"Tribute" Tour with Dave, Al and Satch

[Von Halen]

Nobody has posted about this?

Jason Newsted blew the lid off this bullshit idea, by publicly admitting he declined the offer to join this farce, because he felt it is nothing more than a money grab. Now Satch is admitting it is in the plans, and they have been working on it for a year. He seemed a little irritated Newsted didn't keep the secret.

You couldn't pay me enough to go see this. I cannot even believe Al would consider this. I hope Wolfgang rakes these fuckers over the coals for this bullshit.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/joe-...-tribute-tour/

[twonabomber]

Saw this yesterday:

The Van Halen News Desk reached out to David Lee Roth about the new rumors. We've got an exclusive quote from him here:

"In my mind "Van Halen 4K," in the age of covid is going to require two of us for every position. Satriani and Luakather, Anthony and Newsted, Al or Tommy Lee. Probably the only one who could do my job today would be Pink."

https://www.vhnd.com/2022/04/18/excl...2le5DJY7O6rVxQ

[twonabomber]

UCR has the VHND blurb too

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/davi...-tribute-tour/

[Vinnie Velvet]

Not surprised Alex wants to do this. I mean old 'heritage' bands are still out there with barely their original members.

KISS have had two scabs dressed as Ace and Peter for years.
Journey has that Filipino for their singer.
Judas Priest now have none of their original guitar players - the two guys who created the Priest sound (Tipton getting on stage strumming to Breaking the Law for an encore doesn't count)
Queen has been "Queen +..." for many years with whomever they have as singer and doing it without John Deacon.

And having said that I dont like ANY of these examples but bands do it.

And now Al wants to. Oh well.

[Kristy]

It's easy money and you don't have to do much to work for it. All you have to do is be on a stage somewhere and look good.

Just like any politician.

Which is why there is no difference between the two

[FORD]

The only thing interesting about this story is that it will give Hagar something new to bitch about. Satch would rather do this than make another Chickenshit record.

[Seshmeister]

The only thing interesting about this story is that it will give Hagar something new to bitch about. Satch would rather do this than make another Chickenshit record.

Which can't take long - the songs sound as though they were all written in a morning.

[Seshmeister]

There was a version of the story going around where Hagar was involved.

It would make a bit more sense if Michael Anthony was in.

[Vinnie Velvet]

There was a version of the story going around where Hagar was involved.

It would make a bit more sense if Michael Anthony was in.

That must be from a quote from Satriani saying how it would be a daunting task to learn all of Ed's parts from all eras. Not necessarily confirming all eras would be represented.

No mention from Dave or Al that they were covering everything.

I am 100% sure Hagar is not involved. Alex would make sure of that.

[Von Halen]

I agree with Vinnie. Satch said something about covering all the eras, but nothing about Clichegar being involved. I doubt Satch or Al would want him. If they did, they'd have called Mike instead of Newsted. Hell, Cherbone could handle the Clichegar era. Or maybe they could get some guy off Youtube and pay him very little!

I am not at all a fan of this "Tribute Tour" idea and would have zero interest in going to see it.

Seriously, didn't Dave already do the VH tribute tour in 2002?

[Vinnie Velvet]

I agree with Vinnie. Satch said something about covering all the eras, but nothing about Clichegar being involved. I doubt Satch or Al would want him. If they did, they'd have called Mike instead of Newsted. Hell, Cherbone could handle the Clichegar era. Or maybe they could get some guy off Youtube and pay him very little!

I am not at all a fan of this "Tribute Tour" idea and would have zero interest in going to see it.

Seriously, didn't Dave already do the VH tribute tour in 2002?

LOL

Judging from Dave's comment on this it seems Mike has been approached or at least Dave wishes the bass player be him.

While at the other end Alex wanted Jason Newstead as there seems to still be some hard feelings towards Mike or due to his continued bromance with Spammy.

But Newstead nixed the whole thing and is not doing it. So Dave and Al have to decide which way they want to go.

