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Back in fall of 2006 Eddie calls in to the Howard Stern show. He says he is cancer free. He says Michael Anthony is out and Wolfie is in the band. He is open to touring with Roth.

November 2006 he says in a interview "I'm telling Dave,get up here and sing bitch".
"We are ready to go. We are going to tour in 2007 no matter who the singer is."

Eddie does a interview for Guitar World. Its mostly about his $30,000 replica guitar and his son Wolfie playing bass.

In December he does a photo shoot with him holding his $30,000 replica guitar that is coming out in March 2007.

Van Halen plays with Roth in the studio.

January 7 Van Halen to be inducted in to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

The Guitar World issue comes out in January with Eddie on the cover holding his replica guitar thats going on sale in March.

On February 2 the Van Halen website announces that Van Halen will be going on tour this summer with David Lee Roth.
VAN HALEN fans can look forward to legendary high intensity performances, featuring a set list of the most iconic hits ever produced by America's premiere rock band.
Eddie Van Halen states, "I am very excited to get back to the core of what made VAN HALEN."

Eddie tells MTV "Playing these timeless hits only works with Dave," Eddie told MTV News in an exclusive statement. "After one rehearsal, it was pure magic."
Eddie tells TMZ, saying "It feels like a whole new beginning to be back with Dave and to be playing with my brother and my son. We look forward to going on tour."

AND THEN....

Feb 20 2007
It's true. The Van Halen tour that was never officially announced is now officially postponed indefinitely, sources told Pollstar.

No official statement is released from the band.
Eddie declines interviews.
Roth says Eddie Van Halen may not go to the HOF ceremony.

Angiekay wrote:

vhroth wrote:Roth says Eddie Van Halen may not go to the HOF ceremony.

Van Halen singer David Lee Roth told the Los Angeles Times on Friday (February 23rd) that he's not sure whether guitarist Eddie Van Halen or drummer Alex Van Halen will come to New York City for the band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 12th. Roth said, "We have fragile politics in Van Halen; please accept that as a partial answer. But I don't know if the Van Halens are going to go....I hope they do, but right now, I just don't know. Hope springs eternal." Roth told the Times that he, original bassist Michael Anthony and the band's second lead vocalist, Sammy Hagar, would all attend the Rock Hall ceremonies.

Keep in mind that this interview was done on Feb. 14 before the tour was postponed.

Angiekay wrote:

vhroth wrote:Roth says Eddie Van Halen may not go to the HOF ceremony.

Here's a little more info on that...but you know what would be funny? The Van Halen's ditching the RHOF ceremony, but Dave, Mikey and Sammy coming together to form their own band. Wouldn't THAT be a kick in the balls to the VH bros!?

Dave and Sammy in a band together? Riiiiiight.....

But Sam and Mikey should continue with The Other Half. The music is too good and the fans deserve to hear it live.

I'll bet both Sam and Dave would do it.

I KNOW Sammy would.

Where is Edward? I'm HOPING as has been speculated he's at an inpatient rehab drying out and gearing up.

Angiekay wrote:

vhroth wrote:

Angiekay wrote:

vhroth wrote:

Keep in mind that this interview was done on Feb. 14 before the tour was postponed.

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Uh, how does "Van Halen singer David Lee Roth told the Los Angeles Times on Friday (February 23rd)" translate to Feb 14?

The link isn't working to the interview at the LA Times website anymore but in the article it said that Roth talked to LA Times on Feb 14.

On Valentine's Day, when the tour still looked viable, Roth was all smiles as he sat down for an interview.
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article

Well that link doesn't work either. Try searching that site for the article. Search david lee roth. But I copied and pasted it for your reading pleasure.
http://search.thejournalnews.com/sp?aff ... &submit=Go

LOS ANGELES TIMES

For Van Halen, the stars seemed aligned for a triumphant 2007. Next month, the group will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the plan was to follow that with a summer reunion tour that would feature David Lee Roth back at the mike for the first time since the Reagan years.

But, once again, the backstage soap opera of Van Halen is the story of the day.

The Van Halen tour has been "shut down," according to a top official at Live Nation, the huge concert promoter that finally surrendered in the face of the chaos surrounding guitar hero Eddie Van Halen.

Roth, meanwhile, says he is unsure whether the mercurial guitarist will even travel to New York for the Hall of Fame induction on March 12.

"We have fragile politics in Van Halen; please accept that as a partial answer," Roth said. "But I don't know if the Van Halens are going to go....I hope they do, but right now, I just don't know. Hope springs eternal."

Eddie Van Halen declined interviews through his publicist and girlfriend, Janie Liszewski.

Conversations with the business team behind the tour paint a picture of a rock star who is somewhere between Axl Rose and Michael Jackson on the music industry scale of eccentric recluses.

The result is that the Van Halen venture imploded before takeoff, even as the Police, the Eagles and Genesis have efficiently geared up for reunion tours.

"I cannot tell you how frustrating and completely nuts this has been," one key business figure in the tour said while asking not to be identified on the outside chance that the reunion might be salvaged. "Right now, I have to say, I don't see that happening."

