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Per Ole Hagen\/Redferns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Toto<\/strong>\u2019s Steve Lukather<\/strong> is clearing up speculation\u00a0about his involvement in a possible new Van Halen<\/strong> album that\u00a0Alex Van Halen<\/strong>\u00a0was\u00a0rumored to be working on.<\/p>\n

The speculation began after the Dutch outlet De Telegraaph<\/strong><\/em><\/a> claimed that Alex had asked Lukather to finish some unreleased Van Halen material. The outlet quoting Alex as saying, \u201cEd<\/strong> and Steve Lukather were very good friends and they often worked together. There is no one who can do this process with me as well as he can.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Lukather has taken to social media to clear up any confusion, posting a new comment to an\u00a0Instagram post<\/strong><\/a> he shared on Eddie\u2019s birthday Jan. 26.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the record: Ever since Alex Van Halen dropped some we were gonna work together I think there is a huge misunderstanding,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI will NOT EVER play a guitar note on a VH song ever!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAl asked me to help him go thru a ton of unfinished recordings of Al and Ed writing and recording that never saw the light of day. As of now thats all I got,\u201d he added. \u201cThe fact that ANYONE would think for even a second that I would play anything on this is ridiculous. I have too much love and respect for that and … I play nothing like Ed.. more as a co-producer or something.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally he shared, \u201cI am honored Al would ask me though.”<\/p>\n

As of now, the only unfinished music Alex has released since Eddie’s death in 2020 is a song called “Unfinished,” which was released as part of the\u00a0audiobook of his memoir,\u00a0<\/span>Brothers.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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