, Guns N’ Roses and Metallica albums I’d been listening ... more info

Guardian Music — Some of the best album reviews submitted by readers over the last few daysIt's possible for Guardian readers to review pretty much any album ever released. Here's how:• Type the name of who you're looking for in the "Find any artist" search box her... more info

Perez Hilton — Bravo! Bravo! BRAVO! This gracious gurlie must be the lovechild of Yo-Yo Ma and Trinity from The Matrix!! Nope! It turns out Lindsey Stirling is actually a phenomenal young musician from Orange County who was once a quarter-finalist on America's Got ... more info