“David Gilmour says, ‘I will never play with Roger Waters again’, and I know what he means. I feel that way about Alex Van Halen. They’re negative people”: The two iconic musicians who left Sammy Hagar starstruck – and the guitarist he calls “an asshole”

Sammy Hagar posing for a photograph.

We’ve been talking for half an hour when the California sun finally gets too much for Sammy Hagar. “Don’t get me wrong, I love it,” he says, squinting as the light hits his face. “But my eyes don’t.”

He leans back in his chair and grabs a pair of sunglasses, which he pops on. “Now this is what you were expecting, right?” he booms, beaming a million-watt rock-star smile