See Van Halen the singer David Lee Roth now at 68

The legend of rock and roll has just withdrawn from live performance.


At 68, David Lee Roth has long been a rock and roll icon. He came to glory as a principal singer of Van Halen , Fronting the Band from 1974 to 1985, in 1996, and again from 2007 to 2020, when they finally broke for good after the death of the main and homonymous guitarist Eddie Van Halen . In addition to his immediately recognizable voice on songs, successes like "Jump!" And "Hot For Teacher", Roth is known for his flamboyant scene character, who defined this early breeze moment for the group. During the years that followed Van Halen, the musician has grown up a bit, but he still does art and does things in his own way. Read the rest to discover what he did.

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He launched a solo career.

David Lee Roth in 1980
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After leaving Van Halen for the first time and given his place occupied by a new main singer Sammy Hagar , Roth embarked on a career as a solo artist. Between 1985 and 2003, he released six solo studio albums. He touring both alone and with other audiences and set up successful residences. It was planned for five "farewell" shows in Las Vegas at the end of 2021 and at the beginning of 2022, but, as indicated by Billboard ,, The entire race has been canceled At the last minute for no specific reason.

He was launched from Kiss's farewell tour.

David Lee Roth in 1993
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In 2019, Roth was reserved as the first act of the farewell tour of the Hard Rock Kiss group. The tour started as expected, but saw most of the dates postponed due to the COVVI-19 pandemic. While Roth was initially supposed to be back for the journey when the reprogrammed dates took place, it was completely out of the Kiss tour in 2021.

Fans did not have to wonder why for a long time. In an interview with Rolling stone , Kiss the bassist Gene Simmons did not retain His opinion on Roth and the trajectory of his career. "It should be noted that during Dave's gold, no one did what he did. He was the ultimate singer. Not. [Robert] Plant , not Rod Stewart , nobody, "said the rocker." He took a leader far beyond everything. And then, I don't know what happened to him ... something. And you get modern Dave. I prefer to remember Elvis Presley at its peak. Stay the lips, back in Memphis, you know, doing all that. I don't want to think of Elvis naked swollen in the bathroom. ""

Simmons later Excused with Roth , but their collaboration had already died in the water.

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He is (probably) withdrawn from live music.

David Lee Roth in 1998
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Before these dates of residence which were finally canceled, Roth declared to the Journal of the Revue de Las Vegas It was projecting from the spotlight . "I throw shoes. I retire. This is the first and only an official announcement ... You have the news. Share it with the world." Asked details, the star continued: "I'm not going to explain the declaration. The explanation is in the declaration. These are my last five shows ... I gave you everything I have to give. It was an incredible , good race, no regrets, nothing to say about anyone. You will all miss. Stay freezing. "It remains to be seen if Roth will be on stage, but the sidelining of these last five shows seems to have marked the early beginning of his retirement.

He is a visual artist.

David Lee Roth in 2021
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Although his musical career is supposed to be over, Roth is still expressed in another way. The Roth Project Take visitors through an interactive audio and visual comic strip of The Rocker. He is also a painter and has a separate site for this work of art. "" Art was a constant In my life, "he said The New York Times in 2020. "My hand has always been in the wardrobe, background sets, stage complexes, album covers, video direction. That is one of them. And there is Crafts involved, so there is a little more heft in some of the statements. "

It is formed as an EMT.

David Lee Roth in 2021
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Another surprising element of Roth's life is that he is an EMT certified in New York State and has made hundreds of calls. He said Joe Rogan In an interview in 2019 that he started His education in this area When he was 50 years old. "Until I became an EMT and I put this uniform, I was not someone," he said. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB


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