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David Lee Roth Imploded Planned Van Halen Reunion Tour After He Refused to Pay Tribute to Eddie Van Halen, Alleges Alex Van Halen: 'The vitriol that came out was unbelievable'

So alleges Alex Van Halen after Roth blew up a planned tour when he refused to pay tribute to their recently departed bandmate.

Van Halen got the idea to explore a potential tour after having positive conversations with Queen’s Brian May, who was able to successfully continue his band’s live performances following Freddie Mercury’s passing through creative and poignant staging decisions. The vitriol that came out was unbelievable.” Van Halen claims that Roth found the idea to be offensive and refused to entertain any type of tribute to the guitar virtuoso. And that’s how it ended.” The drummer, who’s suffering from a severe vertebrae injury similar to Phil Collins ’s, is unable to tour ever again and remains despondent that Roth behaved in this manner.

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