Would You Pay To See Eddie Van Halen?

[VHrocks]

David Lee Roth aside, I'm not sure that I would pay to see Eddie Van Halen again. Let me explain why. If I knew of a great architect who had a fabulous reputation as one of the best architects in the world, I would probably be willing to pay the price to get him/her to design my new home or commercial building. However, if that architect developed a bad substance abuse problem that started affecting and degrading his work - all of a sudden the demand for his services would dramatically decrease. This is exactly what has happened to Eddie Van Halen.

How about you? Would you pay to see Eddie Van Halen in his current inebriated state of mind?

[bantonelli]

If there is no Dave, there is no Eddie. I wouldn't pay to see Eddie/Al/Wolfie without Dave. What would be the point?

This concert tour will be MY LAST I'll spend $$$ on regarding the Van Halen.

Dave does something in the years to come....I'm there!

[ZahZoo]

Based on Ed's latest musical outings... House of Petals, Chesney and the porn party.

I might pay $5 cover charge at some dive bar on Friday night if the beer was cheap. Other than that... no way.

[SparkieD]

I didn't pay to see him with Spammy, so, no. There's lots of guitar players out there that are way better than EVH and more deserving of my attention not to mention cash. With no Dave, to hell with Eddie. Personally, I think an EEAA lineup reunion would be far more entertaining.

[bantonelli]

My theory of the VH Plan is:

The Sisters w/Wolfie & Dave will do this Summer Tour and retire the old hits, so that the Van Halens (without Dave) will start their new band w/ Wolfie and new music.

They will not perform the old hits after this tour.......and how could they? They know as well as us that without Dave singing lead on the first 6 albums worth of music they created, they're doomed. But they also don't want Dave singing on any new material, for that would mean the fans want to hear it from Dave and well...you know the rest of that storyline.....deja vu.

The soap opera has to have an ending and I think this tour is the beginning of the end. They're banking on ticket sales and Retirement Cash $$$.

[SoCalChelle]

Yes, I would.

[nosuchluck]

Having heard his latest output, I'm tempted to say "No", but I would pay to see him play only because I've never seen him live before.

Is he still the 'King of Guitar'? Never thought he was the king even when he was in his prime...I'd say he's the coolest rock guitarist ever, but not the 'King of guitar'...

[Matt White]

Nope...no chance.....

EVH without DAVID LEE ROTH is a boring individual

[Terry]

No, but only because I was lucky enough to catch CVH when they were together.

If that weren't the case, I might be tempted to go check him out, just to have been able to see him live once.

But unless it is the CVH lineup touring this year and new material is forthcoming, I doubt it. New material is the key for me. Going and seeing Ed run through just the classics now for his retirement fund really isn't gonna do it for me. Would rather pay a bootlegger some money for one of those shows and watch it at home than give Ed a dime for that cash-out bullshit.

[fe_lung]

I'd pay to see him by himself in an informal talky-playey-storytellery guitar clinicy kind of thing. As a formal VH perfromance, it would require Dave to get my money.

[RossHalfin]

As many of you have seen by my recent pictures.

1 Eddie is in fine shape

2 Van Halen are fun again

[FORD]

Originally posted by BritGunt
As many of you have seen by my recent postings.

1 I am a certified lunatic

2 Ross Halfin sucks ass, but I suck infinitely more ass, because I'm a cunt hiding behind an AOL proxy to spam a message board.

[Ellyllions]

nah...
It's the package or nothing for me.

[RossHalfin]

I h

Originally posted by Ellyllions
nah...
It's the package or nothing for me.

I have a few CVH prints if you are interested in VH in there prime

http://www.rosshalfin.co.uk

[Bo Nozos]

I wouldn't pay a dime to see an Ed solo project in 2007.

It would be a waste of ten cents.