More than a decade after Van Halen‘s last performance and six years after the death of guitarist Eddie Van Halen, the band’s David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen are reuniting … improbably for a TED Talk. Originally, the event was to feature only Vargas and Van Halen, but Roth seems to have been made available after canceling a run of tour dates. Nobody’s saying, but it’s safe to assume they ain’t talkin’ ’bout love and they ain’t talkin’ ’bout Sammy Hagar since Alex Van Halen ended the narrative of his Brothers memoir before Hagar joined and wouldn’t even say the singer’s name during a 2024 Rolling Stone interview. Odds are especially good that Roth will link the TED Talk to a Ted Templeman joke and that Roth will do most of the talking. On Thursday, Alex Van Halen will have the chance to agree or disagree.