Metal Anarchy

During an interview with The New York Times, Van Halen’s David Lee Roth said he doesn’t know if Eddie Van Halen will tour again. The guitarist is rumored to be battling throat cancer and Roth says he is unsure if he will ever want to “rally for the rigors of the road.” Here’s Roth’s full statement:

“I don’t know that Eddie is ever really going to rally for the rigors of the road again. I don’t even want to say I’ve waited — I’ve supported for five years. Because what I do is physical as well as musical and spiritual — you can’t take five years off from the ring. But I did. And I do not regret a second of it. He’s a band mate. We had a colleague down. And he’s down now for enough time that I don’t know that he’s going to be coming back out on the road. You want to hear the classics? You’re talking to him.”