Wolfgang Van Halen Credit: Photo via Mammoth WVH/YouTube (Screengrab by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay)
Still kicking yourself about not going to see Van Halen’s reunion tour in 2015? It’s gonna take awhile to get over, but if it’s any consolation, the late guitar god’s son Wolfgang—who slapped da bass for the last few years of the band’s existence—has started his own solo project, which already got the opportunity to open for certain dates on Guns N’ Roses’ comeback-from-COVID tour in 2021.

Wolfgang Van Halen is currently in the process of making his sophomore album under the Mammoth WVH moniker, but in the meantime, he opens for Alter Bridge’s current tour—centered around its latest album, Pawns & Kings—which kicks off at a very sold-out Hard Rock Event Center before heading to Orlando for a homecoming gig.

Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth WVH opens for Alter Bridge at Hard Rock Event Center in Tampa on Wednesday, Jan. 25.

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This article appears in Jan 12-18, 2023.

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa's resident live music freak. He started freelancing with the paper in 2020 at the age of 18, and has since covered, announced, and previewed numerous live shows in...