Sammy Hagar recently announced his “Best Of All Worlds” tour for next year to celebrate the music and legacy of Van Halen. Hagar also threw out an invitation to Van Halen drummer Alex Van Halen and the band’s original singer David Lee Roth to join him on the trek.
Hagar told Sirius XM’s Eddie Trunk: “From the bottom of my heart, he would be so welcome,” in reference to Roth. He also told Howard Stern: “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.”
Roth seemingly accepted Hagar’s invitation as reported by the Van Halen News Desk. VHND.com reported: “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.’”
Now, Hagar has clarified his invitation by saying that he wasn’t inviting Roth to join for the entire tour, just “a show or two.” Hagar replied to a fan on Instagram: “He can come out and sing a song on a show or two if he can remember the words.”
He also added in another comment: “He’s not invited on the tour. NOOOO F—ing way. It was to sing a song with us somewhere like a lot of singers, guitarists, etc. are going to do on this tour. I know better than to have him on tour again. Been there done that.”
The exchange, courtesy of author Greg Renoff, can be viewed below.
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