The one tour Eddie Van Halen called the most fun: “The best times of my life”Every record that Eddie Van Halen ever made had to come from a place of fun for him. Which is strange, considering how many times Eddie had bouts of stage fright every single time he went onstage. But Eddie wasn’t looking to be a guitar god when he first started making waves. I had some of the best times of my life with him on our 1984 European tour.”But what Malcolm did with his guitar was a completely different vocabulary to what Eddie had done. Even if Eddie was miles better from a technical perspective, the magic that he saw in AC/DC went beyond any kind of blistering lead playing.

Source: The Times January 21, 2026 02:11 UTC