Sammy Hagar (VAN HALEN, CHICKENFOOT, MONTROSE, THE CIRCLE) and James Hetfield (METALLICA) have announced the lineup for Acoustic-4-A-Cure IV, set to take place on May 15 at The Fillmore in San Francisco, California. Artists performing at Acoustic-4-A-Cure IV include (in alphabetical order): Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo Don Felder Mick Fleetwood Dave Grohl Sammy Hagar ...
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Members of GUNS N' ROSES, AEROSMITH, KISS, MÖTLEY CRÜE, TWISTED SISTER and JUDAS PRIEST are among the rock musicians and scores of other artists who reacted on social media to the passing of Chuck Berry, a music pioneer often called "the Father of Rock 'n' Roll," who died Saturday at his home outside St. Louis. ...
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Hit the road with The Red Rocker, as AXS TV presents season two of the popular original music series "Rock & Roll Road Trip With Sammy Hagar", premiering Sunday, March 5 at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT. The 12-episode season follows Hagar as he travels to notable music cities throughout the U.S. to ...
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Supergroup CHICKENFOOT will release "Divine Termination", its first new tune in five years on "Best + Live", the band's first-ever best-of collection, on March 10. CHICKENFOOT features legendary guitarist Joe Satriani, former VAN HALEN singer Sammy Hagar, ex-VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith. You can now watch the ...
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Marking a first in the spirits industry, Sammy Hagar and Adam Levine announce the launch of Santo Mezquila, a premium blend of two distillates — 100% Blue Agave, commonly known as Tequila, and Espadin Agave, used to produce Mezcal. Born from a creative revelation that Sammy and Adam shared one night in Cabo San Lucas, ...
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Hit the road with The Red Rocker, as AXS TV presents season two of the popular original music series "Rock & Roll Road Trip With Sammy Hagar", premiering Sunday, March 5 at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT. The 12-episode season follows Hagar as he travels to notable music cities throughout the U.S. to ...
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Sammy Hagar (pictured) and Krist Novoselic have been announced as two of the speakers at this year's South By Southwest (SXSW) festival, which will be held March 10-19 in Austin, Texas The former VAN HALEN frontman will participate in a conversation on Thursday, March 16, at 2 p.m. local time, while the NIRVANA bassist will ...
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Supergroup CHICKENFOOT will release "Divine Termination", its first new tune in five years on "Best + Live", the band's first-ever best-of collection, on March 10. CHICKENFOOT features legendary guitarist Joe Satriani, former VAN HALEN singer Sammy Hagar, ex-VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith. You can now listen to ...
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Michael Anthony says that he is open to reuniting with VAN HALEN to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the release of the band's classic debut album. Anthony, singer Sammy Hagar, Alex and Eddie Van Halen last teamed up in 2004 for a U.S. summer tour. In exchange for taking part in the tour, Anthony reportedly ...
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Supergroup CHICKENFOOT will release "Divine Termination", its first new tune in five years on "Best + Live", the band's first-ever best-of collection, on March 10. CHICKENFOOT features legendary guitarist Joe Satriani, former VAN HALEN singer Sammy Hagar, ex-VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith. In addition to "Divine Termination", ...
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Over the course of the past several years, Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp has put together an all-star roster of participating artists, including Slash, Steven Tyler, CHEAP TRICK, Jeff Beck, Tony Iommi, Joe Perry, Roger Daltrey, Ginger Baker, Alice Cooper, Sammy Hagar and DEF LEPPARD, to name but a few. On April 6, the Camp ...
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Last week, Shawn SixX of Boston's WZLX radio station conducted an interview with JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon. You can now listen to the chat using the widget below. A couple of excerps follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how current JOURNEY singer Arnel Pineda feels about the band being inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall ...
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Bob Coburn, the influential DJ and longtime host of the syndicated radio program "Rockline", passed away earlier today after a battle with stage four lung cancer. He was 68 years old. KLOS program director Keith Cunningham told All Access: "The outpouring of support has been jaw dropping. The radio and music industries lost ...
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The third VAN HALEN frontman, Gary Cherone, who took over when Sammy Hagar left the group (or was fired, depending on whom you ask) in 1996, spoke to The Washington Times about his brief tenure in the band. Asked how it happened that he ended up lead singer of VAN HALEN, Cherone said: ...
