Gary Cherone says Eddie Van Halen hinted about plans for a “kitchen sink” tour

[YankeeRose]

Gary Cherone says Eddie Van Halen hinted about plans for a “kitchen sink” tour, but the Extreme frontman didn't understand at the time.






Discussions were underway to create a shared bill that would have celebrated every era of Van Halen’s history, before Eddie died in 2020. That would have potentially opened the door for Cherone to return for the first time since Van Halen III. Meanwhile, Cherone said he and Van Halen had “rekindled” their friendship in 2015 or 2016.




“I reached out to him and we picked up where we left off,” he recently revealed on SiriusXM's Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk. “It was wild, because we went back and forth and we talked. Then when I went out to L.A., I finally got to see him, and it was great.”


Most of their interaction was talking “as friends,” Cherone said, “but there was a couple of conversations. Little did I know, until it was confirmed by [son] Wolfie [Van Halen] after Eddie passed. I remember hanging out with Eddie and he was talking about the ‘kitchen sink,’ [but] not in those terms. It was around [their] 40th anniversary and they were talking about getting together to do something.”
The plan for that project was to work with David Lee Roth, but Cherone threw his hat in the ring anyway.

“I remember saying to him, ‘Hey, if it doesn’t work out, I know a singer for cheap!’ He laughed and he looked at me, and at the time he goes, ‘You never know.’ And I remember thinking, ‘That was odd.’ I just remembered him saying that, and then when Wolfie [explained] after he passed, I go, ‘That was his reference.’”
Cherone said Van Halen was already undergoing cancer treatment when they reconnected. “All he said to me was, ‘I’m kicking its ass,’” Cherone said, “and at the time he was. He’d have good days. There was one time I saw him, and he was just getting back, and he was just, like, ‘Ah, man. I’m not feeling great.’ And [I said], ‘That's cool. We can just hang for a little while.’
“I think the last six months it got real quiet,” Cherone added. “I reached out to him a few times and he got back to me later. I just had a feeling something was going down.”




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[Jedi McFly]

I'm glad Ed and Gary connected and ended on a positive note. Really wish Mike got the same closure.

[fudd]

I bet Mike isn’t happy with himself that he didn’t. That’s his cross to bear but I guess just like all of us, he thought he had more time.


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[T.B.]

This is pretty much the same stuff Gary mentions in the interview in the recent "Eruption" book.

[Little Intruder]

I'm glad Ed and Gary connected and ended on a positive note. Really wish Mike got the same closure.

Amen!

[VHrox12]

2015 or 2016. what the hell took you so long Gary to reconnect with Ed. Sounds positive though.

[Raldo]

Would’ve been a great tour!!

[VHrox12]

Would’ve been a great tour!!

Yeah all 3 eras of Van Halen wrapped up in one bag. It would have been amazing.

I could see a setlist like this:
Cherone set:
Fire In The Hole
Without You
Joesphina
A Year To The Day
Sammy set:
Poundcake
When It's Love
Best Of Both Worlds
Right Now
Finish What You Started
Human Beings
Eddie set:
Eruption
DLR set:
Hot For Teacher
Running With The Devil
Dance The Night Away
Jump
Panama
Tattoo
All 3 VH singers come on stage to close it out:
Somebody Get Me A Doctor
Mean Street
Ain't Talkin Bout Love

[I Coulda Hada VH]

Yeah all 3 eras of Van Halen wrapped up in one bag. It would have been amazing.

I could see a setlist like this:
Cherone set:
Fire In The Hole
Without You
Joesphina
A Year To The Day
Sammy set:
Poundcake
When It's Love
Best Of Both Worlds
Right Now
Finish What You Started
Human Beings
Eddie set:
Eruption
DLR set:
Hot For Teacher
Running With The Devil
Dance The Night Away
Jump
Panama
Tattoo
All 3 VH singers come on stage to close it out:
Somebody Get Me A Doctor
Mean Street
Ain't Talkin Bout Love

Tattoo???

[Michaels]

Tattoo???

Tattoo Tattoo

[Little Intruder]

Gary and Nuno deserve to be a part of any EVH tribute and/or tour. And God willing, they will!

[VHrox12]

Tattoo???

I might be one of the few here that really likes that song and thinks it a VH classic.

Gary and Nuno deserve to be a part of any EVH tribute and/or tour. And God willing, they will!

You would think.

[chain]

Gary and Nuno deserve to be a part of any EVH tribute and/or tour. And God willing, they will!

Gary and Dweezil Zappa are my preferred additions to the tribute show/tour. After all Dweezil was pretty tight with EVH for many years. But obviously your mileage varies....And that's fine too.

[nicholas_kudochop]

Tattoo???

Yeah.. ya know, the song about Swamp Gas Sally?

[DFVH5150]

Gary and Dweezil Zappa are my preferred additions to the tribute show/tour. After all Dweezil was pretty tight with EVH for many years. But obviously your mileage varies....And that's fine too.

Ever heard this song? A Van Halen-inspired Dweezil tune including Extreme. It's one of the coolest songs I've ever heard: