Looks like Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony got tired of waiting for Alex Van Halen and David Lee Roth to help put together a tribute tour to Eddie Van Halen and has taken matters into his own hands. Sammy the lead singer of Van Halen from 1986 to 1996 has hooked up with his best friend, Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and they got the help of a couple more friends to go out on the road and play some classic Van Hagar songs live. On guitar is maybe one of the few people on this planet who could play Eddie’s parts, Joe Satriani. On drums is their The Circle bandmate and son of late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, Jason Bonham. The tour promises a ton of Van Halen classics along with a few other songs from Sammy’s other projects like Montrose and his solo band.
“It’s crazy to think that it’ll be 20 years since Mikey and I played these songs with Van Halen on the 2004 Best of Both Worlds tour,” says Hagar.
“With Joe on board, we can take a deeper dive into those years. We’re going to touch on some hits from my entire career but seeing fans old and new really embrace the new Van Halen collection (The Collection II) set off something in Mikey and I. We were at my Birthday Bash in Cabo for my 76th and looked at each other and high fived, like ‘let’s do it.’ We pulled out a couple of them and it was an instant lovefest with the fans from our first riffs. The music we created is going to outlive us all. They deserve to be heard so it’s time we go out and serve the fans that music, while we still can.”
For tickets and more details, go to RedRocker.com.
- July 13 – West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
- July 14 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
- July 16 – Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
- July 19 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
- July 20 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
- July 22 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
- July 24 – Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
- July 26 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
- July 27 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
- July 29 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
- July 31 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
- August 2 – Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre
- August 3 – Tinley Park, IL @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
- August 09 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
- August 11 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
- August 13 – Spokane, WA @ Airway Heights, WA BECU Live at Northern Quest
- August 14 – Ridgefield, WA @ RV Inn Style Resort Amphitheater
- August 16 – Wheatland, CA @ Toyota Amphitheatre
- August 17 – Concord, CA @ Toyota Pavilion at Concord
- August 19 – Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
- August 20 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resorts Amphitheatre
- August 22 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion
- August 23 – Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
- August 25 – Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP
- August 27 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
- August 28 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
- August 30 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center
- August 31 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
A couple of weeks ago Sammy and Michael posted a video about hitting “pure lightning” on the album 5150
