From Atlantic City Weekly: The Red Rocker is co-owner of an Atlantic City beach bar, and will be performing at the resort town's Boardwalk Hall with Aerosmith later this summer. By Ray Schweibert Posted Jun. 21, 2010 Cases are rampant of those who rise out of modest means to hit the heights of stardom only to crash hard. Sammy Hagar climbed that ladder, … [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 To Open For Aerosmith This Summer
From USAToday.com: Jun 01, 2010 Aerosmith announces U.S. summer tour Just announced: Aerosmith will be hitting the road this summer with the Cocked, Locked, Ready to Rock tour. An 18-city U.S. tour kicks off July 23 in Oakland, Calif. Tickets go on sale in select markets beginning Friday, June 4 at LiveNation.com. The recently announced hometown Fenway Park date … [Read more...]
Sammy’s Beach Bar & Grill coming to Atlantic City
Sammy Hagar is opening another Sammy's Beach Bar & Grill in Atlantic City this Memorial Day Weekend. "I give all the money away to charity, so it's not like this is some big business venture for me," Hagar said. He also added, "We do have a dress code. Anyone who shows up in a jacket and tie, we won't allow them to sit down." From Atlantic City Weekly: Bally's Bikini … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar’s alien visitations
From: OpenMinds.tv: Alejandro Rojas | Apr 05, 2010 Legendary rock star, Sammy Hagar, has had a successful solo career and was once the singer for the band Van Halen, however it’s possible he had some help reaching his stardom from the stars. Hagar claims that he has had multiple experiences with extraterrestrials who helped influence his music. In an interview with … [Read more...]
Stealing T-shirts
From WeeklyVolcano:com: Stealing T-shirts It's stupid, but it does make memories By Geoff Reading on March 17, 2010 The Seattle Center Coliseum, as I've said, was where I saw almost all of the rock shows in my teens and early 20s. I am thankful I got into the habit of going to see concerts when I did and quite bummed I didn't start earlier. I missed some great … [Read more...]
Righteous, Red, and Rockin’ Introducing the Sammy Hagar Red Rocker Les Paul
From Gibson.com: Sammy Hagar Red Rocker Les Paul Through a career that spans stints with Ronnie Montrose, Van Halen, and his own prominent solo work, Sammy Hagar has been the force behind a total of 60 million record sales and countless righteous riffs, and when the Red Rocker rocks, he chooses to rock Gibson. Now, in celebration of Hagar’s mammoth new band Chickenfoot, and … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar soundboard concert from 1978
WolfgangsVault.com has a soundboard recording of an entire 1978 Sammy Hagar concert from Winterland (San Francisco). You can click the PLAY button to hear the first track ("Urban Guerilla/Red") or click "Play entire concert" Concert Summary This headlining gig by Sammy Hagar comes a few years after concluding his tenure in Montrose. At the end of a … [Read more...]
VH reference on No Reservations
There was a unexpected Van Halen reference on a recent episode of No Reservations. In 1989, Panama's military dictator, Manuel Noriega, fled from US troops during the US's invasion of Panama. A manhunt ensued. Eventually he was discovered hiding inside the Vatican embassy in Panama, and U.S. troops set up a perimeter outside the building. During the resulting stand-off, the … [Read more...]
30th Anniversary of Van Halen’s ‘OU812’!
"Oh, You Ate One Too!" Released 30 years ago today - May 24th, 1988! OU812 was the second to feature Sammy Hagar as lead singer. The number 1 album sold over 4 million copies in the US and featured 6 songs that landed on the Billboard Hot 100 and/or the Mainstream Rock Tracks! This interview with Martin Popoff, Sammy Hagar gives a thorough retrospective of Van Halen's OU812 … [Read more...]
Holiday greetings from Sammy
Holiday Greetings 2009 - Sammy's special message to all the Redheads: … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar KSHE Interview
Favazz from St. Louis's KSHE interviews Sammy Hagar in Las Vegas. Sammy Talks about the Foot tour & DVD, and makes a concert announcement for St. Louis. Click the photo to hear the 8 minute interview. … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar’s 18-year journey from Baja to the Strip
From Las Vegas Sun: By Robin Leach Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 | 6:02 p.m. Rocker Sammy Hagar has finally opened his Las Vegas flagship outpost of Cabo Wabo Cantina that he founded in 1991. It’s taken 18 years to bring the party playground up from the Mexican Baja to Sin City. Just hours before its official weekend opening in Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile Shops, … [Read more...]