David Lee Roth's Final Tour Schedule 2021/2022

[ZahZoo]

Dave was singing quite well after his Vegas opening adjustments.

Can't argue that his cover band was doing a decent job... as a cover/tribute band. With Edward's passing it seems more fitting to call them a tribute band.

The statement of being "the face of Van Halen" when Dave made it, seemed more of the same impatience/friction with what was perceived as lack of willingness to work from the Van Halen clan. In retrospect, knowing that Edward was in his final days of life fighting a terrible disease on his death bad... those words come off as callused and insensitive to gravity of the reality within the Van Halen family at the time.

Of course, with the family and Edward keeping this such a private matter... it is fair to say you can't blame anyone for not knowing.

At the moment... it seems it might be a good time for Dave to pull some of his other work or something new out of his arsenal, if he has a desire to perform or entertain. Let the passing of EVH and his contributions stand on their own for a time down the road when others can happily appreciate them.

I do hope Dave returns to entertaining, which he does best. I've somewhat lost an interest in frog drawings and political/Rambo innuendo...

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Good to see you back here, Elbow! Hope the Lord got off your back in the meantime.

[ELVIS]

Can't honestly say I have much...any, really...interest in seeing Dave fronting a traditional rock-combo band setup playing a setlist heavy on CVH material anymore.

Why not? I thought Dave sounded great towards the end of his opening for Kiss last year. He blew those clowns away night after night and Al Estrada was really good too, probably the most Edward like of any of Dave's guitar players. What else is there? Dave is the face of Van Halen (like he himself said) from here on out...

[FORD]

Alyssa wasn't so "woke" when she became a Bernie-hating Hillbot.

[Heater]

And yet... some people are just hearing those 1996 songs for the first time, recently....

FORD is so woke. The Alyssa Milano of Roth's Army buddies.

[Terry]

Cancer takes people that have seldom done either. They all had their addictions and it is tough to say who did more what and both Dave and Ed caused dust devils of Bolivian Marching Powder in their day. But I think there is little doubt that Ed was the most pickled of all and for the longest...

Based purely on Ed's appearance since 1996 and what amount of info was made public re: Ed's ailments, Ed may well have been bucking the odds living as long as he did, rather than it being a case of him passing too soon.

We'll never know one way or the other, but it could be the case that Ed was lucky to have lived as long as he had, depending on the severity of the cancer he had been battling since 1996 and whatever else was ailing him.

[Nickdfresh]

Cancer takes people that have seldom done either. They all had their addictions and it is tough to say who did more what and both Dave and Ed caused dust devils of Bolivian Marching Powder in their day. But I think there is little doubt that Ed was the most pickled of all and for the longest...

[Heater]

Unfortunately, Hagar didn't choke on his vomit or OD. He just made others choke on their vomit...

Just like Roth also smokes cigarettes but cancer had to take Eddie instead.....

[FORD]

Unfortunately, Hagar didn't choke on his vomit or OD. He just made others choke on their vomit...

You can't really dust for vomit....

[Terry]

And yet... some people are just hearing those 1996 songs for the first time, recently....

Well, it isn't too hard to imagine that for a large chunk of people 30 years old or younger their sole exposure to Van Halen would be limited to perhaps hearing the song Jump played at a sporting event.

[Nickdfresh]

I've asked a few millennials and they tend to think that Dave a AOK and Classic Van Halen was far superior. Some have taste in music, unlike you douchebag...

If getting old negates your legacy, you have a lot of guys out there that must suck because they didn't choke on their vomit or OD...

Unfortunately, Hagar didn't choke on his vomit or OD. He just made others choke on their vomit...

[FORD]

And yet... some people are just hearing those 1996 songs for the first time, recently....

[Terry]

Where has the time gone?

No kiddin'.

I mean, shit, it's been a quarter century since the 1996 debacle.

25 years.

At least I've put them to good use...spending thousands of hours posting about how Sammy Hagar is mundane...

Ah, well...maybe in the next life I won't fritter my time away.

[ZahZoo]

As it should be...

[Seshmeister]

If you look down the current Spotify list of popular Van Halen songs it's about 80% Roth 20% Hagar.