van halen

According to published reports:

Van Halen will announce a 50-date American reunion tour with original singer David Lee Roth during a news conference in Hollywood next week, sources said.

The arena trek will begin in early October.

Roth, who split from the rock group in the mid-1980s in hopes of solo stardom, will reunite with co-founders Eddie Van Halen on guitar and brother Alex Van Halen on drums. Eddie’s teenage son Wolfgang will sub for Michael Anthony on bass.

A proposed summer amphitheater tour by the group never got off the ground, with Eddie Van Halen entering a rehabilitation facility for undisclosed reasons in March.

In the months since, the guitarist has been seen publicly looking healthy and fit.

Van Halen last toured in 2004, with Roth’s replacement, vocalist Sammy Hagar, grossing nearly $40 million, according to Billboard Boxscore.

I’m bettin’ that either

a) the tour will be cancelled before it even gets started after rehearsals; or

b) the tour will be cancelled after only a handful of dates.

I just don’t see it happening. Between the huge egos of Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth as well as the huge grudges each of them carry plus the well-publicized anger issues of Eddie Van Halen, it’s going to end badly once the fighting begins.