It's a disheartening situation for the fans who pine for a Roth-led lineup of the iconic metal band. Among those devoted is Wolfgang Van Halen, the 15-year-old son of Eddie and, according to Roth, a key force behind the reunion.

Wolfgang, a precocious musician, was "the maestro" at the reconstituted band's lone rehearsal, picking the set list and using his iPod to remind his father of the nuances of his solos on the old albums.

Wolfgang was tapped by his father to play bass on the tour too, replacing founding member Michael Anthony, a jolting choice considering the child's age and Anthony's status as one of rock's best backup singers and most relentlessly cheerful presences.

Eddie Van Halen remains, by all accounts, a gifted guitarist and rock auteur, but the decision to jettison Anthony in favor of a teenager may have been the first sign that the new enterprise was guided by creaky logic.

Now all eyes will be on the Hall of Fame banquet to see who shows up, who performs and how Roth interacts with old rival Sammy Hagar, the man who replaced him as lead singer in 1985 and who will be inducted as an equal.

On Valentine's Day, when the tour still looked viable, Roth was all smiles as he sat down for an interview. The singer seems calmer and more focused than in years past. The reason, he said, is that he's fresh from working as an emergency medical technician in New York. It's a longtime dream of his to be a paramedic, and the unglamorous gurney and rubber-glove duty humbled him, he said.

"I was working in neighborhoods that were almost exclusively black and Spanish-speaking, so only maybe twice out of 200 clients was I recognized.... I was joking about this in the truck on New Year's Eve, which was my last shift - I was working in Brooklyn, down in Coney Island - I said that I've been in more project apartments than Jay-Z and Diddy combined."

Roth was the rock frontman on top of the world when he went solo, but - as Mick Jagger and Robert Plant also learned - fans treasure him more when he was side-by-side with an equal on guitar. Roth seemed like a vainglorious sex panther in Van Halen, but on his own he often came off as a relentless jive salesman whose only product was his own past.

Roth is still "on" all the time, but lately he comes off as the voice of reason.

That, and the financial prospects, made him jump at the chance to work with Eddie Van Halen again.

Of the old days, he says: "There was a lot of sparks and a lot of tension, like your favorite movies, especially those underground ones.... There was a lot of anxiety too, but it was about ambition, not ego."

Van Halen was a monster of rock and, for a time, arguably the biggest band in the world. According to the Recording Industry Assn. of America, Van Halen albums have shipped more than 56.5 million copies, which is more than the career totals of U2, Celine Dion, Shania Twain or Prince.

"I'm going to put some words in Ed's mouth," Roth said. "Whatever explanation he may give about having his son in the band, I'm going to superimpose: He wants to play with his kid while he's still at the top of his game and able to ... and that's also the same reason I'm in the band in its current configuration. No questions asked.

"He said, 'Hey, c'mon up the hill and make some music.' I said, 'Great. I'd love to play with you while you're still on the top of your game.' "

Roth smiled, but a moment later, when he was asked about what he feared most about the reunion, he didn't hesitate with his answer: "The two worst words in the English lexicon are 'band meeting.' "

Angiekay wrote:

vhroth wrote:

Angiekay wrote:

vhroth wrote:

Angiekay wrote:

vhroth wrote:

Keep in mind that this interview was done on Feb. 14 before the tour was postponed.

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Uh, how does "Van Halen singer David Lee Roth told the Los Angeles Times on Friday (February 23rd)" translate to Feb 14?

The link isn't working to the interview at the LA Times website anymore but in the article it said that Roth talked to LA Times on Feb 14.

On Valentine's Day, when the tour still looked viable, Roth was all smiles as he sat down for an interview.
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article

Soooo.....he can't talk to them more than once...that had to be his last interview with them?

Who knows with Van Halen. None of this adds up.

And now.....

April 16,2007:

billboard.com

Van Halen Suits Up For NASCAR Appearance

Rocker Eddie Van Halen will serve as an honorary NASCAR official this weekend in what will be the guitarist's first post-rehab appearance.



Eddie Van Salesman must be clean and sober to appear at a NASCAR race with a crowd full of people drinking beer. He has to promote his $30,000 guitar.

What happened to that Van Halen tour with Roth?

vhroth wrote:Eddie Van Salesman

That's actually quite funny......

As far as 'Mr. Van Salesman' being at an event with thousands of drinkers (wow, people drink? ) I liken it to when I quit smoking 5 or so years ago - the true test is to be around people who are enjoying what you used to enjoy.

Good luck to him.

Thats a good point but what about that Van Halen tour???? Whats next? Infomercials? QCV?

I wonder about the legal contractual obligations EVH has with Fender. There might be a certain amount of endorsing which he agreed to do (pre-sobriety), which he's now engaged in. I guess I'm just playing devil's advocate here -- giving him an excuse for his not-so-sound decisions in the recent past.

Move over Esteban,Eddie Van Salesman may be coming to Home Shopping Network! (no hot sauce allowed)

Funny stuff, vhroth. You're on a roll today!