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“Eddie would say, ‘Can you hit this note?’ I’d hit it and everybody would go, ‘Wow!’ And from there I could just see Eddie opening up as a musician and a songwriter”: Sammy Hagar recalls the making of Van Halen’s classic album 5150

“The studio was a two-car garage turned into a control room and a room. It was really tight in there”

MusicRadar · Sep 2

"He locked himself in the studio and threatened to burn the tapes. It was a stand-off for almost a day." How Sammy Hagar helped Van Halen win the war against David Lee Roth

Van Halen lost a superstar singer when Dave Lee Roth quit the band, but new frontman Sammy Hagar and Foreigner's Mick Jones ensured the loss was short-lived

Louder · Feb 12

“Van Halen were a pale, washed up imitation of the band they once were”: Dave Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar? A forensic examination of who was Van Halen’s best singer

Sorry, Gary Cherone…

Louder · May 3, 2025

“The music is going to outlive us all… It’s time we go out and serve the fans that music while we still can”: Joe Satriani to perform Van Halen classics with Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony and Jason Bonham on epic 2024 US tour

The Best Of All Worlds Summer 2024 Tour will see Satch play Van Halen classics alongside hits and deep cuts from the Red Rocker's back catalogue

MusicRadar · Nov 14, 2023

“It’s crazy to think that it’ll be 20 years since Mikey and I played these songs with Van Halen": Sammy Hagar announces The Best of All Worlds Tour with Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Jason Bonham

"The music we created is going to outlive us all" says Sammy Hagar as he plots Van Hagar-era arena tour

Louder · Nov 14, 2023

Sammy Hagar muses on a Van Halen reunion and weighs in on David Lee Roth: "The guy sang so bad last time he was doing shows, it was embarrassing to me"

Hagar also said he pitched shows with Michael Anthony to Alex Van Halen – "We've got to do it for the fans"

MusicRadar · Apr 26, 2023

Sammy Hagar buzzed about his new Las Vegas residency, cocktail line and Cabo San Lucas tourism ambassadorship

Sammy Hagar has learned to roll with the punches, as befits a former boxer turned Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee who in 1995 was fired from his decadelong gig as the lead singer in Van Halen.

Tribune News Service · Feb 8, 2022