The Eddie Van Halen Rumor Mill Rolls On

I really don't like sharing gossip posts but these days you never seem to know what is true and what is fake. I despise TMZ yet they are quoted all over has reporting that Eddie Van Halen is recovering after a hospital visit due to cancer drugs. I hope Eddie is feeling okay and we are just really dealing with the rumor mill. I find it curious that Eddie is the most reclusive person in rock... and now all of a sudden he's out and about, going to shows and taking photos with fans. Suddenly he's on social media a lot (via posts from others). I won't let my mind wander to guess that Van Halen is the mythical "4th band" on the Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Poison lineup -- but the reporter instinct in me says something is afoot here.

Report: EDDIE VAN HALEN Released From Hospital After Painful Reaction to Cancer Drugs https://t.co/JawwPxKlca pic.twitter.com/aKDE8MlmOV

— BLABBERMOUTH.NET (@BLABBERMOUTHNET) November 18, 2019

Comments

[GNR]

Well sometimes being a recluse, then having something life changing to realize that Legends Aren't Made Staying In.

[fletch]

Sadly, Van Halen is done. There is no way that Van Halen is the fourth band, Many are speculating that AC/DC is the Fourth band, because Mark Didia mentioned them touring this summer, too, when he was on the wrap-up show.

Dave is hitching his wagon to the festival circuit this summer. He has just been announced for the EPICENTER festival in North Carolina on Friday, May 1st. I predict that he'll headline M3, on May 2 or 3.

https://epicenter.frontgatetickets.com/

[Gary]

My money is on Blotzers version of Ratt or Steve Rileys LA Guns. ( I'll go out on a limb and guess either Ozzy or The Scorpions, just to be different). Lol Smart money is probably AC/DC. Go big or go home pick? How about Guns and Roses?

[Gary]

By the way. If either AC/DC or Guns actually happened, my guess is tickets would start at Your house and 1st born child, and escalate from there.

[Badland]

Just heard its Cinderella

[Metalboy!]

Obviously AC/DC (AXL/DC?) or Van Halen would get top bill. How HUGE would that be?

Cinderella would be awesome, Badland. Good call.

Where would they fit in in the bill? They’re way better than Poison but don’t have the hits and aren’t as popular.

[Bkallday]

Its not Cinderella. Lol

[Him]

I don't like the smarmy gossip rag TMZ either, Allyson. I think it picks at low hanging fruit and gives that pompous (former and still) ambulance chaser Harvey Levin a chance to fill his coffers while trolling people. It also plays into what is worst about the internet: the supposition and digression and the disclaimers . . . all the while peddling swill that gets hits and leads to actual news organizations giving the site credibility.

That said, if I was to guess at EVH's more recent outings it would be simple: a guy realizing that time is short and he might as well live a bit. The issues of appearance are likely caused by the medications he is taking. All the rest, and even what I just wrote, is speculation.

I say: good for him. He owes the fans nothing. We might want something. And might have wanted more. But that's on us. Has he treated fans unfairly? Perhaps. Has he damaged relationships with past and present band members? Seems likely (actually, is likely from what is reported from good sources).

But, alas, EVH is a mortal. Best he enjoys the time he has and says, as he seems to have said from jump (see what I did there?), my life and my choices and my rules. Many would aspire to that life, even if their aspirations pointed in different directions.