Alex Van Halen Announces ‘Brothers’ Book Tour

Alex Van Halen will hit the road next month for a book tour in support of his new memoir Brothers.

Per Van-Halen.com, the book tour will consist of three stops in New York, New Jersey and California. The dates and locations for those stops are:

-October 21: Barnes & Noble Fifth Ave (New York, NY)
-October 22: Books & Greetings (Northvale, NJ)
-October 24: Live Talks LA at The Frost Auditorium (Culver City, CA)

For those who don't live near any of the book tour stops or who could snag tickets, you're in luck. The Culver City tour stop features an interview portion hosted by author Ariel Levy and offers virtual tickets. The price of the ticket is $50, which also includes a signed book plate. Fans will also be able to rewatch the event on-demand for five days afterward. Complete ticket details for the Culver City stop is available at LiveTalksLA.org.

Brothers comes out on October 22 and is currently available for pre-order at HarperCollins.com. The audiobook version is available for pre-order at Amazon.

Brothers was first announced in February. The book is 240 pages, and the audiobook is 720 minutes. The book will delve into the story of Alex and Eddie Van Halen. Detailed in the book will be their story of immigrating to the United States from the Netherlands as children. It will also touch on Alex and Eddie's mother and father.

As with any rock and roll memoir, plenty will be discussed about the wild times of the band Van Halen. However, the book will be " ... a story of brotherhood, music, and enduring love."

Alex Van Halen is quoted in the official blurb saying, in part, " ... We shared the experience of coming to this country and figuring out how to fit in ... Later, we shared the back of a tour bus, alcoholism, the experience of becoming famous, of becoming fathers and uncles, and of spending more hours in the studio than I've spent doing anything else in this life."

The drummer was also quoted by Van-Halen.com saying, "This is my tribute to my brother; my way of saying goodbye. Ed, I love you and miss you. When I see you again, I'm gonna kick your ass!"

While Brothers is setting itself up to be a must-read, the audiobook is poised to be a must-listen. As previously reported, the audiobook version features an unreleased track titled "Unfinished." The song is the last piece of music Alex wrote with Eddie, and the song can be heard throughout the audiobook recording, which Alex is narrating.