As Alex tells it in the interview, he had been in conversation with Queen's Brian May about how to properly pay tribute to his late brother during the reunion shows, as Queen did with Freddie Mercury. When Alex expressed this idea to Roth, the singer - for whatever reason - was furious at the suggestion.
The thing that broke the camel's back, and I can be honest about this now, was I said, 'Dave, at some point, we have to have a very overt - not a bowing - but an acknowledgment of Ed in the gig. If you look at how Queen does it, they show old footage.' And the moment I said we gotta acknowledge Ed, Dave fuckin' popped a fuse.... The vitriol that came out was unbelievable.
In turn, Alex was angry and dumbfounded that DLR would take such offense at honoring his brother. 'I’m from the street,' he said.
Rumors of the tour that had circulated since Eddie's passing were largely true. According to the Rolling Stone article, Roth and Alex had even begun rehearsing for the tour with members of DLR's solo band, with plans to fill out the lineup with former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and Joe Satriani on lead guitar, in Eddie's place.
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