Eddie Van Halen Enters Rehab
Rock guitar legend Eddie Van Halen announced Thursday that he's going into rehab.
"At the moment I do not feel that I can give you my best," Van Halen said in a statement to fans posted on van-halen.com. "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 percent that I feel I owe you and want to give you."
Van Halen was supposed to reunite with original frontman David Lee Roth for a 40-date amphitheatre tour this summer. It would have been their first time together in more than 20 years.
But sources told Billboard.com on Feb. 23 that plans for the tour had been postponed indefinitely, although it was "not due to any internal strife."
2 Eddie Van Halen's 15-year-old son Wolfgang was tapped to play bass in the new incarnation of the group, which also would have featured drummer Alex Van Halen.
The band was scheduled to appear together at their induction at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday. But Roth said he would not be attending because he wouldn't be allowed to perform.
Rockers Velvet Revolver are scheduled to perform a medley of Van Halen hits. Last year, a squabble erupted on stage when lead singer Debbie Harry refused to let former members Frank Infante, and Nigel Harrison perform with her during the ceremony.
Copyright 2009 CBS. All rights reserved. "At the moment I do not feel that I can give you my best," Van Halen said in a statement to fans posted on van-halen.com. "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 percent that I feel I owe you and want to give you."
Van Halen was supposed to reunite with original frontman David Lee Roth for a 40-date amphitheatre tour this summer. It would have been their first time together in more than 20 years.
But sources told Billboard.com on Feb. 23 that plans for the tour had been postponed indefinitely, although it was "not due to any internal strife."
The band was scheduled to appear together at their induction at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday. But Roth said he would not be attending because he wouldn't be allowed to perform.
"I don't make speeches for a living; I sing and dance for my dinner," Roth told the Los Angeles Times in an interview published Thursday, adding that the decision to skip the event "rips my heart out."
Scenes from the 2006 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Ceremony
Rockers Velvet Revolver are scheduled to perform a medley of Van Halen hits. Last year, a squabble erupted on stage when lead singer Debbie Harry refused to let former members Frank Infante, and Nigel Harrison perform with her during the ceremony.
good luck cleaning up, maybe then you will do a good tour.
Figure of speech. I'm sure you know that and if you didn't, what planet are you from?
We can wait until you're ready to give us your best (even if it can't be 110%)!
This guy has such a talent yet he let's it go to waste because of his prissy ego.
I have just about given up on this band and their flip-flopping which I think is mostly caused by Eddie.
Get over yourself and your addictions at the same time. Your guitar playing and David Lee and his pipes are what is needed today to breathe some new life into rock and roll. The resurection of good rock and roll is long overdue. It's up to bands like yours and the likes of Aerosmith to make it happen before age takes away your edge.
ROCK ON!!