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"He did horrible things to people. He treated people so bad. He was a complete raving maniac." In 2016, Sammy Hagar talked candidly about his fears that Eddie Van Halen was going to die during Van Halen's 2004 reunion tour | Louder

"When I saw those demons take over him it was pitiful." Sammy Hagar revisited his darkest days in Van Halen in a 2016 interview newly uploaded online

The tour, which ran from June 11, 2004 to November 19, 2004, received some damning reviews from fans and critics alike, with Hagar subsequently admitting that he tried to quit the circus mid-tour, so embarrassed was he by the guitarist's wayward performances at certain gigs, a consequence of Van Halen's battle with addiction. By his own admission, the only reason that Hagar stuck around was because he was informed that, due to the contract he'd signed when promoters were putting the tour together, if he quit, he would have had to compensate the other band members fully for the earnings they would lose as a result of his decision. Hagar will be playing Van Halen songs alongside ex-VH bassist Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Jason Bonham on his The Best of All Worlds Tour, which kicks off at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida, on July 13.

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