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I should have fought to see the concerts!

David Lee Roth, Hager tour feud
One wonders how Eddie Van Halen lasted so many years. The guitarist’s two former frontmen — David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar — dislike each other so much they needed walls constructed backstage to separate them during the recent concert tour together.
“Every night looked like a rap festival with all the police presence,” the balding Roth said after presenting with Hagar at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards Thursday.
Roth and Hagar didn’t appear backstage together, however.
Hagar said the concerts were great, the offstage moments weren’t.
“All the stuff backstage got pretty ugly at times,” Hagar said. “I had to sleep with my light on twice.”
Roth played down the feud. “What’s the worst a couple of rock stars can do — a little slap-fighting?”