[Vinnie Velvet]

If Mike were to join, I have to say A DLR-AVH-MA-Satch lineup would do big business at the concert box office.

Billed the right way of course.

Which means new merchandise money to be made. Not only current tour shirts but new vintage VH shirts with the old band on them; Eddie-only shirts and so on.

And before everyone craps on Dave for his current vocal limitations, his last jaunt with KISS was pretty good. Passable. No doubt with Mike backing him up it will help him out a lot more.

[Kristy]

And before everyone craps on Dave for his current vocal limitations, his last jaunt with KISS was pretty good. Passable. No doubt with Mike backing him up it will help him out a lot more.

If this came to Denvoid, I would definitely go only to see Al play more than the rest of the line up. If S P A M M Y for some reason decided to crash the party then I hope this tour fails flat on its face. Dave should do this. I can handle his singing if Al can. I'm thinking maybe a 20-30 major city tour over the summer with short breaks throw in. Most areas would possibly be outdoors in smaller venues in the summer so COVID should not that big of a concern and Dave really owes this to his die hard of his die hardest fans for dissing them the way he did.

[Von Halen]

Mike won't do it without Clichegar.

[Rikk]

I really don't find this idea offensive. I don't think anyone can play like Eddie. My 8-year-old would kill to see Dave sing those songs for the first time in her life. If I could take her to see a band with Alex on drums & Dave singing, and if the guitar were played well...if she had a good time, I'd go. Would it be Van Halen, not for a fucking second. Would I go see it without my 8-year-old who just wants to see/hear Dave singing those songs? Fuck, no. But it's not the most offensive idea I've ever heard.

Clearly, they should have Mike on bass...but it sounds like there's a lot of bad blood still.

And I loved the 2007-2015 line-up...but nobody better tell me they can't do it without Wolfgang. I think his solo stuff mostly sucks...and I'd certainly be more likely to take my daughter to this if Mike were there.

NOW...am I super-excited by this idea? Hell, no. I've been sadly thinking of Van Halen as dead and gone for the past year and a half...same way I think of Soundgarden (another of my favorite bands) as dead and gone.

But would this be a bad show? I don't think so.

(...but if Hagar were there too...I'd have to think twice...I showed my daughter a bunch of classic Van Halen vids on YouTube and then out of curiosity showed her a Van Hagar video and she, true story, said, "That guy looks like a big, dancing tomato...I don't like his voice!")

[Nickdfresh]

I really don't find this idea offensive. I don't think anyone can play like Eddie. My 8-year-old would kill to see Dave sing those songs for the first time in her life. If I could take her to see a band with Alex on drums & Dave singing, and if the guitar were played well...if she had a good time, I'd go. Would it be Van Halen, not for a fucking second. Would I go see it without my 8-year-old who just wants to see/hear Dave singing those songs? Fuck, no. But it's not the most offensive idea I've ever heard....

I think Joe Satriani is closer to Ed in tone than Steve Vai ever was, but even still and as good as Satch is there will be something missing...

I might try to catch Satch on tour in any case...

[Romeo Delight]

I think Joe Satriani is closer to Ed in tone than Steve Vai ever was, but even still and as good as Satch is there will be something missing...

I might try to catch Satch on tour in any case...

I have seen him play live about 5-6 times. Worth seeing for sure

[FORD]

Maybe they should get Vito Bratta on guitar? And if they can't get Sobolewski on bass, Vito knows a guy who already worked with Dave.

[Von Halen]

Maybe they should get Vito Bratta on guitar? And if they can't get Sobolewski on bass, Vito knows a guy who already worked with Dave.

Vito Bratta is missing in action for the most part. Doubt he'd have any interest. He's probably killing it in real estate right now.

James is back in Megadeth now. I doubt he's going to give that up to tour with DLR again.

[Terry]

I could see maybe a one-off type show, in California...an arena in the Los Angeles area or something, because that area is basically where Ed lived all his life, and I'd imagine most people associate Van Halen as being a California band.

