World Entertainment News Network reports that Eddie Van Halen has told Hustler magazine that Van Halen has put its plans for a new studio album on hold so that so the group's youngest member, Wolfgang Van Halen (Eddie's 17-year-old son), can finish high school.
Eddie Van Halen said, "We're just waiting for the right time. I took Wolfie out of school for a whole year to do the tour. It was just a bad time because the 11th grade is the year when they prep you for college. First he graduates, then we'll sit down, give (frontman) Dave (Lee Roth) a call and see if he feels like whooping and hollering a little bit. I've got a ton of music."
He added, "
Just a few weeks ago I almost yanked him out of school. But I do want him to graduate. The thing is, he already has a profession and a career that he's successful, talented and gifted at."
Van Halen recruited Wolfgang, then 15, to play bass with the band when they kicked off its 2007 world tour.
Eddie Van Halen told Hustler, "He showed me a thing or two. Like when we were rehearsing for the tour, I hadn't played some of the songs in almost 25 years, so I had to relearn the shit. I'd start playing and Wolfgang would say, 'Dad, you're playing it wrong.' I'm going, 'Shit, of all people to kick my ass, it's my own son.'"
Eddie Van Halen will marry his fiancГ©e/publicist Janie Liszewski this summer in a ceremony officiated by his older brother and bandmate Alex. The couple will wed in the backyard of Van Halen's California home in June.
Eddie Van Halen told Hustler, "It's a small wedding, with only family and a few close friends here at home in our backyard. It'll be nice. My brother is going to marry us. He can actually legally marry us. He's an ordained minister. Reverend Al. It's gonna be great."
Thanks for the report to Blabbermouth.net.
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