Former Van Halen vocalist, Sammy Hagar, recently talked to AZCentral.com, where he opened up about the upcoming summer tour along with guitarist Joe Satriani, bassist Michael Anthony, and drummer Jason Bonham.
About “The Best Of All Worlds” tour, Hagar said:
“Well, Michael Anthony and I, you know, we’ve been doing this (Sammy Hagar And The) Circle thing. We play about an hour of Van Halen and we play about 45 minutes to an hour of my stuff, Montrose, and everything.
“We’re gonna kind of just really go heavy on Van Halen. Play four or five of Sammy’s greatest hits. You know, ‘One Way To Rock’, ‘Heavy Metal’, ‘I Can’t Drive 55’, ‘Mas Tequila’, songs you’ve gotta play. One Montrose, a Chickenfoot, and a whole lot of Van Halen, the whole catalog.
“I mean, we’re gonna go back into the early years for three or four songs, sprinkle ’em in there, because I’m calling it not just ‘The Best Of All Worlds Tour’, I’m calling it the ‘Thank You’ tour. For me it’s thank you.
”Thank you, Eddie (Van Halen). Thank you to the fans. Thank you for this wonderful life, being able to do this, because I don’t know how much longer I can do it.
“Mike and I, 20 years ago, did a reunion. And it’s been 20 years this year. I’m going, I don’t have another 20 years to be waiting on Alex Van Halen, who’s the only guy left. So he didn’t want to do it? You know, he, I guess, just doesn’t like playing without his brother. Don’t blame him. God bless him.
”So I’m saying, ‘I’m getting Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony, and Jason Bonham, who his dad was Alex’s hero.’ Jason plays just like his dad. So it’s pretty much the music is gonna be served as good as it can be served today.”
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And do they come to Europe? Holland by any chance?
All I can say is, keep rocking you guys. Love all your music.