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This is posted on the Van Halen website -



FROM EDDIE
March 8, 2007
I would like Van Halen fans to know how much I truly appreciate each and every one of you. Without you there is no Van Halen.

I have always and will always feel a responsibility to give you my best. At the moment I do not feel that I can give you my best. That’s why I have decided to enter a rehabilitation facility to work on myself, so that in the future I can deliver the 110% that I feel I owe you and want to give you.

Some of the issues surrounding the 2007 Van Halen tour are within my ability to change and some are not. As far as my rehab is concerned, it is within my ability to change and change for the better. I want you to know that is exactly what I’m doing, so that I may continue to give you the very best I am capable of.

I look forward to seeing you in the future better than ever and I thank you with all my heart.

Love,

Ed

Damn. This brought tears to my eyes and gave me goosebumps at the same time. This changes everything. Good for you, Eddie.

This is great news. Ed (finally) recognizes his place in the world. I've now much more admiration for the man.

Many folks on the boards here wrote of what they believed Ed's condition to be, and many were quite harsh with their comments. I hope the "I told you so" comments can be kept to a minimum, even though a lot of them would now be justified.

We fans are not getting screwed by VH, in my opinion, but rather getting some of the respect that we rightly deserve. Best wishes to Ed!

Good for him. The future of VH will be much brighter if Ed can get himself together. This, I'm happy about.

I do say, it's about time. Hope it's not too late.