Last week, former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar announced “The Best Of All Worlds” 2024 tour that will include guitarist Joe Satriani, longtime Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and drummer Jason Bonham.
The setlist will feature a large dose of Van Halen songs from both eras of the band, and Hagar told Howard Stern that there was an open invitation to Van Halen drummer Alex Van Halen, and the band’s original singer, David Lee Roth, to join them whenever they wanted.
“We’re gonna invite every musician in every town,” Hagar said. “First of all, whenever you play, if there’s a guitar player in town, no matter what city it is, they come out to see Joe, just like they used to for Eddie. So if we’ve got other guitar players, we’ll get them involved, other singers, get them involved. If Alex Van Halen wants to jump up, if David Lee Roth wants to come out and join us, come on, motherf*cker. You are welcome. This is about Van Halen.”
Hagar also told Sirius XM’s Eddie Trunk: “From the bottom of my heart, he would be so welcome,” in reference to Roth.
Now, according to the Van Halen News Desk, Roth has responded. VHND.com reports: “We have it on very good authority that Roth never got a call from Hagar. In fact, no one from Hagar’s camp reached out to Roth’s camp to ask if he was interested in going on tour. Roth’s statement given to VHND, intended for Hagar is this: ‘I’m ready to go. Let’s do this.’”
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