The way the brothers have treated Mikey is a disgrace. Sammy has said many times in interviews that Ed & Al treated him like shit over the years and if you watch some of Van Halen's TV interviews from 85-98, there are many jabs at Mike which are sought of tongue in cheek, but I think some of the jokes ran a bit deeper.
From what I can gather at this stage there will be no new material from the current lineup, this year will mark 9 years since we've had a Van Halen studio album (if you can call VH III an album and not a turd) and they will have only released 4 studio albums in a 21 year span. I hope this tour lasts long enough that they come to Australia, I will be one of the first to get tickets as VH is one of my top 5 bands of all time and always will be, but this is all so much like Spinal tap it's not funny.
SERGIO!!!!