Now what happened?? Van Halen cancelled their tour plans for 2007!?

Question

I was reading something about this online and all it said was "chaos" involving Eddie VH. What's going on?

Answer 1

Van Halen = Drama. This isn't the first time this is happened. Eddie has had several Medical Problems and Emotional Problems throughout the years, and now he's catching a lot of crap for throwing his 15 year-old Son Wolfgang into the mix.
It could be anything. It's a shame!!!

Besides Alex and Roth have wanted to kill each other for years!

Answer 2

Its a shame what hes become,he was trashed at Namm 2007 and could barely talk.The guy is in no condition to tour till he gets clean.
I knew this tour wouldnt happen and if it did i give it a month or two at most,its gonna be a trainwreck on stage if it does ever happen but eddies gotta lay off the booze and blow.
go to you tube and punch up eddie van halen namm 2007 & you will see how gone he is.....

Answer 3

Van Halen's road plans take a rocky turn
By GEOFF BOUCHER , Los Angeles Times
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/02-07/02-24-07/05living.htm

For Van Halen, the stars seemed aligned for a triumphant 2007. Next month, the group will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the plan was to follow that with a summer reunion tour that would feature David Lee Roth back at the mike for the first time since the Reagan years.
But, once again, the backstage soap opera of Van Halen is the story of the day.
The Van Halen tour has been "shut down" according to a top official at Live Nation, the huge concert promoter that finally surrendered in the face of the chaos surrounding guitar hero Eddie Van Halen. Roth, meanwhile, says he is unsure whether the mercurial guitarist will even travel to New York for the Hall of Fame induction on March 12.
"We have fragile politics in Van Halen, please accept that as a partial answer," Roth said. "But I don't know if the Van Halens are going to go ... I hope they do, but right now, I just don't know. Hope springs eternal."
Eddie Van Halen declined interviews through his publicist and girlfriend, Janie Liszewski. Conversations with the business team behind the tour paint a picture of a rock star who is somewhere between Axl Rose and Michael Jackson on the music-industry scale of eccentric recluses. The result is that the Van Halen venture imploded before takeoff, even as the Police, the Eagles and Genesis have stopped feuding among themselves and are efficiently gearing up for lucrative reunion tours.
"I cannot tell you how frustrating and completely nuts this has been," one key business figure in the tour said while asking not to be identified on the outside chance that some portion of the reunion might be salvaged. "Right now, I have to say, I don't see that happening."
It's a disheartening situation for the Van Halen fans who long to see Roth back on stage with the iconic metal band. Among those devoted fans is Wolfgang Van Halen, the 15-year-old son of Eddie and, according to Roth, the driving force behind the reunion.
Wolfgang, a precocious musician, was "the maestro" at the reconstituted band's lone rehearsal, picking the set list and using his iPod to remind his father of the nuances of his solos on the old albums. Wolfgang was in fact tapped by his father to play bass on the tour, replacing founding member Michael Anthony, a topic of some sensitivity considering the child's age and Anthony's status as one of rock's best back-up singers and most relentlessly cheerful presences.
Eddie Van Halen remains, by all accounts, a truly gifted guitarist and rock auteur, but the decision to jettison Anthony in favor of a teenager may have been the first sign that the new enterprise was guided by creaky logic. Still, it's been fascinating to watch, and all eyes will be on the Hall of Fame banquet to see who shows up, who plays and how Roth interacts with Sammy Hagar, the man who replaced him as lead singer in 1985 and who will be inducted as an equal.
Van Halen was a monster of rock and, for a time in the 1980s, arguably the biggest band in the world. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Van Halen albums have shipped more than 56.5-million copies to stores, a total that puts them ahead of the career totals posted by U2, Celine Dion, Shania Twain and Prince.

Answer 4

Well, David Lee Roth is kind of a jerk. The Van Halen brothers were supposed to take turns kicking him in the nuts the next time they saw him. They are kind of stubborn. Frankly, I don't care who the front man is.

Answer 5

From what I incredibly have heard its no longer a situation between the band contributors, extra with scheduling. they're having issues setting up the dates which will paintings for each individual. there continues to be some wish, shall we save our palms crossed

Answer 6

Isn't he battling throat cancer? I'm not sure if they are referring to that or not.