Van Halen … back on?

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Tankboy

A little birdie told us this morning that the Van Halen tour (was it ever actually “officially” canceled?) is back on.

But they’re still not playing SXSW. And neither is Led Zeppelin. Or Radiohead.

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Tankboy resides in the body of Jim Kopeny and lives in the Bucktown neighborhood of Chicago with his girlfriend, Pickle the Kitten, Sasha the Cat, and a beagle named Betty who may actually be slightly more famous than most of the musicians slogging through the local scene. He's written about music for much longer than most bands you hear on the radio have even existed. He also swears that it wasn't him who did that and has learned that "deny everything" is a basic tenet of existence.
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4 Responses to Van Halen … back on?

  1. Carl Spackler says:
    March 6, 2008 at 1:14 pm

    Isn’t SXSW supposed to a venue for unsigned and breakout musicians? Not exactly sure how Van Halen, Led Zepplin or Radiohead would fit into those categories. Of course once some major bands started crashing the party a few years back, people get expectations.

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  2. Stephen says:
    March 6, 2008 at 1:21 pm

    Actually, it’s a fallacy that SXSW was ever intended to be “just for unsigned musicians.” Louis Black clarified this point in his article in the Chronicle earlier this year.

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  3. Robert Duffy says:
    March 6, 2008 at 6:36 pm

    i think the sxsw bit was a joke

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  4. Tankboy says:
    March 6, 2008 at 6:41 pm

    Thank you Mr. Duffy.

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