Joe Satriani has recently revealed that he, Alex Van Halen, and David Lee Roth have been in talks about a potential tour in tribute to Van Halen.
“I’ve been talking with Alex and Dave for about a year about doing something — a tour, something like that — that was going to be a true tribute to Eddie and the Van Halen legacy,” Satriani explained in a recent interview.
“The thought of representing all the eras of Van Halen, that’s pretty daunting,” the guitarist said of the project’s high standards. “Just from a guitar player’s point of view, Eddie progressed remarkably as a player and as an inventor, and those two things, they kind of went together from Van Halen 1 all the way to the last album. And when you sit down to actually learn it and pull it off, you go, ‘Wow, not only do I need talent, but I need certain gear,’ because certain things won’t work unless you’ve got this amp and it’s doing that. So that’s also another thing to deal with.”
While it’s tough to say whether or not the tour is actually happening, Satriani reassured fans that if they do it, they’d do it right.
“It’s very complicated, and all I can really say about it is that if it does happen, I know we’ll make it the greatest thing ever for the fans, and we’ll all celebrate together,” Satriani said. “Not only the great Eddie Van Halen but the legacy that that band created, the amazing amount of music and the goodwill and good vibes they created as a band.”
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