“This is the first real olive-branch moment Dave and I have had in 100 years”: Sammy Hagar insists that David Lee Roth wasn’t mocking him about being visited by Eddie Van Halen’s ghost
Sammy Hagar has taken a stand against a social media frenzy claiming that David Lee Roth recently mocked him during a concert over his spiritual visitation from the late Eddie Van Halen.
Former Van Halen frontman Hagar claimed that Eddie had visited him in a dream and that they’d written a song together, which he went on to release as Encore, Thank You, Goodnight back in April. However, in a recent video of Roth – who served as vocalist in Van Halen until Hagar replaced his position in 1985 – he seemingly poked fun at Hagar’s story, though Hagar himself begs to differ.
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In the video, taken during his concert at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom last week, Roth said, “You all know Sammy Hagar, right? He’s got a great voice. Sammy described to the media about six weeks ago that the ghost of Eddie Van Halen visited him and graced him with a song that he memorised and then went home and recorded.
“I don’t know what the odds are, but last night the ghost of Eddie Van Halen visited me at the fucking hotel room,” he said. “I was watching the weather report and he came in and he was laughing. His fucking ghost was laughing.
“I said, ‘What did you do now?’ He said, ‘Dave, Dave… Dave, you know that song I gave Hagar?’ I said, ‘What now?’ He said, ‘It’s actually [1968 Iron Butterfly proto-metal hit] In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida backwards. Don’t fucking tell him.’”
The video of course went on to make headlines, which caught the attention of Hagar. Replying to a comment under an Instagram post on the matter from Metal Addicts, he responds: “I can’t believe social media is trying to make something out of this. This is the first compliment and real olive branch moment Dave and I have had in 100 years. Listen closely and you will see that this is not negative whatsoever.”
He adds, “I believe Dave had the dream as well. Dave’s a good storyteller, but there’s some truth in between the showmanship. All good with me – keep it up Dave. These songs we both wrote with Eddie need to be carried on forever.”
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A live version of Sammy Hagar’s Encore, Thank You, Goodnight is out now, recorded with his Best Of All Worlds Band. David Lee Roth is touring until mid-September. You can get tickets via his website.
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