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6 days ago
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Legendary Band Drama Continues as One Ex-Frontman Kicks Off Residency and the Other Announces Tour Dates
Van Halen, the band, may have effectively ended for good when guitar legend Eddie Van Halen died from a stroke after battling cancer in October 2020, but the drama surrounding the band and its former members continues. Van Halen's second frontman, Sammy Hagar, is set to kick off his Best of Both Worlds Las Vegas residency on Friday, May 9 at the Dolby Live at Park MGM. The tour takes its name from the 2004 Van Halen greatest hits compilation that featured the band's hits recorded with both Hagar and original frontman David Lee Roth. 🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 Hagar's residency follows his performance at Stagecoach, the country version of Coachella, on April 27, and former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth's return to the concert stage on May 3, his first show in five years. Earlier this week, Roth announced a slate of tour dates that kick off July 22 in Paso Robles, Calif. and run through Sept. 14 in Napa, Calif. In between those dates, he makes stops in Tampa, Atlantic City, St. Louis, Cincinnati and other cities. Both singers perform Van Halen songs in their current sets, with Roth sticking to the songs he sang in the band, while Hagar generally follows the same plan, although he did perform 'Panama,' a song co-written and originally sung by Roth in his set at Stagecoach. Just prior to his Stagecoach performance, Hagar announced that he'd written a new song, 'Encore, Thank You, Goodnight,' with Eddie Van Halen in a dream. Related: Hagar's current band also features former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, who was replaced in Van Halen in 2006 by Eddie Van Halen's teenage son just prior to their 2007 reunion with Roth. Meanwhile, former Van Halen drummer Alex Van Halen, who turned 72 on May 8, isn't playing with any of his former bandmates, and has a serious beef with Hagar, so much so that he didn't even mention his name in his recently published memoir, Brothers. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Hagar claimed that the bad blood with Alex Van Halen stems from his Cabo Wabo cantina and tequila business that the Van Halen brothers were once partners in but turned it over to Hagar when it was losing money. Hagar ended up making millions on it. Wolfgang Van Halen is continuing his career fronting his band Mammoth VH and they recently released a new single and video 'The End,' as the Van Halen drama continues. Read More:
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6 days ago
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‘80s Hard-Rock Legend Joins the Go-Go's in Vegas
The virtual lovefest between and the Go-Go's singer continued Thursday, May 15, but this time the rest of Carlisle's band got involved. A post on the former Van Halen frontman's Instagram account shows the veteran hard rocker surrounded by all five members of the iconic '80s all female band (bassist Kathy Valentine, Carlisle, drummer Gina Schock, and guitarists Jane Wiedlin and Charlotte Caffey) as Hagar tries to round up the gang for a photo. 'The first shot, Go-Go's only,' Hagar is heard saying in the clip. 🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 In the next slide of the carousel, Hagar announces, 'Ladies and gentlemen, I'm here with the Go-Go's and guess what, we got the beat!' he said, referencing the band's signature 1981 hit. 'oh my goodness, we almost went back to the 80s before the show 😁 @officialgogos absolutely rocked tonight. So much fun. #girlsgirlsgirls they still got it!' Hagar captioned the was visiting the band backstage at the Pearl Concert Theater at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, where the band performed on May 15. However, he didn't make it up to the stage to perform with the band, unlike Green Day frontman , who joined the band onstage during their set on April 11, the opening weekend at Coachella. That followed Carlisle's visit to see Hagar at his Best of All Worlds Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM earlier in the week. He wraps up his residency with shows May 16 and 17. The Go-Go's and Hagar have been circling in the same orbit recently. The band known for such hits as 'Our Lips Are Sealed' and 'Vacation' performed at Coachella on April 11 and 18, while Hagar played Stagecoach, the country version of Coachella, the following weekend, at the same location in Indio, Calif.
