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Sammy Hagar reflected on the key to Van Halen's massive success during his years with the rock band. The 75-year-old singer joined guitarist Eddie Van Halen, Eddie's brother and drummer Alex Van Halen and bassist/vocalist Michael Anthony in 1985. At the time, Van Halen, co-founded by the Van Halen brothers in 1974, was already one of the biggest rock bands in the world.

Former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar wishes he could get the band back together. The rocker spoke about the memories he has with the group, telling USA Today, "I cherish them more than ever." Hagar joined Van Halen, founded by the late Eddie Van Halen, his brother Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony after the departure of lead singer David Lee Roth.  After a successful run with the band from 1985-1996, Hagar and the other members of Van Halen parted ways on not-so-great terms. "What happened with us at the end is just such a shame," Hagar said of the breakup.

Wolfgang Van Halen – the son of the late Eddie Van Halen – has elaborated on why a tribute to his father ultimately fell through.In an interview with Rolling Stone, journalist Brian Hiatt inquired as to a prospective tribute concert – which was slated to feature Joe Satriani and drummer Alex Van Halen, Eddie’s brother and co-founder of Van Halen. The tribute was leaked to the public via former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted, who mentioned it in an interview back in April.Wolfgang, who was the bassist in the last formation of Van Halen, confirmed that there were plans in place – although, according to him, the tribute was “in such an early stage that it never even got off the ground.”“What I can say is that there was an attempt at doing something,” he said.

David Lee Roth alluded to coming out of "retirement" and plans to return to the stage with a "Van Halen" tribute band after performing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico over the weekend. The 67-year-old "Van Halen" lead singer was spotted leaving the Los Angeles International Airport where he admitted he was "only in the middle of my first retirement" months after canceling a Las Vegas residency due to the coronavirus. Roth was the original vocalist of the hard rock band which formed in the early ‘70s with late guitarist Eddie Van Halen, drummer Alex Van Halen and bassist Mark Stone.

Fall Out Boy, High On Fire and Russian Circles have covered Van Halen – listen to it below.It’s part of Jordan Old’s video series Two Minutes To Late Night, which sees musicians gather remotely to cover classic songs.Jordan Olds brings together Matt Pike, frontman of Sleep and High On Fire, alongside Fall Out Boy drummer Andy Hurley and Russian Circles’ Mike Sullivan.You can listen to the cover of Van Halen’s 1981 ‘Unchained’ here:Back in October, Wolfgang Van Halen paid tribute to his father Eddie to mark the first anniversary of his death.The Van Halen guitarist died from throat cancer on October 6, 2020. He was 65 years old.He said he was “trying to my best here without [Eddie], but it’s really fucking hard”.“You fought so hard for so long, but you were still taken away,” Wolfgang added, “It’s just so unfair.”A memorial plaque to Eddie Van Halen was unveiled in his hometown of Pasadena, California later that month.

Eddie Van Halen died at the age of 65 in October 2020 after a battle with throat cancer which had spread to his brainThe legendary Van Halen guitarist, battled the disease over ten years as he continued to perform with the group.Van Halen, made up of Eddie, his brother Alex Van Halen, Eddie's son Wolfgang Van Halen and David Lee Roth, was one of the most iconic heavy metal bands in the world and they're known for iconic songs such as Jump.The group were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007 and Eddie last performed with them in October 2015 at the Hollywood Bowl in LA.As his 26th January birthday approaches Daily Star Online takes a look inside his tragic death, drug abuse, cancer battle and the suspected cause of his illness.Van Halen formed in 1978 started out as a backyard party band in Los Angeles with the two Van Halen brothers Eddie and Alex, before they hired bass player, Michael Anthony and untrained vocalist David Lee Roth.After bagging a record deal Eddie and the group embarked on tours which were bursting with sex, drugs and hotel room destruction, a book by their personal manager Noel Monk claims.The 2017 Runnin' with the Devil book tells how the lad's motto was "drink a bottle of booze, pop a couple ludes, smoke a joint or two (or ten) and see where the night takes you".Monk wrote: "They perfectly embodied the West Coast surfer, stoner and partying culture – bongs, babes and parties."The group collapsed in 1985 before later reforming after fighting, out-of-control alcoholic consumption and drug binges, according to the book.Monk said: "Too much talent and too much ego, too many disparate personalities, too much drugs and alcohol.

It’s time to stop running with the devil. Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth announced his retirement will begin after his final concerts.

David Lee Roth is retiring.

