Rock fans now know why the Van Halen reunion tour never happened. In a very candid interview with Rolling Stone, Alex Van Halen revealed that it's because David Lee Roth—the band's lead singer—refused to pay tribute to the late Eddie Van Halen.

Alex Van Halen said the moment David Lee Roth left Van Halen for the first time was ”wasteful and unjust” in October 2024.

Alex Van Halen claimed that David Lee Roth axed a Van Halen reunion tour over a memorial for his late brother Eddie.

Alex Van Halen will release his memoir, Brothers, on Oct. 22. Described as a “love letter” to the late Eddie Van Halen, the book will detail Alex’s one-of-a-kind personal and musical relationship with his brother, and the audio version will include previously unreleased music from the duo.

After Alex Van Halen and his brother heard Jimi Hendrix, they decided to ditch classical piano in favor of rock ’n roll.

Alex Van Halen hopes that those coming to his new memoir, Brothers, for a tell-all will be disappointed. "It's not about the dirt," Van Halen, older brother and bandmate of the late Eddie Van Halen, tells Billboard.

The drummer also states that Sammy Hagar was "not doing the band justice" on his recent tour. Alex Van Halen Says Van Halen “Not the Same” After David Lee Roth Left: “Magic Was in the First Years”