After the rumor broke that Sammy Hagar would rejoin Van Halen for a fall tour next year, Sammy say’s he’s had no contact with Eddie or Alex Van Halen.
Sammy says, “I wished Eddie a happy birthday on his birthday and I wished Al a happy birthday on his birthday, and they don’t return the birthday wishes; they’ve never said happy birthday to me on my birthday, or to [Michael Anthony]… Obviously, there’s a lot of anger over there and resentment against Mike and I, and I don’t know what we did.”
But Sammy has made peace with the situation. “I’m in a good place, and I don’t want to be miserable and I don’t wanna be arguing with guys and all that stuff ever again in my life. So I’d rather kind of just leave it alone, unless it was on a friendly level, ’cause if we’re friends, then okay, I’ll do anything with my friends… But not for business and get together and do a tour and be fighting; I will not do that ever again for any reason.”
Hagar was shown the door from Van Halen in 1996 but reunited with them for a tour in 2004.