Diamond Dave is like the brother Stinkboy never had. Until July, anyway.
From a story in the LA Times the other day:
Van Halen’s road plans have taken a rocky turn
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.
Dammit. I know at least two boys (one 33 years old, the other, 2) who are going to be unhappy this summer if they don’t get to see a Van Halen concert. The CFO is taking the boy to see one of her favorites (Hell’s house band, aka the Wiggles) next month; I only let her take him on the condition that there was some sort of reciprocity. That reciprocity was going to be a David Lee Roth-fronted Van Halen. I (and by extension Jr.) might well be screwed if VH doesn’t tour and the lad and I miss out.
God I wish Def Leppard was touring this summer. They are reliable and insanely awesome and I’ll fight anyone who says otherwise, but that’s besides the point. I’m sure Stinkboy would enjoy Leppard, but man he’d like to see Eddie and Dave together in 2007.
