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Van Halen's Alex Van Halen and David Lee Roth nearly came to blows before canceling reunion tour
Van Halen's Alex Van Halen claimed that an argument between himself and David Lee Roth almost turned violent and led to the cancelation of a planned reunion tour after Eddie Van Halen's death.
Van Halen's reunion tour was canceled because David Lee Roth refused to pay tribute to Eddie, Alex Van Halen says
"Dave f---in' popped a fuse!" Van Halen rockers David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen had a fraught relationship for decades, and that's what torpedoed a planned reunion tour following Eddie's death, the band's drummer Alex Van Halen,
Alex Van Halen Says Van Halen “Not the Same” After David Lee Roth Left: “Magic Was in the First Years”
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Alex Van Halen Claims David Lee Roth Axed Reunion Tour Over Eddie Memorial: ‘Dave F—in’ Popped a Fuse’
Alex Van Halen claimed that David Lee Roth axed a Van Halen reunion tour over a memorial for his late brother Eddie.
Alex Van Halen Says David Lee Roth Tanked EVH Tribute Tour
Alex Van Halen will release his memoir, Brothers, on Oct. 22. Described as a “love letter” to the late Eddie Van Halen, the book will detail Alex’s one-of-a-kind personal and musical relationship with his brother, and the audio version will include previously unreleased music from the duo.
Alex Van Halen Says David Lee Roth Tanked Van Halen Reunion Over Refusal to Honor Eddie Van Halen: ‘F–kin’ Popped a Fuse’
“If you look at how Queen does it, they show old footage,’” Alex said of that band’s hat-tipping to late singer Freddie Mercury on their recent tours with replacement singer Adam Lambert. “And the moment I said we gotta acknowledge Ed, Dave f–kin’ popped a fuse.… The vitriol that came out was unbelievable.”
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‘If I Start Throwing Dirt, It'll Never End': Alex Van Halen on Why He Didn't Want His ‘Brothers' Book to Be a Tell-All
Alex Van Halen hopes that those coming to his new memoir, Brothers, for a tell-all will be disappointed. "It's not about the dirt," Van Halen, older brother and bandmate of the late Eddie Van Halen, tells Billboard.
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Alex Van Halen Says David Lee Roth 'Popped a Fuse' at Idea of Eddie Van Halen Tribute, Ending Future Tour Plans
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David Lee Roth's refusal to pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen apparently ruined reunion tour plans
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Alex Van Halen says reunion was canceled because David Lee Roth refused to pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen
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Alex Van Halen Says David Lee Roth's Digs at Wolfgang Van Halen Are a 'Sign of Respect'
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images,ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Alex Van Halen took no issue with David Lee Roth’s unsolicited digs at former bandmate Wolfgang ...