You do a single show with a bunch of guest musicians. Something along the lines of what Queen did in Wembley a year after Freddie died. A long show. Maybe have Alex and Mike Anthony as the core of the band, and have various guitarists essaying different tunes. Dave can do several tunes. Hagar can do several tunes. Maybe get some other singers doing other tunes.

Something like that could be done and have a degree of taste to it.

I mean, the idea of Alex and Dave hitting the road and touring with a bass player who was never in Van Halen when Eddie was alive and whoever on guitar...to me, that's not a tribute to Ed. That's a farce. What is left of Van Halen can do what they like and people are free to see it, but if it comes to that scenario that Newstead and Satriani described, I won't even be interested in seeing clips of it.

Ed is gone. Van Halen, as a live entity or in terms of new music, is over. End of story.

[Von Halen]

I find this idea to be totally offensive.

I'd rather go see some of that weird shit Kristy listens to, than go see this bullshit.

I hope to fuck Clichegar is involved. This fraudulant bullshit is right up his alley. I hope Mike refuses to play on the CVH portion, tells them he will only play on the Van Hagar era, and tells them to get Wolfgang, or someone else to do the CVH era.

Better yet, I hope Clichegar and Mike put together their own VH Tribute tour, and get some Dave sound alike to do Dave's portion. Lord knows they'd be better than Dave these days, and probably 1/4 as weird.

[Vinnie Velvet]

The thing is, whether we like it or not, this is very likely to happen and almost did based on what Newstead/Satch reported.

I'm not surprised Alex wants to do this tribute tour. The market dictates this. And the market dictates that people will go see a show like this. Much the same way the masses go see Queen +.... or Judas Priest with no KK or Tipton or KISS with Fake Frehley and Fake Peter.

Its just the way it is.

We will say Dave will struggle singing blah blah blah. Guess what. The masses wont care. Dave will get help from backing tapes or whomever will be singing backup vox.

Paul Stanley croaks his way through a set and is assisted with tapes. Yeah it sucks and yeah its fake as fuck but guess what? KISS still packed arenas. Go figure.

[Von Halen]

Paul Stanley croaks his way through a set and is assisted with tapes. Yeah it sucks and yeah its fake as fuck but guess what? KISS still packed arenas. Go figure.

I first saw Kiss in 1977. I last saw Kiss on the Psycho Circus tour. I have NEVER seen them with an imposter. Never will.

Alex must need the money.

I do not believe this will sell that good, unless maybe they package it with another fraudulant incarnation of a band. Like "Foreigner".

Also, these tours with fake members work because the fake members fall in line. Even as weird as Gene Simmons is, he couldn't put up with the weirdness that is Dave, these days.

I'd rather go see a fucking hologram tour with a hologram of Ed and a hologram of Dave. Piping vocals in to a hologram would be better than seeing it done to todays version of Dave.

[Vinnie Velvet]

I told my teenage son about the possibility of this "VH" tour and he said he would love to see it cause he didn't get to see VH when Ed was still alive.

There is an entire generation who will buy the shirts and other merch and go see this show. Again, whether we like it or not.

I heard Styx is coming to my town but I refuse to go see them without Dennis DeYoung. No disrespect to Gowan but sorry it aint Styx without Dennis.

But then again, Styx won't care about me. Crowds will still go see their show.

[Von Halen]

I told my teenage son about the possibility of this "VH" tour and he said he would love to see it cause he didn't get to see VH when Ed was still alive.

Do your Son a favor and sit him down in front of the TV with the Largo show. With the South America shows. With the US Festival show. Tell him he's never going to see that live. Sometimes we have to save people from themselves. Do not let him go and tarnish the memories of those above listed shows.

[Nitro Express]

I wouldn't expect Alex to play with anyone. Him and Ed were extremely close not just as brothers but as jamming buddies. I think it would be very painful for him to try and drum. I know Alex Lifeson couldn't play when Neil Peart passed away and that's a friend. I can't imagine getting behind the kit when you lost your brother you used to play with. It would be hard to do alone at 5150 and many more times so in a public setting. I could see him maybe doing a sit in with Wolfgang but touring with a band? I think that's over with.

