Right Now, Michael Anthony Is Wondering If He Should Just Order In On Monday Night

The Van Halen saga continues, with Eddie checking into rehab, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame organizers denying David Lee Roth the chance to perform at Monday night’s induction ceremony, and Michael Anthony being the only Van Halen member likely to attend said gala. (Perhaps he could bring Gary Cherone as his date?) From the LA Times:

How did that old Van Halen song go? “I found the simple life ain’t so simple …. ” The iconic Los Angeles metal band is set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a New York banquet Monday night, but now it appears that only one original member, bassist Michael Anthony, will even show up.

Eddie Van Halen released a statement Thursday saying he is going into a rehab program. David Lee Roth, meanwhile, the band’s frontman for its first decade, said the same day that he will not attend the ceremony because he wouldn’t be allowed to perform.

“I don’t make speeches for a living; I sing and dance for my dinner,” Roth said, adding that the decision to skip the event “rips my heart out.”

We’re just hoping that a suspendered Roth doesn’t decide to park himself outside of the Waldorf-Astoria, hat in hand, next to a sign that says “Will skeedelee-deedelee-bop for poached salmon.” Although given how this whole Van Halen reunion saga has been unfolding over the past few months, we don’t know if that scenario is 100% unlikely.

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