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20-05-2025
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'80s Music Legend, 77, Blows Fans Away with Rockin' Performance
One of the most iconic voices of 80s rock and metal is former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar. His impressive career, starting with the band Montrose, led him to solo career success, and eventually, his role as the lead singer of Van Halen from 1985, all the way to 2005, with a hiatus from the band in between. Hagar has been a part of some of the bands most iconic moments, including four platinum chart-topping albums. Delighting fans with iconic songs like "Why Can't This Be Love," Hagar cemented himself as an important figure in rock history, and as it turns out, he's still got it. Just check out this clip from one of his recent performances in Vegas. The performance shows Hagar in top Van Halen form, performing like he's young again, and sounding great too. Fans showed their amazement in the comments. "Sammy is a cool dude, and thanks for your time and music." "There will never be another one like Sammy." "Gotta love Sammy!!!!" It's good to see that Sammy's music is still getting people pumped like it always has. He's currently on residency in Las Vegas, set to perform tonight. Sounds like it will be a great time! 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬
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16-05-2025
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Sammy Hagar's Best of All Worlds Concert Livestream: How to Watch the Las Vegas Show Online
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Sammy Hagar wraps his Best of All Worlds Tour in Las Vegas on May 17, but before the curtain closes on the nine-show residency, fans will have the chance to see the Red Rocker's set live one more time from home. More from Rolling Stone Fire Up Your Next Backyard Party With Up to $285 Off Solo Stove's Fire Pits And Outdoor Pizza Ovens REI's Trail-Ready Camp Chair Weighs Just a Pound, and It's 30% Off Right Now Athleta's Ultra-Comfy Staples Are Over 80% Off Right Now Watch Sammy Hagar Concert on Veeps The rock legend will livestream his concert tonight exclusively on Veeps, with the virtual doors opening up at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $24.99 to get access to the stream, and fans can tune in to the concert three days after buying tickets. EXCLUSIVE STREAMER $24.99 Buy Tickets Fans can also save up to 20% if they subscribe to Veeps for a discounted rate of $19.99 per month. A Veeps subscription lets you watch Veeps original concerts and series, and even gets you discounts on pay-per-view shows like Hagar's livestream. Watch Sammy Hagar Concert on Veeps 'Sammy Hagar is bringing his 'Best of All Worlds' concert live from the Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas straight to your living room,' reads a description of the upcoming livestream on Veeps' site. Hagar won't be performing alone either: The stream will also feature bassist Michael Anthony, guitarist Joe Satriani, and his drummer Kenny Aronoff alongside the Red Rocker. Watch Sammy Hagar Concert on Veeps 'We play on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and there'll be about three songs at least different each night,' Hagar previously said of the residency in a Rolling Stone interview. He later added that 'we thought that we'd change out the deep tracks, and then we realized that Van Halen doesn't have deep tracks. Every album sold 5, 6, 7 million records. There's no deep tracks on those records. We have what we call semi-deep tracks, but the deepest track you could play off of a Van Halen album, I play them live, I can hold the microphone up, and the audience knows every word.' According to Veeps, the concert livestream will 'showcase Sammy's career-spanning hits, from seminal breakouts with Montrose, his iconic solo hits, and a deep dive into his tenure with Van Halen, Chickenfoot, and everything in between.' Watch Sammy Hagar Concert on Veeps For now, Hagar hasn't added any other additional dates in Sin City, and previously told Rolling Stone that he 'might not like being in the same place every night. I only did it one other time at a much smaller place in Vegas. This is a bigger room with a bigger production, and it might feel strange. It might start fuckin' with me, but we'll see. I love Vegas, man. Vegas is awesome.' Want to attend the show in person? Resale tickets are available on Ticketmaster, StubHub, and Vivid Seats for tonight's show and the last concert on May 17. Best of Rolling Stone The Best Audiophile Turntables for Your Home Audio System
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16-05-2025
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Journey's Steve Perry Calls Van Halen 'Musically Simple'
Iconic frontman recently gave an interview with Classic Rock where he talked about his origins with the band and what led to their first big hit album, . In doing so, Perry talked about their first headlining tour where the rock band Van Halen was the opening act, and he might have leveled a bit of a back-handed compliment at the group. Perry says that Van Halen was opening for Journey, yet they were "killing" Journey every night, and he admired how "musically simple" they were. "Van Halen were the opening act on the tour,' said Perry. 'They were a brand-new band back then. We were doing 3,000-seat auditoriums, and they were killing us every night. It was eye-opening. We were keeping up with them, but they were certainly making us be a better band. They were so musically simple." The context is that it was on this tour that the other members of Journey realized that drummer Aynsley Dunbar wasn't a great fit for their sound because his jazz-style of drumming was too complicated, whereas Van Halen's drummer, Alex Van Halen, was just a straight-up rock and roll percussionist. "I was a drummer before becoming a singer, and one of the things about being a drummer is that I'm kind of hard on other drummers," Perry recalled. "Foundationally, you can have a really great band, but if the drummer doesn't measure up, you're not going to do very well. But if you have a mediocre band and a great drummer, you're going to do better. "So we'd do soundchecks and sometimes Aynsley might not be there or be off doing something like radio promotion, and I would do soundcheck for him – set his drums up and play a few songs. It started to be apparent to Neal [Schon] and to myself that the band sounded different with me because I'm a slamming R&B-style drummer, as opposed to a jazz-fusion drummer like Aynsley." After the Infinity tour, Dunbar was replaced by drummer Steve Smith, who was with the band until 1985. He has taken periodic breaks since then, but kept performing with Journey into the 1990s and 2000s, most recently in 2020.