[Vinnie Velvet]

Do your Son a favor and sit him down in front of the TV with the Largo show. With the South America shows. With the US Festival show. Tell him he's never going to see that live. Sometimes we have to save people from themselves. Do not let him go and tarnish the memories of those above listed shows.

He's seen all of that stuff believe me many many times. Heck hes heard the music when he was in the womb. Lol

But hey that's what he said. And his old man telling him it wont be like those old videos probably won't change his mind. Oh well.

[Terry]

I told my teenage son about the possibility of this "VH" tour and he said he would love to see it cause he didn't get to see VH when Ed was still alive.

There is an entire generation who will buy the shirts and other merch and go see this show. Again, whether we like it or not.

I heard Styx is coming to my town but I refuse to go see them without Dennis DeYoung. No disrespect to Gowan but sorry it aint Styx without Dennis.

But then again, Styx won't care about me. Crowds will still go see their show.

Yeah, but if you didn't see whatever lineup variation of Van Halen when Eddie was alive, well, sorry, but you missed it forever.

Doubtless an Eddie-less Van Halen would stand a better than chance than not of being a crowd-draw as a live undertaking. At this point, if Hagar or Dave and Alex and Mike Anthony and Satriani or Wolfgang or whatever permutation wanna hit the road under the name Van Halen...whatever. I'm too old to even get slightly perturbed over the 'desecration' of Van Halen's 'legacy': it's only rock and roll.

As you mentioned, KISS still warbles along with Stanley barely able to sing and backing tapes galore onstage. People still pay money to see it (hell, I paid money to see it not too long ago!). Again, as you mentioned, look at Styx. Who do they have left in the band from when they were at their commercial zenith? Young and Shaw? Somebody said Foreigner was coming to town recently. If memory serves, all that's left of THAT band when they were at their zenith was Mick Jones, and apparently he doesn't perform with the band every night but whenever his health allows. Rolling Stones: Charlie Watts dead, band still fills stadiums.

I've seen more than a few tribute bands in my time. For the most part, I wasn't paying premium ticket prices to see them, and that's what more and more of these old rock acts are these days. Tribute bands with the authenticity factor of one or two members from when the band was in their prime.

But, as you say, crowds will still go to see them.

[Vinnie Velvet]

Yeah, but if you didn't see whatever lineup variation of Van Halen when Eddie was alive, well, sorry, but you missed it forever.

Doubtless an Eddie-less Van Halen would stand a better than chance than not of being a crowd-draw as a live undertaking. At this point, if Hagar or Dave and Alex and Mike Anthony and Satriani or Wolfgang or whatever permutation wanna hit the road under the name Van Halen...whatever. I'm too old to even get slightly perturbed over the 'desecration' of Van Halen's 'legacy': it's only rock and roll.

As you mentioned, KISS still warbles along with Stanley barely able to sing and backing tapes galore onstage. People still pay money to see it (hell, I paid money to see it not too long ago!). Again, as you mentioned, look at Styx. Who do they have left in the band from when they were at their commercial zenith? Young and Shaw? Somebody said Foreigner was coming to town recently. If memory serves, all that's left of THAT band when they were at their zenith was Mick Jones, and apparently he doesn't perform with the band every night but whenever his health allows. Rolling Stones: Charlie Watts dead, band still fills stadiums.

I've seen more than a few tribute bands in my time. For the most part, I wasn't paying premium ticket prices to see them, and that's what more and more of these old rock acts are these days. Tribute bands with the authenticity factor of one or two members from when the band was in their prime.

But, as you say, crowds will still go to see them.

That's right. And when you have people willing to pay money to go see the show - despite whatever lineup or who is missing, then that's the motivation for all of these heritage acts to continue.

$$$$

[Nitro Express]

The thing is, whether we like it or not, this is very likely to happen and almost did based on what Newstead/Satch reported.

