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"Eddie Van Halen has undergone emergency surgery after being diagnosed with digestive disease diverticulitis. Van Halen posted a message on their official website confirming that Eddie&amp;#039;s recovery time is expected to be between four and six months. The &amp;#039;Jump&amp;#039; group were to tour Japan this fall, but those dates will now be rescheduled for 2013. Eddie previously battled tongue cancer in 2000 and 2001, when nearly a third of his tongue was removed. He ultimately returned to music and this year released Van Halen&amp;#039;s first album with David Lee Roth since 1984. Van Halen toured the US throughout the spring, but canceled more than 30 dates this summer in order to take a break from the road. The group&amp;#039;s latest album A Different Kind of Truth reached the top ten on both the US and UK album charts in February. Watch Van Halen&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Tattoo&amp;#039; music video below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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