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Legendary guitarist Joe Satriani has released a five-song remix EP as a gift to all his fans who made his "Shockwave Supernova" album such a great success around the world. Satriani says: "I called my most talented buddies near and far to get a new spin on five fan favorites from my latest ...
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According to Soundi, HIM frontman Ville Valo makes a guest appearance on "Xmas Song", the new Christmas single from former HANOI ROCKS guitarist Andy McCoy. The official Pete Veijalainen-directed video for the track can now be seen below. "Xmas Song" will be released in Finland on December 7 via Ainoa Productions Oy. The ...
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Sammy Hagar says that Eddie and Alex Van Halen "haven't made an effort to be friendly" with him ten months after he sent a tweet to Eddie Van Halen wishing him a happy birthday — and getting a cordial response. During a November 21 appearance on "Trunk Nation", Eddie Trunk's new show on SiriusXM channel ...
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AEROSMITH co-founding member and rock icon Joe Perry took time off from his work with AEROSMITH and the HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES to be on hand last week (November 11) as the Classic Rock Awards 2016 made their debut in Tokyo, Japan. "I've been a fan of Classic Rock magazine for many years and appreciate what they ...
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The times they are a-changing, but luckily there remains one constant: great music will live forever and in the catalogue and reissue world that has never been more relevant. In the land of rock, that's hard rock, heavy rock, classic rock or, call it what you will rock, no label has won more acclaim and ...
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"This Is Sammy Hagar Volume 1 - When The Party Started", a new compilation album showcasing 14 highlights from Sammy Hagar's catalogue of hits will be released this Friday, November 18 via Mailboat Records. The collection, which starts from his solo album post VAN HALEN, "Red Voodoo" in 1999 through to "Livin' It Up" in ...
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Michael Anthony (VAN HALEN, CHICKENFOOT, THE CIRCLE) was honored with the "Icon Of The Year" award at this year's Rockgodz Hall Of Fame event, which was held on October 27 at Hard Rock Live in Las Vegas, Nevada. In his acceptance speech, Michael told the crowd: "In 1977, four guys were signed by Warner Brothers ...
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Michael Anthony has revealed that he recently reconnected with VAN HALEN drummer Alex Van Halen after more than a decade of not speaking to each other, but has stopped short of predicting that it will lead to any sort of reunion with his former bandmates. Anthony, singer Sammy Hagar, Alex and Eddie Van Halen last ...
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Rock Legends Cruise is giving music fans a reason to celebrate with the announcement today that Sammy Hagar, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame-inducted musician, who literally wrote the New York Times best-selling party handbook, is confirmed to headline Rock Legends Cruise VI, February 15-19, 2018. Rock Legends Cruise VI will mark the first ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, FOO FIGHTERS headlined and hosted a private concert on Saturday night (October 15) in Los Angeles that featured guest appearances from Sammy Hagar, Paul Stanley of KISS, JANE'S ADDICTION singer Perry Farrell, Steve Jones of the SEX PISTOLS, THE POLICE drummer Stewart Copeland and others. The concert took place ...
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Legendary musicians — including Jerry Cantrell (ALICE IN CHAINS), Vinnie Paul Abbott (PANTERA, HELLYEAH) and THE CIRCLE's Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham and Vic Johnson — as well as boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya joined forces with Sammy Hagar at his mecca in Mexico, the Cabo Wabo Cantina, to rock night three of his annual ...
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Sammy Hagar has weighed in on the 2016 presidential election, saying that "the country needs a huge change." The former VAN HALEN frontman, who built an empire and made a fortune off his Cabo Wabo clubs and tequila brand, tells Yahoo! Music: "I've never had two less likable candidates in my life… But ...
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KORN and HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES will perform at the 15th annual Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding, set to take place Saturday, December 3 at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona. Also scheduled to appear are GIN BLOSSOMS, Sammy Hagar, Las Vegas illusionist and magician Murray SawChuck and the winners of this year's Proof Is In The Pudding ...
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THE CIRCLE, the combo consisting of legendary rocker Sammy Hagar alongside Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham and Vic Johnson, performed at Red Rocks Amphitheatrein Morrison, Colorado on September 5. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. THE CIRCLE released a concert album, "At Your Service", in May 2015. Recorded live on tour in ...
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