I'm not surprised Alex wants to do this tribute tour. The market dictates this. And the market dictates that people will go see a show like this. Much the same way the masses go see Queen +.... or Judas Priest with no KK or Tipton or KISS with Fake Frehley and Fake Peter.

Its just the way it is.

We will say Dave will struggle singing blah blah blah. Guess what. The masses wont care. Dave will get help from backing tapes or whomever will be singing backup vox.

Paul Stanley croaks his way through a set and is assisted with tapes. Yeah it sucks and yeah its fake as fuck but guess what? KISS still packed arenas. Go figure.

Dave isn't going to cheat it. It's not in his nature. If Dave isn't on tour or making music he's pretty private. You never know what that guy is up to until he announces something. COVID kind of pissed on his parade.

[Von Halen]

Dave isn't going to cheat it. It's not in his nature.

Uh, Dave had vocals piped in on his most recent Vegas gigs. VH had vocals piped in in 2007.

[Nitro Express]

Uh, Dave had vocals piped in on his most recent Vegas gigs. VH had vocals piped in in 2007.

Girl you know it’s…girl you know it’s…girl you know it’s… Ha! Ha! Van Villi Manilli

[Von Halen]

The VHT Tour.

Can't wait.

I'll go see it if they play Red Rocks and Kristy meets me there.

[Nitro Express]

Noel Monk said Van Halen ended in 1984. That Van Hagar thing was more of a pop act. I agree. Dreams and What Love Can Do ain't Van Halen but it was ahead of it's time. Van Hagar had a transgender singer way before the whole LGBTQ+++ thing became a thing. San Fransisco Sam brought the Castro District to the rest of the world. Sammy was a bigger ambassador of gayness than Richard Simmons ever was.

[Nitro Express]

My dad dragged me to see The Glenn Miller Band. My dad was a clarinet and sax player and he played big band stuff. Here kid, I will show you some real musicians. Anyways after the show my dad was complaining it wasn't the same as the old days. It was an inferior copy.

Trying to redo Van Halen would be a similar pooch screw. You aren't going to recreate the late 70's and early 80's in 2022. It's impossible and who's kidding who.

[Vinnie Velvet]

My dad dragged me to see The Glenn Miller Band. My dad was a clarinet and sax player and he played big band stuff. Here kid, I will show you some real musicians. Anyways after the show my dad was complaining it wasn't the same as the old days. It was an inferior copy.

Trying to redo Van Halen would be a similar pooch screw. You aren't going to recreate the late 70's and early 80's in 2022. It's impossible and who's kidding who.

Very true.

But I don't think thats what Al and Dave want to do.

They want to go back out, play the music on a larger scale. Add footage of Ed on the jumbo screen, etc. Play it off as a tribute while selling more VH shirts.

Thats about it.

[twonabomber]

If "it ain't Van Halen without David Lee Roth" then it sure as fuck isn't Van Halen without Eddie Van Halen

[Vinnie Velvet]

If "it ain't Van Halen without David Lee Roth" then it sure as fuck isn't Van Halen without Eddie Van Halen

"Van Halen 4K"

"Van Halen Plus" - like a new streaming service!

"Van Halen and Friends"

[Hellraiser!!]

Van Halen IS David Lee Roth

[VHscraps]

Van Halen IS David Lee Roth

He is now. I do hope he is holding up this terrible idea for a tribute show or whatever that will undoubtedly feature - much like those horrible tribute albums that have come out in previous decades that I am sure you may have come across - a ton of geetar shredders and EVH wannabees. To fucking hell with that.

That ain't what VH was for me. It was DLR + EVH, then the other two.

Just let it lie, FFS.

One of the apparent paradoxes for me about VH is that while they were great at covering other people's tunes, everyone who tries to cover them is shit.

Why the hell is that?

For one it's cos no one can do Roth. It's because they don't get his influences.