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March 8, 2007

Right Now Eddie Van Halen Is Checking Into Rehab

As unlikely as it seemed, we figured all the Van Halen guys (save Gary) would at least show up for their Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction. Until now. Eddie gave this statement to TMZ.com:

I would like Van Halen fans to know how much I truly appreciate each and every one of you. Without you there is no Van Halen.

I have always and will always feel a responsibility to give you my best. At the moment I do not feel that I can give you my best. That's why I have decided to enter a rehabilitation facility to work on myself, so that in the future I can deliver the 110% that I feel I owe you and want to give you.

Some of the issues surrounding the 2007 Van Halen tour are within my ability to change and some are not. As far as my rehab is concerned, it is within my ability to change and change for the better. I want you to know that is exactly what I'm doing, so that I may continue to give you the very best I am capable of.

I look forward to seeing you in the future better than ever and I thank you with all my heart.

Love,
Ed

More champagne for Michael Anthony then. Enjoy it while it's free.

Posted at 6:20 PM
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10 bucks and a joint says he's out by Sunday.

Posted by: Paperslut at 03/08/07 6:42 PM  | Reply
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jesus cripes, he looks like a million bucks. a million, old, stinky, wornout, bucks. lotion eddie, you need more lotion. something.

Posted by: jorge at 03/08/07 7:01 PM  | Reply
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No bozos. Breathe in breathe out Don't bitch between breaths. Put one foot in front of the other. Don't bitch between steps. Go to a meeting. Get a sponsor and work the Steps, and oh recovery is not for pussies. 12 1/2 years today for me

Posted by: Steven fuckin' Behrens at 03/08/07 9:18 PM  | Reply
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Don't listen to these cell phone clones. When we put booze in our body we get a craving. Get on your knees with a sponsor hold hands and say the 3rd Step prayer after him.

Posted by: Steven fuckin' Behrens at 03/08/07 9:47 PM  | Reply
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Wow, he looks scary! Kinda like a cross between Iggy Pop and a disgruntled vietnam vet.

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Posted by: TeesMyBody.com T-Shirts at 03/08/07 9:56 PM  | Reply
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uh...why are there so many weird-ass posts for this topic?

Posted by: Greg at 03/08/07 10:04 PM  | Reply
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I really don't think he looks that bad at all. It's just the lighting.

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Posted by: Enrique at 03/08/07 10:17 PM  | Reply
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Posted by: Sean at 03/08/07 10:43 PM  | Reply
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I thought I heard that Michael Anthony was out and Wolfgang Van Halen replaced him?

Posted by: Johnatron at 03/09/07 2:22 AM  | Reply
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Holy crap.

Well, I hope it works this time. The man is a bull in a relationship china shop, busting up everything in his path. In a year that would have seen all the 70s / 80s major acts together, with Genesis, The Police and VH haunting the highways, Eddie did kinda wreck the mojo.

But I hope the rehab works, and I certainly hope he's more committed to it than Brit. Post-partum, my bulbous butt. More like post-partied...

DwD

Posted by: Dw Dunphy at 03/09/07 10:32 AM  | Reply
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Me, I'm going to be a silver fox. But I'd advocate hair dye in his case. He's rocking "zombie halloween mask" hair.

Posted by: ihartsf at 03/09/07 5:47 PM  | Reply
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"I'm scared mother"

Posted by: terrible man at 03/09/07 6:44 PM  | Reply
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How's Van Halo? I'm worried sick! EVH I have a visitor, meet SRV

Posted by: SWB at 03/10/07 5:13 PM  | Reply
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No worries Eddie, just get better. You owe your fans nothing,only your son. You've paid your dues. You will always be one of the rock gods of my gen.
Get clean, get a sponser, go to meetings,pray.
Being sober is a gift for us.Take it dude. I promise you will be back b-4 you know it.

Be good to yourself( and for godsakes do something with that hair and those teeth, no wonder Val left jeezzzz)

Rock On
JM

Posted by: Jill at 03/15/07 3:55 PM  | Reply
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EDDIE please work hard in rehab i hope to see more van halen concerts in the future

rock on ed
tn

Posted by: trent at 06/27/07 1:30 AM  | Reply
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