Not like many individuals, Sammy Hagar believes David Lee Roth was telling the reality about being visited by Eddie Van Halen’s ghost.
In truth, the Purple Rocker sees the story as an olive department second between the long-quibbling former Van Halen singers.
Roth made headlines final week by telling followers at a live performance in Hampton Seaside that the late guitar legend’s ghost visited him, mirroring the origin story of Hagar’s 2025 music “Encore, Thank You, Goodnight.’
“I do not know what the chances are, however final evening the ghost of Eddie Van Halen visited me on the fucking resort room,” Roth declared. “I used to be watching the climate report and he got here in and he was laughing. His fucking ghost was laughing.
“I stated, ‘What did you do now?’ He stated, ‘Dave, Dave…Dave, you already know that music I gave Hagar?’ I stated, ‘What now?’ He stated, ‘It is truly [Iron Butterfly’s 1968 hit] ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’ backwards. Do not fucking inform him.’
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In August of 2022, Hagar informed UCR that Van Halen visited him in a dream and helped him write a brand new music: “I remembered it. I acquired up within the morning and I wrote the music. I used the fuckin’ lick that he confirmed me within the music.”
Though many thought Roth was poking enjoyable at his longtime rival with this story, Hagar sees it otherwise. “I can not imagine social media is making an attempt to make one thing out of this,” he wrote in response to an Instagram publish about Roth’s feedback.
He additionally appears to have observed that Roth referred to him as an “esteemed colleague” with a fantastic voice and a fantastic catalog. “That is the primary actual praise and first actual olive department second Dave and I’ve had in 100 years,” Hagar continued. “Pay attention carefully and you will note that this isn’t damaging in anyway. And I imagine Dave had the dream as nicely. Dave’s storyteller, however there’s some reality in between the showmanship.”
Summing up, Hagar wished Roth nicely on his present solo tour, which finds him augmenting his regular four-piece backing band with a four-man vocal part. “Stick with it Dave, these songs we each wrote with Eddie must be carried on ceaselessly.”
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