Ex-VAN HALEN Bassist MICHAEL ANTHONY: 'I Don't Know Exactly What The Next Year Will Bring'

December 4, 2006

Former VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony has posted the following message on his official web site:

Well, the holidays are already here and it seems like this year just flew by!

"First of all, I would like to say, 'Thank You' to everyone who came out and suported us on tour this past summer. You guys are the reason I still love to go on tour and as long as you want to hear the songs, I'll be out there bashing away and having a great time! I don't know exactly what the next year will bring, but whatever happens, I'll keep all of you posted as to what is happening in my world.

"Have a safe and rockin' holiday season and don't bash it up too hard. I'll definitely see you in 2007!

As previously reported, Eddie Van Halen has brought his 15-year-old son, Wolfgang, into VAN HALEN as the veteran rock band's new bass player.

Father and son, along with Eddie's drummer brother Alex, have been rehearsing for a 2007 tour, but it is unknown who will serve as the band's vocalist, according to Billboard.com.

Rumors continue to swirl that original singer David Lee Roth, who was replaced by Sammy Hagar in the mid-1980s, will return to the fold, despite years of enmity. Roth, who has recently worked as a radio DJ and a paramedic, told Billboard.com in May that he saw it "absolutely as an inevitability."

No details have been provided about the departure of Anthony, a fan favorite who generally kept out of the internecine warfare in the band.

As for the musical acumen of Wolfgang, Eddie Van Halen enthused to Howard Stern in September, "If I excel at the speed of sound, he excels at the speed of light. This kid is just a natural."

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