Go ahead and jump: Van Halen split before reforming

The much ballyhooed reunion of Van Halen with Dave Lee Roth looks like being the shortest reunion in history: The Rocky Mountain News reckons that it's now not going to happen. In fact, the paper claims the band won't even share a stage for their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.

They could at least have had the good grace to get to one gig for an embarrassing public climbdown.