David Lee Roth is ready to call it a night.

sexual harassment, grooming and solicitation of nude photos by multiple underage girls.D’Elia, 41, has denied the allegations saying that he had neither “knowingly pursued any underage women at any point” nor “met or exchanged any inappropriate photos with the people who have tweeted about me.”Spanning over 5,400 square feet, D’Elia purchased the five-bedroom, 6.5-bathroom property in 2018 for $5.4 million when his career was at a high. Since then advertisers and business partners have left him, he lost sponsors from his “Congratulations” podcast, was dropped by his talent reps at the CAA and 3 Arts agencies and an upcoming Netflix series was scrapped.  The home was once owned by both rocker Alex Van Halen and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”

Hollywood star and WWE legend Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has splashed the cash on a new £20million pad in Los Angeles.Johnson, who is known for acting roles in Jumanji and Fast & Furious, reportedly bagged the three-and-a-half-acre property for $2million less than its $30million guide price.Originally built for rock and roll legend Alex Van Halen in 1993, the pad sits in the Beverly Park area of Beverly Hills, meaning Johnson can now count Denzel Washington, Sylvester Stallone, Rod Stewart, Eddie Murphy among his star-studded neighbours. The sprawling mansion was previously owned by Aliens actor Paul Reiser, who listed it several months ago for a few million dollars more than The Rock eventually paid.

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is splashing out $27.8 million to purchase a six-bedroom Beverly Park mansion from comedian and Aliens actor Paul Reiser.The Rock, 48, has acquired a3.67 acre Los Angeles property first built for Alex Van Halen by architect Grant Kirkpatrick in 1993, according to Dirt.Although Paul first put the house on the market for $30 million some months ago Dwayne has apparently been able to shave a couple million off that price tag.

Wolfgang Van Halen has responded angrily to rumours that he is set to take over his recently deceased father’s lead guitarist role in Van Halen in a new incarnation of the band. “This is just a shitty lie attempting to capitalise on these awful times”, he said on Twitter.Originating in a Facebook fan group, the rumour was then shared by the website Metal Sludge on Twitter.

Van Halen‘s manager has confirmed that the classic line-up of the band were close to going on tour together last year.Speculation that Van Halen’s 1974-1985 line-up — Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth and Michael Anthony — would play live together again had been mounting in recent years, and in a new interview Van Halen’s manager Irving Azoff has confirmed that that was indeed their intention.Speaking following the death this week of Eddie Van Halen following his battle with cancer, Azoff told Pollstar that those 2019 touring plans were ultimately scuppered by the guitarist’s health issues.“We had lots of stops and starts, but there was every intention of doing a summer stadium tour [in 2019],” Azoff said, before adding: “As

died on Tuesday after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 65.Eddie's son and bandmate, Wolfgang — whom he shared with ex-wife Valerie Bertinelli -- announced the news on social media.«I can't believe I'm having to write this, but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning,» he shared.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAlex Van Halen, cofounder with Eddie of the band that bears their names, posted a brief but heartfelt tribute to his younger brother on Thursday morning. Eddie, one of the most legendary musicians in rock history, died on Monday at the age of 65 after a long battle with cancer.“Hey Ed.

David Lee Roth, 65, is the latest star to share a touching tribute to Eddie Van Halen, who died at the age of 65 on Oct. 6 after a lengthy battle with throat cancer. The on-again, off-again lead singer of Van Halen shared a black and white photo of himself standing backstage next to the late star as they held hands and smiled at the camera. “What a Long Great Trip It’s Been..” his simple yet powerful caption for the post read.

per The Washington Post. He was 65.The elder Van Halen was considered one of the greatest guitarists of all time, the Post notes, along with other legendary figures like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page.

Eddie Van Halen died at just 65 years of age on Tuesday following a long battle with throat cancer.

Eamonn Holmes takes HMRC to court over £250,000 bill after losing case“I’ll love my son no matter what but as a parent you want your children to have lives that are free of pain,” he added.“I was afraid being a bassist would add difficulties at every step and he would flee from music and become a jock or worse.”Wolf replaced Michael Anthony in Van Halen in 2006.From 1974 until 1985, Van Halen consisted of Eddie; Eddie's brother and drummer Alex Van Halen; vocalist David Lee Roth; and bassist Michael.Tonight, Wolf took to Twitter to announce the news of his dad’s death.He wrote: “I can’t believe I’m having to write this, but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning."He was the best

Rock star Eddie Van Halen died age 65 on Tuesday.The co-founder of Eighties band Van Halen has been battling throat cancer for over a decade.According to TMZ, he passed away at St.