Van Halen + Roth...

[quietfan 233]

Soo, what's the over/under on how many dates they actually play before fighting again?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20160745/?GT1=10252

Van Halen, Roth to announce reunion tour

Original singer will join rock supergroup for 50 U.S. dates

ASHVILLE - Van Halen will announce a 50-date American reunion tour with original singer David Lee Roth during a news conference in Hollywood next week, sources said.

The arena trek will begin in early October.

Roth, who split from the rock group in the mid-1980s in hopes of solo stardom, will reunite with co-founders Eddie Van Halen on guitar and brother Alex Van Halen on drums. Eddie’s teenage son Wolfgang will sub for Michael Anthony on bass.

A proposed summer amphitheater tour by the group never got off the ground, with Eddie Van Halen entering a rehabilitation facility for undisclosed reasons in March.

In the months since, the guitarist has been seen publicly looking healthy and fit.

Van Halen last toured in 2004, with Roth’s replacement, vocalist Sammy Hagar, grossing nearly $40 million, according to Billboard Boxscore.

[Tiger1992 1,114]

Saying Eddie's son will "sub" for Michael Anthony is a polite way of saying Anthony is friends with Sammy Hagar and Eddie's been pissed that he's done a lot of gigs with Hagar's band and is chummy with him.

Eddie's a guitar genius, and I'm a big VH fan and will probably go to the show if they play Atlanta, but that doesn't mean he isn't a bit of a douche.

[tiger88 934]

I loved me some van halen when they had some fire in their britches. I wish someone could stick a fork in these bands when they were done.

[SLAG-91 1,775]

I have the feeling this will be the equivalent of watching Willie Mays' last season with the Mets...formerly great, but their day is past.

[sogaaufan 27]

Does anybody else's skin crawl at the thought of a fifty year old David Lee Roth trying to do splits and shake his butt. Give it up, Roth. You were cool back in the day.

[tiger88 934]

He's 50 but they'll have to cake on the makeup to make him look 50.

[quietfan 233]

Does anybody else's skin crawl at the thought of a fifty year old David Lee Roth trying to do splits and shake his butt. Give it up, Roth. You were cool back in the day.

I had not even thought of this until you mentioned it! Thanks a lot for THAT mental picture