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July 1997 Snippets
Marching To Mars Exits Top 100

July 4, 1997 - After making a promising debut at #18 on the Billboard album chart 6 weeks ago, Sammy Hagar's Marching To Mars this week made a quick exit from the Billboard Top 100. The album was at #97 on the chart last week, this week it is sitting at #126.

Hagar Tour Dates

July 6, 1997 - Sammy Hagar's solo tour hits the Andrew Jackson Hall in Nashville, TN tonight. For the most updated list of tour dates, check out the Sammy Hagar listing at Pollstar.

Hagar on WMFS

July 7, 1997 - Check out the latest Sammy Hagar interview, courtesy of WMFS. This time Hagar talks a little more about his new album, but still manages to criticise David Lee Roth....

Hagar on WMFS

TV/Radio Special

July 11, 1997 - Van Halen will be the featured artist on the Bolivian radio show El Baśl in an upcoming broadcast on the FM 101.5 station based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. A television special is also in the works. Check out the Official Van Halen Web Site for full details.

Dave Tour?

July 14, 1997 - Speculation is rife that David Lee Roth is forming a new band to tour behind his upcoming Greatest Hits album. I've heard at least one Van Halen tribute band guitarist has been asked to submit a tape of original material to Dave's office.

BOV1 Still Selling Well

July 17, 1997 - Van Halen's Best Of, Volume One has just topped 3.5 million sales worldwide. So much for the much publicised Internet "boycott".... Full sales details for every Van Halen album are at www.van-halen.com.

Slawterhouse is claiming that BOV1 has only sold 1.75 million copies. This is untrue. US sales of the album are currently at 1.98 million. Worldwide, the album has sold 3.5 million copies.

MTV News

July 28, 1997 - MTV News is reporting that the new Van Halen album, titled 3, is tentatively scheduled for release on October 14.

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July 1997 News Archive
New EVH Book

July 9, 1997 - Hal Leonard will soon be publishing a new book on Edward Van Halen, containing all his interviews with Guitar World magazine over the years. Titled Guitar World Presents Van Halen, the 208 page book will retail for $14.95. No word yet on a release date.

Another great book to check out is 1984: The Ultimate Van Halen Trivia Book by Lucas Aykroyd. It contains 1,984 Van Halen related trivia questions, and can be purchased via the Internet by following the above link.


DLR Autobiography Update

Graphic: David Lee Roth circa 1994

July 18, 1997 - Here are some more details on Dave's autobiography, courtesy of Brad Starks via the VHML:

Title: Crazy From the Heat
Author: David Lee Roth
Publisher: Little Brown
Release Date: Late September, early October.
Retail Price: $23.95 US, $31.95 Canada, (US$16.77 from amazon.com)
Size: 6 1/8 X 9 1/4
Pages: 384 Pages
Foreword by Henry Rollins
Radio ads on Howard Stern
National booksigning tour.

July 10, 1997 - It looks more and more likely that fans of Van Halen and David Lee Roth will see their favourite artists in print before they hear their latest musical efforts. MTV News is reporting that Dave is preparing a media blitz to promote his autobiography and accompanying spoken-word album titled Crazy From The Heat, with his handlers approaching everyone from CNN's Larry King to David Letterman.

Roth was in Florida during May recording the spoken word album under the supervision of friend Henry Rollins, who released his own highly acclaimed album last year. As for Dave's upcoming Greatest Hits album Yankee Best, according to MTV's sources at Warner Bros the album is unlikely to be released in the USA before the end of the year.

Yankee Best is due for Japanese release on July 25.


Van Halen New Album Release Date

July 25, 1997 - Van Halen's new album has been listed in the Warner Bros release schedule for an October 14 release! The title?

3

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