"I americium throwing successful the shoes. I'm retiring," Roth told the paper successful a telephone call. "This is the first, and only, authoritative announcement ... You've got the news. Share it with the world."
CNN has reached retired to Roth's representatives for comment.
The flamboyant beforehand antheral was known arsenic "Diamond Dave" during the band's 1970s and '80s heyday, erstwhile the foursome had hits similar "Dance the Night Away" and "Jump."
Roth's announcement comes conscionable shy of a twelvemonth aft Eddie Van Halen, the band's pb guitarist and 1 of its namesakes, died of cancer. The vocalist referenced Van Halen's decease successful the telephone with the Las Vegas newspaper, saying helium had been reasoning astir "the departure of my beloved classmate."
"I americium encouraged and compelled to truly travel to grips with however abbreviated clip is, and my clip is astir apt adjacent shorter," helium said.
The set formed aft Van Halen and his brother, Alex, met Roth. The set released much than a twelve albums implicit 4 decades, done a rotating formed of pb singers: Roth was replaced by Sammy Hagar, who was replaced by Gary Cherone -- the set past went backmost to Hagar and, eventually, backmost to Roth again.
Roth told the Review-Journal helium remembered the aboriginal days with the set "like they were yesterday."
Roth has 5 shows scheduled astatine House of Blues successful Las Vegas opening New Year's Eve and moving into aboriginal January -- 5 shows helium says volition beryllium his last.
"I've fixed you each I've got to give. It's been an amazing, large run, nary regrets, thing to accidental astir anybody. I'll miss you all. Stay frosty."
CNN's Keith Allen contributed to this report.
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