Sammy Hagar feels Eddie and Alex Van Halen aren't interested in being his friend, after they failed to reach out to him on his 70th birthday.
Speaking to Eddie Trunk, Hagar says, "To me, they made a real strong statement by not wishing me a happy birthday for my 70th, especially among the fact that so many people have died. I mean, a week before that Tom Petty died. Tom Petty's birthday was the next Thursday after mine, and he was still a young man, as far as I'm concerned.
"With all them people dying, if somebody turns 70, that's a monumental thing. It's, like, you would think if they ever wanted to be friends, it would be so easy. And even if they didn't wanna be friends, it's just something that would be the right thing to do."
And another thing bothering Hagar is that when former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony lost his two-week old grandson Rex to heart disease in April, the brothers never extended their condolences. "Even Dave [Lee Roth] sent 'I'm sorry' to Mike. And, you know, Dave's not the friendliest guy in the world [laughs], but at least he had the class to do that." Roth also made a donation of $10,000 to the Walk L.A. event in June for Children’s Hospital L.A. in memory of Anthony's grandson.
Speaking of Michael Anthony, he will be in Las Vegas tonight (Thursday) along with fellow hot rod enthusiasts Jeff Beck and Billy Gibbons as they join Jimmie Vaughan's Tilt-a-Whirl Band for a one-off performance at the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) Industry Awards Banquet in Las Vegas.
This will be their first performance together since the Deuce Week Jam at the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles in 2007. At that time they did a set of blues covers.