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  "textContent": "Wolfgang Van Halen would take Anthony’s place, but he didn’t get the gig because of “family influences,” the drummer says",
  "title": "“We did call him because we owed him that. He was important for the band”: Alex Van Halen says they tried to recruit Michael Anthony for Van Halen’s David Lee Roth reunion"
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