The return of Roth to Van Halen made media headlines , with MTV going as far as to play a celebratory " welcome back " commercial for the charismatic Roth . Weeks after an appearance at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards caused a public and media sensation , Van Halen parted ways - for a second time , acrimoniously - with Roth . A planned video for " Me Wise Magic " was never filmed . The first proposal , of a concept video with a Voodoo theme , was discarded by Roth , who also rejected a performance video where he would be in a big screen behind the three other members . However , in lieu of a video , MTV created a montage of Van Halen and Roth clips set to the song , which they ran with a Van Halen TV special
1996 MTV Video Music Awards
1996 MTV Video Music Awards
Me Wise Magic