Wolfgang Van Halen says that he doesn’t think VAN HALEN drummer Alex Van Halen will b appearing at any of David Lee Roth’s final concerts.
Roth recently announced his retirement after his forthcoming Las Vegas residency while also making the implication that his former VAN HALEN bandmate, Alex Van Halen, could make an appearance at one of the shows.
In a recent interview with SPIN, Wolfgang, who played bass in VAN HALEN for the band’s 2007 reunion tour with Roth, replacing Michael Anthony, touched on Roth’s claims that his uncle would be making an appearance of some sort at the upcoming Las Vegas run. Wolfgang said: “I don’t think so.” When the interviewer pointed out that Roth had said it was happening, Wolfgang replied: “Yeah, I know. I don’t know about that.” He added: “I’m not talking for Al or anything, but I haven’t heard. I haven’t talked to Al about it, but I mean, that doesn’t really seem like something Al would do.
“The thing with VAN HALEN that people should have learned [by] now is that if it doesn’t come from them, it’s not true. And Al has not made any public statements about this. So I wouldn’t expect it. If he didn’t say it, it’s probably not true.”
He continued: “People love to talk about dad and the way he ran the band, but that’s not really true. Al’s kind of the one who was in charge and in the way that the band publicly sort of related.”
Eddie Van Halen died in October 2020 at the age of 65 after losing a battle with throat cancer.