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Eddie Van Halen checks into rehab

Guitarist doesn't detail addiction, recovery facility in Web site posting

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In a statement addressed to fans March 8 on his Web site, Eddie Van Halen said he decided to seek treatment because "at the moment I do not feel that I can give you my best."
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updated 9:50 a.m. ET March 13, 2007

LOS ANGELES - Eddie Van Halen has said he will enter rehab for unspecified reasons.

In a statement addressed to fans Thursday on Van Halen’s Web site, the guitarist said he decided to seek treatment because “at the moment I do not feel that I can give you my best.”

“That’s why I have decided to enter a rehabilitation facility to work on myself, so that in the future I can deliver the 110 percent that I feel I owe you and want to give you,” the statement said.

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It wasn’t known whether Van Halen will attend his band’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony Monday in New York.

The operator of Van Halen’s Web site declined to release further details.

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