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OCTOBER 1, 2021 7:04PM ET

David Lee Roth

Announces
Retirement: ‘I’m
Throwing in the
Shoes’
The former Van Halen frontman will play
five final shows in Las Vegas before
retiring

By BRIAN HIATT

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 12:

David Lee Roth attends the 2021 MTV
Video Music Awards at Barclays Center
on September 12, 2021 in New York City.
(Photo by Udo Salters /Patrick McMullan
via Getty Images)
Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

Former Van Halen singer David

Lee Roth will play the last concert
of his career on January 8th, 2022,
at the House of Blues at Mandalay
Bay in Las Vegas, a spokesperson
for Roth confirmed to Rolling
Stone.

“I’m throwing in the shoes,” Roth

told the Last Vegas Review on
Friday (August 1st), before sending
the audio of his side of the
conversation to the Van Halen
News Desk fansite. “I’m retiring.”

“I am encouraged and compelled

to really come to grips with how
short time is, and my time is
probably even shorter,” Roth said.

Roth also reflected on the loss of

Eddie Van Halen, who died of
cancer last October 6th. “I thought
I might have been the first,
frankly,” said Roth, who added
that he’s been in frequent contact
with Van Halen drummer Alex Van
Halen. “I might have thought the
Marlboro Man would’ve got me.
Hey Ed, objects in the rear-view
mirror are probably me. And my
doctors, my handlers, compelled
me to really address that every
time I go on stage, I endanger that
future.”

A D V E RT I S E M E N T

Roth is playing five shows at the

House of Blues, starting New
Year’s Eve; he told the Las Vegas
Review that he was planning 75
rehearsals for those shows with his
backup band. “These are my last
five shows,” he emphasized.

Roth concluded his phone call by

saying, “I’ve given you all I’ve got
to give. It’s been an amazing, great
run, no regrets, nothing to say
about anybody. I’ll miss you all.
Stay frosty.”

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