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David Lee Roth<\/a> had a little fun at Sammy Hagar<\/a>‘s expense earlier this week, humorously suggesting that he, too, had recently been visited by the ghost of Eddie Van Halen<\/a>.<\/p>\n In August of 2022, Hagar told UCR that Van Halen, who died in October 2020, visited him in a dream and helped him write a new song<\/a>: “I remembered it. I got up in the morning and I wrote the song. I used the fuckin\u2019 lick that he showed me in the song.”<\/p>\n Nearly three years later the song, entitled “Encore, Thank You, Goodnight<\/a>,” was finally released, with Hagar joined by Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony and Kenny Aronoff on the recording.<\/p>\n During his show Wednesday night in Hampton Beach and with tongue firmly in cheek, Roth said he too, had recently been visited by the guitar great.<\/p>\n Roth began with what might be the nicest description of Hagar he’s ever offered: “One of my esteemed colleagues, he’s a contemporary, he’s got a great voice, he’s got a great catalog. You all know Sammy Hagar, right? He’s got a great voice. And Sammy, aloud, he described to the media about six weeks ago that the ghost of Eddie Van Halen visited him and graced him with a song that he memorized and then went home and recorded. It’s on the Internet.”<\/p>\n From there things got a bit less serious. “I don’t know what the odds are, but last night the ghost of Eddie Van Halen visited me at the fucking hotel room. I was watching the weather report and he came in and he was laughing. His fucking ghost was laughing,” Roth recalled.<\/p>\n “I said, ‘What did you do now?’ He said, ‘Dave, Dave\u2026Dave, you know that song I gave Hagar?’ I said, ‘What now?’ He said, ‘It’s actually [Iron Butterfly’s 1968 hit] ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’ backwards. Don’t fucking tell him.’<\/p>\n Roth finished off the story – which he was telling in the middle of a performance of “Dance the Night Away” – by saying he and Van Halen’s ghost then shared a ghost cigarette.<\/p>\n “And I hugged my brother Ed, and I said, ‘Man, do I fucking miss you.’ And he said, ‘I miss you too, Dave.’ He said, ‘But you know what? You should still go to hell.’ And I said, ‘Save me a seat.'”<\/p>\n Read More: Every Roth-Era Van Halen Song Sammy Hagar Sang Live<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The recently un-retired Roth is in the midst of a solo tour that finds him joined by an impressive four-piece vocal group. The trip is currently scheduled to conclude in mid-September, you can get show and ticket information at his official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Watch David Lee Roth Describe His Eddie Van Halen Dream<\/strong><\/p>\n Van Halen’s meteoric rise to fame during their first world tour in 1978 included 10 particularly important performances. Here’s a look.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Matthew Wilkening<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nHow Van Halen Conquered the World in Just 10 Shows<\/h2>\n