David Lee Roth, the original lead singer of Van Halen, has announced his retirement. What? That statement is kind of hard to wrap your head around. I am throwing in the shoes. I’m retiring,” Roth told the Las Vegas Review Journal in a phone call. “This is the first, and only, official announcement. You’ve got the news. Share it with the world.”
Roth’s announcement comes just shy of a year after Eddie Van Halen, the band’s lead guitarist and one of its namesakes, dies of cancer. The singer referenced Van Halen’s death in the call with the Las Vegas newspaper, saying he had been thinking about “the departure of my beloved classmate.””I am encouraged and compelled to really come to grips with how short time is, and my time is probably even shorter,” he said.
Roth has five shows scheduled at House of Blues in Las Vegas beginning New Year’s Eve and running into early January — five shows he says will be his last. Find out what else Diamond Dave had to say about his Van Halen days here. https://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-lee-roth-retirement-prediction/
