Van Halen's Alex Van Halen and David Lee Roth nearly came to blows before canceling reunion tour

Van Halen's Alex Van Halen claimed that an argument between himself and David Lee Roth almost turned violent and led to the cancelation of a planned reunion tour after Eddie Van Halen's death.

Following discussions with Queen's Brian May regarding how the band honors their late frontman Freddie Mercury during their tours, Alex approached Roth about acknowledging the late guitarist in their shows. "The vitriol that came out was unbelievable." Ashley Hume is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to ashley.hume@fox.com and on Twitter: @ashleyhume

"The thing that broke the camel’s back, and I can be honest about this now," Alex said. "was I said, ‘Dave, at some point, we have to have a very overt — not a bowing — but an acknowledgment of Ed in the gig. If you look at how Queen does it, they show old footage.’ And the moment I said we gotta acknowledge Ed, Dave f-----’ popped a fuse.…"