'I was cautiously optimistic,' said the former Van Halen singer of his past comments.

'Truthfully, I’d rather get sick and even die, if that’s what it takes," the former Van Halen frontman said about resuming concerts amid the coronavirus crisis.

"Van Halen isn’t going to be coming back in the fashion that you know," the iconic band's frontman said during a recent interview.

The longtime Van Halen frontman will return to Vegas in January for the David Lee Roth Rocks Vegas residency.

Jonas Tomalty from Jonas & The Massive Attraction joined host Laura Casella and weather specialist Kim Sullivan as a guest host on Global News Morning.

To celebrate Eddie Van Halen's six decades of life, here are 12 facts about his life (and some of his most memorable riffs).