Sammy Hagar & The Circle have announced they'll be part of the first-ever Afterburner Music Festival in Southern California to be held on October 1st and 2nd. The show will be in celebration of Van Halen's classic 1986 single "Dreams" along with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, who starred in the song's video (above). Hagar and his bandmates Michael Anthony (bass), Jason … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar News
The former Van Halen frontman recently released his acoustic solo album, "Lite Roast". In 2015, he's touring with his band "The Circle", featuring Michael Anthony, Vic Johnson, and Jason Bonham. His other band, Chickenfoot, is on hiatus indefinitely.
Sammy Hagar On Adding Van Halen Songs To Upcoming Setlists, The Story Behind ‘Poundcake’
Sammy Hagar continues to promise a setlist heavy on Van Halen songs during his upcoming concerts. During a recent Instagram live chat with The Washington Post's Geoff Edgers, Hagar said he and Circle bandmate Michael Anthony have been adding more and more songs from Hagar's time in Van Halen to upcoming shows. "We're goin' heavy on Van Hagar lately," said Hagar. … [Read more...]
Miles Copeland On Eddie Van Halen, Sammy Hagar & Hagar’s One-Time Opening Act Steven Seagal
Legendary music manager and label owner Miles Copeland has worked with many of the biggest artists in music history including The Police, The Go-Go's, The Bangles and R.E.M. One musician he wishes he could have worked with but never had the chance to was Eddie Van Halen. "He's an artist I would have liked to have worked with because he really was a great guitar player and he … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar Returning To Catalina For 2021 Birthday Bash
Sammy Hagar's Birthday Bash is coming back to Catalina. For the second straight year Hagar will celebrate his birthday in Catalina instead of his usual location - The Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The event is scheduled for October 7th, 8th and 9th. More details are to come according to Hagar, who posted the news to his website redrocker.com: In 31 years … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar To Add ‘Balance’ Deep Track To Playlist, Posts Rare ’95 Live Clip
Sammy Hagar has another surprise in store for Van Halen fans. Shortly after revealing he will play the band's 1988 album OU812 in its entirety in Las Vegas, he has added an "almost forgotten" deep cut from Van Halen's 1995 album Balance. In a recent post to his and Michael Anthony's Van Halen/Other Half Facebook page, Hagar shared a live clip of Van Halen performing the song … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar To Play All Of Van Halen ‘OU812’ Album During Las Vegas Residency
Sammy Hagar said he'll be playing Van Halen's 1988 album OU812 in its entirety during his upcoming Las Vegas residency. Hagar revealed the news to Ultimate Classic Rock's Matt Wardlaw. "The idea is to start doing things like playing a whole album," Hagar said. "Like, we’re going to play the Montrose record for the first half of the show. Things like that. We’re … [Read more...]
Car Engineer Claudio Zampolli, The Man Who Led Sammy Hagar To Van Halen in ’85, Has Died
Italian car engineer Claudio Zampolli, the man who facilitated the Sammy Hagar era of Van Halen, died yesterday (July 7th) at the age of 82. No cause of death has been given. Zampoli is best known to car fans as the creator of the Cizeta V16T Supercar, but Van Halen fans will remember him as the man who gave Eddie Van Halen Hagar's phone number back in 1985. At the time, … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar & Friends To Launch Las Vegas Residency This Fall [UPDATE: MORE SHOWS ADDED]
Sammy Hagar will launch a Les Vegas residency this fall and some surprise special guests are expected to join the party. Sammy Hagar and Friends will launch Halloween weekend in the Strat Theater with the first shows set for October 29 and 30 and November 5 and 6. The shows will feature Hagar and his Circle bandmates Michael Anthony, guitarist Vic Johnson, drummer Jason … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar Apologizes For Exposing Eddie Van Halen’s ‘Dark Side’ In Autobiography
Sammy Hagar said he is sorry for exposing "the dark side" of Eddie Van Halen in his 2011 autobiography Red: My Uncensored Life In Rock. "Because of the untimely and tragic death of Eddie Van Halen, I apologize from the bottom of my heart for exposing his dark side to where I don't think anyone wants to hear that now, and, unfortunately, it's in the book," Hagar said in … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar & The Circle To Perform At CNN’s ‘Fourth in America Special’
L-R: Vic Johnson, Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony & Jason Bonham. Photo from Michael Anthony's Mad Anthony's Cafe Facebook page. Sammy Hagar & The Circle will be one of the featured musical guests on CNN's upcoming "Fourth in America Special". Here is what Michael Anthony posted to his Mad Anthony's Cafe Facebook page this weekend: The Circle will be one of … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar & Michael Anthony Launch ‘Van Hagar/Other Half’ Page
Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony are keeping the Hagar era of Van Halen alive with a brand new social media page. The page, which can be found on Instagram as well as Facebook, will feature vintage footage of Van Halen during Hagar's time in the band. "Hey everybody I got some fresh news for ya," Hagar said in his video message. "Mikey and I been checkin' out all our … [Read more...]
Van Halen’s ‘Dreams’ Reawakened Through New Generations Of Musicians
Of the many hit singles Van Halen recorded during their run with Sammy Hagar, there seems to be one in particular that younger generations of musicians prefer most – “Dreams”. In March the synthwave artist Arena recorded a cover of the song. Their recording even received the stamp of approval from Hagar himself. “I wanna tell you guys I love what Arena did with … [Read more...]