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“I wanna say thank you Michael for an unbelievable catalog of music that has changed the history of rock 'n' roll”: Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt play Van Halen hits with ex-VH bassist Michael Anthony

By Janelle Borg published 24 April 24

Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt’s side-project, The Coverups, also covered Kiss, Nirvana, and David Bowie this past weekend

Michael Anthony (left) and Wolfgang Van Halen

“Ran into an old friend”: Wolfgang Van Halen and Michael Anthony meet up for the first time in 20 years

By Matt Parker published 11 December 23

The two Van Halen bassists reunited at Mammoth WVH’s recent show in Las Vegas

(from left) Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani and Michael Anthony perform onstage at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center on October 18, 2014

“The music we created is going to outlive us all. It’s time we go out and serve the fans that music, while we still can”: Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony announce The Best of All Worlds – the next best thing to a Van Halen tribute tour

By Jackson Maxwell published 14 November 23

Though not explicitly a tribute, Hagar promises that the summer 2024 trek will feature a very Van Halen-heavy setlist

Eddie Van Halen was making plans for a farewell tour with the original Van Halen lineup

By Matt Owen published 28 April 23

Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt revealed that Van Halen had been planning to reunite with Michael Anthony for the farewell shows

Van Halen peforming live onstage in 1978 – Michael Anthony says the band used to record all their early shows

Michael Anthony confirms there is a huge archive of unreleased Van Halen material

By Matt Parker published 26 April 23

The band’s former bassist says “there’s a lot more stuff” in storage at EVH’s 5150 studio, including extensive live archives

Phil X (left) and Michael Anthony perform at Tiki Bar in Costa Mesa, California on March 25, 2023

Watch Phil X jam Van Halen's Somebody Get Me a Doctor with Michael Anthony

By Jackson Maxwell published 30 March 23

The onstage jam took place shortly after the one-time Van Halen bassist alluded to a new project with the Bon Jovi guitarist and a mysterious "really, really cool singer” in an interview with Eddie Trunk

Michael Anthony says he’s working on a project with Bon Jovi guitarist Phil X and Aerosmtih drummer John Douglas

Former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony teases new band with Bon Jovi guitarist, Aerosmith drummer and “a really, really cool singer”

By Matt Parker published 24 March 23

Phil X and Aerosmith live drummer John Douglas are involved, but who’s the mystery vocalist?

Sammy Hagar on his all-time favorite Van Halen album, and why Michael Anthony's bass playing is better than ever on The Circle's new album, Crazy Times

By Andrew Daly published 10 November 22

The former Van Halen frontman says The Circle's musical chemistry was so potent the band recorded “two songs a day and were partying by 5 o'clock”

Michael Anthony onstage next to an image of the Who album Live At Leeds

Michael Anthony: Why Live At Leeds is one of the best live albums of all time

By Nick Wells published 8 November 22

Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony pays tribute to John Entwistle and The Who's Live at Leeds

Sammy Hagar and the Circle announce new album, Crazy Times, and share the hard-rocking title track

By Jonathan Horsley published 29 July 22

Produced by Dave Cobb in Nashville’s legendary RCA Studio A, and also featuring the Red Rocker’s fellow Van Halen alum Michael Anthony on bass, Crazy Times is out September 30

Michael Anthony performs on stage with Sammy Hagar and The Circle during iHeartRadio ICONS at the iHeartRadio Theater on May 08, 2019 in Burbank, California

Michael Anthony confirms he was approached about Van Halen tribute tour

By Jackson Maxwell published 12 May 22

The former Van Halen bassist took care, however, to reaffirm Joe Satriani's view that the project would be "more a celebration of the band and of the music" than something under the Van Halen name

Michael Anthony (left) and Sammy Hagar perform with The Circle at ACL Live on December 6, 2021 in Austin, Texas

Watch Sammy Hagar & the Circle cover Van Halen's Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love – with Michael Anthony on lead vocals

By Jackson Maxwell published 14 March 22

Van Halen's longest-tenured bassist took center stage for a spirited version of the David Lee Roth-era VH classic during the Circle's recent performance in Plant City, Florida

Michael Anthony says he never had a chance to reconcile with Eddie Van Halen

By Sam Roche published 11 January 21

“It kind of bothers me, because we had some issues that were never resolved,” the Van Halen bassist says

Watch Corey Taylor and Van Halen's Michael Anthony join John 5 for a crazy-accurate cover of You Really Got Me

By Sam Roche published 16 October 20

The Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman and Tele master channel David Lee Roth and EVH in this previously unreleased video

Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen with emotional Right Now performance

By Richard Bienstock published 12 October 20

“This music will live forever,” says Hagar during The Circle's take on the For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge cut

Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen in emotional new video

By Michael Astley-Brown published 9 October 20

EVH’s former bandmates “devastated” by the guitar hero’s passing

Sammy Hagar: “I always got blamed for the keyboard songs in Van Halen. It was not me - Eddie wanted to do that!”

By Richard Bienstock published 8 April 20

Don’t like the synthy sounds of the Van Hagar era? Talk to Ed, the singer says

Turns out Billy Sheehan was offered the Van Halen bass player slot three separate times

By Richard Bienstock published 6 February 20

“As much as I would have loved to do that, I want to see Michael Anthony in the band,” says the Mr Big bassist

Michael Anthony Says "Plug Got Pulled" on Potential Van Halen Reunion Tour

By Jackson Maxwell published 24 June 19

“We would have been in pre-production rehearsals with Van Halen right now.”

Watch Sammy Hagar & the Circle Perform Van Halen Tunes at the Troubadour in Hollywood

By Richard Bienstock published 9 May 19

The band played a special intimate show for broadcast on SiriusXM.