# Van Halen’s David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen reunite at TEDxFargo talk

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/david-lee-roth-and-alex-van-halen-to-reunite-for-ted-talk/
- Published: 2026-07-28T17:33:01+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-28T23:47:25+00:00
- Original publisher: Consequence
- Original article: https://consequence.net/2026/07/david-lee-roth-alex-van-halen-to-reunite-ted-talk/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- 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

## Summary

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.

## Coverage

- [Consequence: Van Halen’s David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen reunite at TEDxFargo talk](https://consequence.net/2026/07/david-lee-roth-alex-van-halen-to-reunite-ted-talk/)
- [Blabbermouth: ALEX VAN HALEN And DAVID LEE ROTH To Reunite At TEDxFargo Event This Thursday](https://blabbermouth.net/news/alex-van-halen-and-david-lee-roth-to-reunite-at-tedxfargo-event-this-thursday)

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