“I will not ever play a note on a Van Halen song!” Steve Lukather sets the record straight on his reported involvement on a new Van Halen album

Steve Lukather and Eddie Van Halen.

Last week, a Dutch newspaper broke the guitar internet when it reported that Alex Van Halen had turned to Steve Lukather to complete a new Van Halen album.

Alex’s pick of the Toto guitarist and revered session shredder made a lot of sense. Lukather and the late electric guitar great Eddie Van Halen had a long-standing relationship, and – among their many collaborations – most famously worked together on Michael Jackson’s Beat It. But now Lukather has taken to Instagram to set the record straight.