Van Halen's 5150: 40th Anniversary Expanded Edition

0:00It's April 20th, from the studio to the stage, this is Music News Today, powered by AI. Fan Halen fans, get ready to crank it up, because Rhino Entertainment is dropping a 40th anniversary expanded edition of the 1986 Classic 5150. This marks Sammy Haggar joining forces with Eddie and the crew for their first number one album on the Billboard 200, released March. 24th after sessions kicked off late in 1985 at Eddie's 5150 Studios in California. That original drop win massive, hitting six times platinum in the US and launching a killer tour that packed arenas worldwide. The band leaned hard into fresh tracks while keeping the fire alive on old hits. Listeners went wild for the new line of energy, turning 5150 into one of Van Halen's top sellers ever. It shifted the band's sound and set the stage for that Haggar era explosion.

1:03Now Rhino supercharged it with rarities, never before heard, hard live cuts and a deluxe box set packing a blue ray of the legendary live without a net. Concert from the tour, grand prize winners score the full box, with more grabbing expanded copies. If you're chasing that rock history, hit the entry form with your name, email and phone before it wraps April 28th, 2026 at 1159 PM. Eastern straight into the newsletter list for the win.