Roth/Van Halen Tour on Hold

I was wondering why the recent David Lee Roth reunion with Van Halen and the accompanying tour was postponed a couple weeks ago... Another hip surgery? Maybe fed up with Dave, again (already)? Rehab, maybe? Sure enough...

I would like Van Halen fans to know how much I truly appreciate each and every one of you. Without you there is no Van Halen.
I have always and will always feel a responsibility to give you my best. At the moment I do not feel that I can give you my best. That's why I have decided to enter a rehabilitation facility to work on myself, so that in the future I can deliver the 110% that I feel I owe you and want to give you.
Some of the issues surrounding the 2007 Van Halen tour are within my ability to change and some are not. As far as my rehab is concerned, it is within my ability to change and change for the better. I want you to know that is exactly what I'm doing, so that I may continue to give you the very best I am capable of.
I look forward to seeing you in the future better than ever and I thank you with all my heart.

Love,
Ed

Word has it that Roth and Alex Van Halen will skip the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony out of respect for Eddie... Velvet Revolver will be performing songs at the ceremony... which will leave Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar (neither of whom are in Van Halen) to represent Van Halen...


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