Also, they had been touring every single year from 2003 to last year. This is the first year they’re taking off due to Bruce’s cancer scare; they want him to fully recover physically before going out to reconquer the world.
Man, I wanna hear Bruce’s original voice. I have tix to van halen at the Hollywood Bowl and my buds told me Roth lost his pitch, the same way Hetfield from Metallica lost his. Hard not to notice it after so many years of screaming at the micro.