The guitarist Eddie Van Halen , co-founder of the rock band that bears his name, has confirmed he has cancer. He said he had been examined by oncologists and head and neck surgeons in Los Angeles but declined to identify the type of cancer. He co-founded Van Halen in 1974. A small plane carrying the rock star Sting skidded off the runway while trying to land at Florence airport, an airport official said. Sting, two pilots and a friend of Sting's were unhurt, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.
Sting has a villa near Florence.
The couple, who were married in January, also are accusing the tabloid of invasion of privacy and the infliction of emotional distress in the lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Los Angeles.