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“I kept saying, ‘I’m not the guy. Call Nuno’”: Joe Satriani put Nuno Bettencourt’s name forward for failed EVH tribute tour with Alex Van Halen and David Lee Roth

Van Halen Alex Van Halen Joe Satriani David Lee Roth Nuno Bettencourt ED Satch Sammy Hagar Eddie Van Halen
Joe Satriani performs onstage at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 19, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada / Nuno Bettencourt performs onstage at the MTV Video Music Awards 2025 held at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in New York, New York.

Joe Satriani has been a key figure in honoring the music of Eddie Van Halen over the past few years, but if he’d had it his way, there may have been another virtuoso carrying the torch in his place.

Back in 2022, rumors of a potential Van Halen reunion tribute tour began to circulate after Jason Newsted said he’d been approached by Alex Van Halen for a project that ultimately “fizzled” out.

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