Tribute concert for Eddie van Halen unlikely

The tribute concerts for the late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins in September also featured Wolfgang van Halen – the son of Van Halen guitarist Eddie van Halen. This raises the question of whether there could be a similar farewell concert two years after his death. But that’s unlikely, Wolfgang van Halen told the magazine “classic rock”. The remaining band is too “dysfunctional” for that.

“I think I’ve been to the Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts [Abschied genommen]’ said Van Halen. “I feel like I can close because my part of the show was a tribute to my father. Playing for Taylor on the shows gave me that catharsis without the stress of dealing with the Van Halen camp and the parties involved.”

He can’t imagine that the remaining bandmates can pull themselves together. “Your camp is very dysfunctional – everyone! Heck, it was hard to make plans even when the band was active,” he said. “It’s been the bane of Van Halen throughout her career. I don’t know what that means for some bands, but certain personalities just can’t break the mold to work collectively towards a specific goal.”

At the tribute concerts in London and Los Angeles, Wolfgang had performed the Van Halen songs “On Fire”, “Hot For Teacher” and “Panama” – with The Darkness singer Justin Hawkins, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl on bass and Josh Freese on drums. He was part of the band himself from 2006 to 2020 as a bassist. His father Eddie van Halen died in October 2020 at the age of 65 after a stroke.

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