If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends). Rather than signal a triumphant second act for the most commercially successful Van Halen line up, however, this 2004 tour marked a ugly end – even as it pointed the way for what would come next, both for Van Halen and for Hagar. “We might be in our nineties, though.”. "I would just show up for sound check," he said in a rambling 2004 interview, "and I go, 'Hmm, why do extra laundry? SUCKER AFU SPANKED JUDGEMENT DAY AMSTERDAM. Ed could have got the Steinberg out. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. This topic has 19 voices, contains 29 replies, and was last updated by  davidestrada 2599 days ago. I’ve been noticing like never before lately the older singers sound much better when they have a few days off between shows.It’s probably harder for Dave to rest his voice because it seems he never shuts up!! VAiN: No it wouldn’t. videoman320: The Best of Both Worlds! Have a look which song was played how often in 2004! “We did 80 shows and had to pull the plug because it was just too much work. “He had turned into the weirdest fuck I’d ever seen, crude, rude and unkempt,” he wrote. ". That would be a nightmare. In addition, Eddie Van Halen was dealing with health issues, with Sammy later writing in his 2011 memoir, "Red: My Uncensored Life In Rock", that the guitarist "looked like he hadn't bathed in a week" when the two of them saw each other in the flesh for the first time in a decade. I also think the time off between shows really helped his voice. It was the band's first tour since 1998 and saw the return of lead singer Sammy Hagar who left the band in 1996 on bad terms. Emboldened, Hagar stopped by Eddie's 5150 studios next on a social call, simply to chat. Only the threat of a lawsuit changed his mind. "There were nights where it was kind of like a rollercoaster, up or down," Anthony remembered a few years later, "and myself, I would have liked to have seen him totally clean up if we were gonna take this further.". Next came talk of recording again and Hagar did, in fact, help contribute a trio of new songs for their 2004 greatest-hits compilation The Best of Both Worlds – a project that would debut at No. The logjam was broken when Anthony reportedly agreed to a brutal series of demands – including a pay cut, and signing away his portion of the rights to the Van Halen name and logo. The "Song For Song: The Heavyweight Champs Of Rock'N'Roll Tour" found Hagar and Roth alternating opening and closing duties, with each playing a 90-minute set. Before you blame Sammy, please don’t forget it was Al who approached him 1st to tour, and the reason Al did was to pay for his divorce. Something went wrong. “He was missing a number of teeth and the ones he had left were black. Hagar says that Van Halen, then in the throes of addiction, was in such a bedraggled state that it shocked him. [url=https://www.setlist.fm/edit?setlist=13d649cd&step=song]Edit this setlist[/url] | [url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/van-halen-2bd68066.html]More Van Halen setlists[/url], Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN. Van Halen LIVE with David Lee Roth & Sammy Hagar. This is an authentic Van Halen Guitar Pick that was made for the 2004 Reunion concert tour. The Jekyll or the Hyde? Sign in to get statistics for your attended concerts! I was so bummed that I couldn’t make it to one of those ’08 dates when he was finally playing up to snuff. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. Wolfgang would eventually replace Anthony in Van Halen, beginning in 2006. Anthony later told Music Radar that he "found out about that tour like everybody else did — in the press.". Van Halen's 2004 Fargo concert was a reunion tour of sorts with Hagar, who fronted the band from 1985-1996. And I hated having to wake up the day of the show and think, ‘Which Eddie Van Halen are we going to get today? The Jekyll or the Hyde? Show all. Sammy Hagar, who was quite willing to forgive and forget.