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David Lee Roth has pulled his current US tour – and got a unexpected message of support from longtime nemesis Sammy Hagar after doing it.
Original Van Halen singer Roth kicked off his tour in April and later extended the run through to September. However, on July 23, all but one of the remaining tour dates were taken down from his website with no explanation given.
Roth was due to play six dates between July 23 and Sep 4. The only date still remaining on his website is in Sturgis, South Dakota on August 7,
However Roth received a surprisingly sympathetic response from Hagar, the singer who replaced him in Van Halen and with whom he has had a fractious relationship over the years.
In a seemingly earnest video, delivered while sipping a Tequila cocktail, Hagar addressed Roth’s tour cancellation – and even invited his arch enemy to join him at one of his own upcoming Las Vegas shows.
Hagar said: “Hey Dave, Sammy here. I just got a call from [ex-Van Halen/current Hagar solo bassist] Michael Anthony as I’m sitting down having my favourite cocktail, I don’t have to tell you what this is, about your tour getting cancelled.
“And I wanna say from the bottom of my heart, I’m sorry. I hope you’re well. I hope there’s not a physical problem.”
Hagar then addressed the fact that both he and Roth have continued to play songs by their former band, six years after the death of guitarist Eddie Van Halen.
“Honestly, Mike and I love the fact that you’ve been out there doing it, supporting the greatest band in the world that we were both part of.
“And, yeah, I’m really sorry. That’s fucked up. Supporting what we did in this band to keep this music alive. You and I, Mikey, Al [Alex Van Halen], Ed, cannot be replaced.
“So, when you’re ready to carry on, you go, brother. Mike and I support you.”
Hagar then extended the olive branch even further, inviting Roth to join him and Anthony at their Las Vegas residency in September: “Come on, join us, sing a couple of songs, MC the damn show. Come out and just do what the fuck you do, which is pretty damn entertaining.
“Anyway, hope you’re well, I really do. God bless, brother.”
The two men have had a tempestuous relationship ever since Hagar replaced Roth in Van Halen in 1985, with the pair taking potshots at each other in the press over the next decade.
The pair put aside their differences long enough to tour together in 2002, but old tensions resurfaced and hostilities resumed soon afterwards.
Roth and Hagar were still sniping at each other as recently as last year, when the former mocked the latter’s claim that he had been visited by the ghost of Eddie Van Halen.
Multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, poet and multi-disciplinary artist Emma Ruth Rundle debuts her cutting new single “Enough” from her forthcoming studio album, These Killing
The singer-songwriter opens up about life as a niche icon for more than 30 years, the personal struggles that nearly killed him and trying to write political music under President Trump.
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After a two-year absence, London-based Turkish musician Affet Robot returned with three songs tracing a tightening path from ruin to confinement. The sequence began with Kan ve Kül (“Blood and Ash”), continued with Tuzak (“Trap”), and now reaches its conclusion with Kafes (“Cage”), an ensnaring darkwave track built for the dancefloor while its words search desperately for a way out.
Kafes opens on an organ-like low-end synth hum before a volley of rounded FM tones rolls in and rapid percussion gathers underneath. A bright, insistent guitar melody soon takes hold; later, bell-like synth notes ring through the arrangement. Bass and sequenced electronics maintain a spring-loaded dark groove throughout its four-minute runtime, while reverbed guitars widen the space around them. Eren Günsan’s Turkish vocal sits deep within layers of echo, giving his delivery a mechanical, distant quality—as if his voice is already reaching the listener from behind the song’s four walls.
The lyrics place fate in another person’s hands. Günsan sings of a soul longing to fly from a rusted cage, only to find itself caught in a net by “sweet poison,” with no visible exit and the key held elsewhere. The closing lines turn the cage inward: the same cycle repeats, four walls return, and each attempt to retreat into the self brings another wave of nausea. Where Tuzak named the condition, Kafes gives it walls.
The lyric video folds live footage filmed at London’s Nambucca into saturated red, green, and violet light, keeping Günsan partly in silhouette as he performs amid smoke and severe beams of colour. Jagged Caligari-style lyrics cut across the screen, turning the stage image into a moving enclosure that reflects the song’s circling thoughts.
Watch the video for Kafes below:
Affet Robot is the music project of Eren Günsan, a musician born and raised in Turkey and currently based in London. Drawing from darkwave and post-punk, the project combines cold electronic textures, reverberant guitars, propulsive rhythms, and Turkish-language songwriting into a distinct identity within the international darkwave scene.
Kafes was written, produced, and recorded in South London by Eren Günsan. Mixing was handled by Barış Ergün, with mastering by Gianni Peri. Its visual identity brings together cover photography by Gökay Çatak, artwork by Öykü Özünal, and promotional photographs shot in London by Barış Uçar.
Award-winning independent label Conquest Music has announced the release of STAGE, the fifth and final chapter in Bernie Marsden’s acclaimed Inspirations Series. Due out on 21st August 2026 (pre-orders available now), the album captures the late, legendary guitarist where he shone the brightest: live on stage before an appreciative audience. Available as a limited edition … Continue reading News: Conquest Music announce fifth and final Bernie Marsden Inspirations Series album – ‘Stage’
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The fifth and final album in Bernie Marsden’s Inspirations Series, ‘Stage‘ is out on 21st August 2026 through award winning independent label, Conquest Music. Available in a limited edition 2LP, Gatefold sleeve set and 2CD Deluxe Digipack with 16 page booklet, the album represents the arena where perhaps Bernie shone the brightest… on STAGE. Bernie Marsden‘s charisma, warmth and […]
