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Van Halen’s David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen reunite at TEDxFargo talk
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Classic Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth and drummer Alex Van Halen reunited in public for a TEDxFargo talk on Thursday 30 July, their first joint appearance since the band's final concert in October 2015. The event, held in conversation with visual artist Robert Vargas, went ahead despite the pair's history of strained relations and followed Alex's recent memoir, in which he praised Roth's era of the band while pointedly omitting any mention of singer Sammy Hagar, with whom both men have separately feuded.
Alex Van Halen had been announced as a TEDxFargo participant several weeks earlier, with Roth added to the line-up shortly before the event; all three appeared together in the room on the day, though footage of the talk was not due to be posted on YouTube until several weeks afterwards. Roth's schedule had freed up after he cancelled the remainder of his summer tour, reportedly amid low ticket sales, retaining only an 7 August date at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota.
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In short
- Roth and Alex Van Halen reunited publicly at TEDxFargo on 30 July 2026
- First joint appearance since Van Halen's final 2015 concert
- Follows Alex's memoir praising Roth's era, ignoring Sammy Hagar
How this story developed
- 4 months ago The reunion went ahead as planned, with Roth and Alex Van Halen appearing together in conversation with artist Robert Vargas at TEDxFargo, footage of which will not surface on YouTube for several weeks.
- 4 months ago David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen were confirmed to be reuniting publicly for a TEDxFargo talk on Thursday 30 July, their first joint appearance since Van Halen's final 2015 show, following Alex's memoir that praised Roth's era while conspicuously leaving out Sammy Hagar.
Explained simply
David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen are the two surviving core members of Van Halen, the rock band Roth fronted for much of its history alongside guitarist Eddie Van Halen (Alex's late brother) and various bassists and singers. The band went through several line-up changes over the decades, most notably swapping Roth out for singer Sammy Hagar in the mid-1980s before later reuniting with Roth. Van Halen played its final show together in October 2015, and Eddie Van Halen died in 2020.
Since then, relations between the surviving members have reportedly been difficult, with both Roth and Alex Van Halen said to have fallen out with Hagar at various points. TED talks are short, filmed presentations on ideas and personal stories, usually given at TED's own events or licensed local versions such as TEDxFargo, and are often later shared online for a wider audience.
This background matters because it explains why any public appearance together by Roth and Alex Van Halen is considered noteworthy by fans: it would be their first time appearing together in public since the band stopped performing, set against a backdrop of strained personal relationships within the group.
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Originally published by Consequence as “David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen to Reunite for TED Talk”.