VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony joined SAMMY HAGAR AND THE WABORITAS on stage Wednesday night at the Cabo Wabo Cantina for renditions of several VH tunes, including "Best Of Both Worlds", "Amsterdam", "Right Now", and "When It's Love". According to Anthony's official web site, "Mike even stuck around for the first few bars of 'Whole ...
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Despite the commercial disappointment of the critically-panned Van Halen III album (released in 1998), former VAN HALEN/EXTREME vocalist Gary Cherone claims that he has no hard feelings about his experience in the group. "Those guys were awesome," Cherone told Launch. "(We) did an album, did a tour, started to write stuff for the second record ...
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VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony will join ex-VH frontman Sammy Hagar during the Red Rocker's upcoming Birthday Bash appearances in Las Vegas and San Francisco. The details are as follows: Oct. 19 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint (Hard Rock Hotel) Oct. 21 – San Francisco, CA @ Justin Herman Plaza ...
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SAMMY HAGAR will issue his latest solo album, entitled Not For Sale, on October 8th through Tower Records' label 33rd Street Records. The full track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Stand Up 02. Hallelujah 03. Halfway to Memphis 04. Things've Changed 05. Whole Lotta Zep 06. The Big Nail 07. Make It ...
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The following item comes to us courtesy of today's edition of the New York Post: David Lee Roth says he was ready to deliver a beat-down to his fellow fired VAN HALEN frontman Sammy Hagar after Hagar trashed him on PAGE SIX a while back. Hagar, who was co-headlining a tour with Roth at the ...
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VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony, ex-VH frontman Sammy Hagar and drummer David Lauser will perform under the name LOS TRES GUSANOS at Sammy Hagar's annual Cabo Wabo Birthday Bash, which is scheduled to take place on October 10th. The reunited trio will be appearing together at the Cabo Wabo Cantina for the first time since ...
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A reunion between Sammy Hagar and his former VAN HALEN bandmates is "inevitable," the singer told MTV backstage at last week's MTV Video Music Awards, shortly after presenting an award with David Lee Roth. "I mean come on, how could it not [happen]?" While Hagar confessed that he hasn't spoken with either of the Van ...
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Former VAN HALEN vocalists Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth may not be the best of friends, but they were cordial to each other on the road — despite rumors to the contrary. Backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards, Roth and Hagar talked about the state of their relationship. When asked if things were ...
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The last two shows of the Heavyweight Champs of Rock and Roll tour — featuring former VAN HALEN frontmen Sammy Hagar and Dave Lee Roth — were cancelled after Hagar fell ill. No further information is available at this time. The cancelled dates are the August 31 show at Darien Lake Perf Arts Center in ...
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Former VAN HALEN frontman Gary Cherone joined fellow ex-VH singer Sammy Hagar and VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony for an encore peformance of VAN HALEN's Sammy-era tunes "Dreams" and "When It's Love" during the August 28th stop of the Heavyweight Champs of Rock and Roll tour (also featuring fellow ex-VH singer Dave Lee Roth) at ...
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Former VAN HALEN frontman Gary Cherone will reportedly join fellow ex-VH singer Sammy Hagar and VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony for an encore rendition of one of VAN HALEN's Sammy-era tunes (likely to be "Dreams") during the August 28th stop of the Heavyweight Champs of Rock and Roll tour (also featuring fellow ex-VH singer Dave ...
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VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony will be joining ex-VH frontman Sammy Hagar for a few shows at the tail end of the Heavyweight Champs of Rock and Roll tour (also featuring fellow ex-VH singer Dave Lee Roth). In addition to the New York show at Irving Plaza on August 29th, Michael will be performing with ...
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The following item appears in today's edition of the New York Post: David Lee Roth is a forgiving man. The original — and best — singer for VAN HALEN has agreed to co-present an award with his nemesis, Sammy Hagar, at the MTV Music Awards on Aug. 29, sources say, even after Hagar trashed Diamond ...
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VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony will be joining ex-VH frontman SAMMY HAGAR and THE WABORITAS on stage at Irving Plaza in New York City on August 29th. According to Anthony's official web site, "Sammy is putting on a free show at Irving Plaza and will be distributing half of the tickets to Port Authority cops ...
