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Watch Wolfgang Van Halen shred Eruption on Eddie's Frankenstein guitar
By Matt Owen published
Wolfgang shared the footage to celebrate 45 years since the recording of Van Halen's instrumental masterpiece

Rick Beato debunks claims that Wolfgang Van Halen was playing to a backing track of Eddie at Taylor Hawkins tribute
By Matt Owen last updated
Wolfgang's timing, tone and delivery on Hot for Teacher and On Fire was so good some viewers couldn't quite believe it
![[L-R] Wolfgang Van Halen and Justin Hawkins](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NmUw6SeF6xT4p6w43qFjYB-320-80.jpg)
Watch Wolfgang Van Halen nail classic Van Halen tracks at Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins tribute show
By Sam Roche last updated
Accompanied by Dave Grohl on bass, The Darkness's Justin Hawkins on vocals and session ace Josh Freese on drums, Wolfgang paid homage to his father Eddie with killer renditions of Hot For Teacher and On Fire

Alter Bridge partner with Mammoth WVH for North American 2023 tour
By Matt Owen published
The 30-date, two-leg tour will kick off on January 25 and conclude April 1, and will follow the pair's 2022 European tour with Halestorm

Wolfgang Van Halen says “some people” are making it “very difficult” to plan an Eddie Van Halen tribute concert
By Matt Owen published
“We made an attempt, and some people can be hard to work with, and made it not happen,” Van Halen said

Foo Fighters to be joined by Brian May, Wolfgang Van Halen, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and more at Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts
By Jackson Maxwell published
Josh Homme, Stewart Copeland, Chris Chaney, Omar Hakim, Mark Ronson, Hawkins' side band Chevy Metal, and many more are also slated to appear at both concerts

Watch Wolfgang Van Halen play a solo acoustic version of Distance at a recent Mammoth WVH show
By Matt Parker published
Down a guitarist for his March 30 gig, the songwriter gave an emotional solo rendition of the song he wrote for his late father

Wolfgang Van Halen pays tribute to the late Taylor Hawkins with emotional cover of Foo Fighters’ My Hero
By Matt Owen published
Van Halen and co – who learned and rehearsed the song on the morning of their recent gig at Boston's Big Night Live – included it as the set's penultimate track

Wolfgang Van Halen’s upcoming EVH semi-hollow will be called the SA-126, in honor of Eddie Van Halen’s birthday
By Matt Owen published
The guitar – which also sports an additional tribute in the form of a modified "E-hole" – is a callback to 316, the song Eddie wrote for Wolfgang and named after his son's birthday

Watch Wolfgang Van Halen cover Alice in Chains’ Them Bones on a prototype semi-hollow EVH guitar – and nail the solo despite his strap falling off
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Mammoth WVH have been tackling the grunge classic on their Young Guns Tour with Dirty Honey, where the mystery Wolfgang prototype is getting a major workout
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