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VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony "would really like to see if we could pull it off, a reunion with [former VH frontmen] Dave [Lee Roth] and Sammy [Hagar]," the bassist told Nashville's The Tennessean daily newspaper last week. ''The whole thing is really frustrating,'' Anthony added. ''You know, unfortunately, some things that seem like they ...
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The following item appeared in today's edition of the New York Post: Sammy Hagar, finished with fellow VAN HALEN frontman David Lee Roth, is dissing Diamond Dave's oversize ego, deteriorating singing voice and vanishing hairline. Hagar and Roth had been co-headlining this summer's laboriously titled "Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth Tour 2002: Song for ...
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VAN HALEN guitarist Eddie Van Halen will make a rare recorded appearance on TOTO guitarist Steve Lukather's upcoming Christmas album, Santamental, due in September, according to Launch. Van Halen reportedly appears on a rendition of the standard "Joy To The World" that Lukather stated would sound a bit different than what most people would expect. ...
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DAVID LEE ROTH has been busy tracking new tunes at a recording studio during the break before the second leg of his joint tour with ex-VAN HALEN frontman SAMMY HAGAR, according to DLR drummer Ray Luzier. In related news, Luzier has "been working on vocal ideas for my CD featuring Scott Bush and Ricky Wolking ...
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VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony will be joining ex-VH frontman SAMMY HAGAR and THE WABORITAS on stage at the following dates on the second leg of the HAGAR/ROTH tour: Jul. 25 - Ford Center - Oklahoma City, OK Jul. 26 - Sandstone Amphitheater - Kansas City, MO Jul. 28 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - San ...
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The second leg tour opener for SAMMY HAGAR and DAVID LEE ROTH has been cut from the itinerary. The concert, scheduled for July 23rd at the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City, Louisiana, was cancelled due to "production logistics, according to Pollstar. The tour is now set to kick off in Oklahoma City on July 25th. ...
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Former VAN HALEN frontman Sammy Hagar revealed several interesting items about VAN HALEN's comeback plans during a recent interview with reporter Patrick Berkery of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Among the revelations that are due to be detailed in the article—which is set to be published on August 16th—are the following: **VAN HALEN is over for good, ...
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VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony joined ex-VH frontman SAMMY HAGAR and THE WABORITAS on stage at Selland Arena in Fresno, California on Thursday, June 27th, for renditions of several VAN HALEN classics, including "Top Of The World", "5150", "Why Can't This Be Love", and "Finish What Ya Started". Michael also laid the groove down for ...
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Former VAN HALEN frontmen Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth have announced a number of additions to their ongoing joint US trek. Here are the latest tour dates, according to Pollstar: Jun. 15 - Dallas, TX @ Smirnoff Music Centre Jun. 16 - The Woodlands, TX @ C.W. Mitchell Pavilion Jun. 18 - Albuquerque, NM ...
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VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony showed completely unannounced at the Tinley Park, Illinois stop of the Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth Heavyweight Champs of Rock and Roll tour on Saturday, June 1st and joined the Red Rocker on stage to bash out several VAN HALEN songs including "Top Of the World", "Why Can't This ...
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Here is former VAN HALEN frontman DAVE LEE ROTH's set list from last night's kick-off date of ROTH's tour with fellow ex-VH singer SAMMY HAGAR, which took place at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio: 01. Hot for Teacher 02. Panama 03. And the Cradle Will Rock 04. Mean Street 05. Dance the ...
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In an interview published in Billboard magazine, former VAN HALEN frontman Sammy Hagar has addressed his concerns about the erratic behavior of his upcoming touring partner and fellow ex-VAN HALEN singer Dave Lee Roth and the possibility that the latter will pull out of their forthcoming joint US trek. "Of course, the few times I've ...
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Former VAN HALEN frontman Sammy Hagar told the syndicated radio show Rockline this week that the Van Halen brothers Eddie and Alex were initially approached last year to stage a tour with both former frontmen, but they rejected the idea. "I think if they could do anything right now they would have done it," Hagar ...
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