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“He brought something out of me that just ain't the same without him”: The song Sammy Hagar wrote with Joe Satriani after dreaming about Eddie Van Halen is here – and as promised, it features some stellar guitar work

The singer says the song is meant as a “thank you” to the late virtuoso

Guitar World

"Since you’ve been gone, it’s not the same": Listen to the song Sammy Hagar finished after being visited by Eddie Van Halen in a dream

The release of Sammy Hagar's Encore, Thank You, Goodnight comes ahead of his upcoming Best Of All Worlds residency in Las Vegas

Louder

“It’s not meant to be anything more than a thank-you – with love, with respect, and with one hell of a guitar solo”: Sammy Hagar set to release track inspired by a dream he had about Eddie Van Halen, co-written with Joe Satriani

Encore, Thank You, Goodnight also features Michael Anthony on bass and is meant to be a celebration of the unforgettable chapter they shared in Van Halen

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Watch Montrose play a sizzling version of Bad Motor Scooter on the Midnight Special in 1975

Sammy Hagar, Ronnie Montrose & Co. ramp up the rockin'

Louder

This WWE icon once invited a fake Sammy Hagar backstage and watched him snort so much cocaine his nose bled

“There’s people trying to get in the locker room, but we’re like ‘Go, go, go!’ and he’s snorting this big line of cocaine”

Metal Hammer

“I saw people in the audience holding up these banners: ‘SAMMY SUCKS!' 'WE WANT DAVE!’”: How Sammy Hagar and Van Halen won their war with David Lee Roth

An epic rock battle began 40 years ago

MusicRadar

“The three of us plugged into my Marshall, passing the cord around. The one thing Eric said to me was, ‘Wow, there is so much gain!’” Joe Satriani on reuniting with Eric Johnson and Steve Vai and the devil in the detail of Eddie Van Halen's playing

He has the G3 tour, the Best of All Worlds Tour, an album with old friend Steve Vai and the Satch/Vai tour incoming, but somehow Satch found time to check in with GW to talk tone, Van Halen and the danger in Jeff Beck's performances

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“It felt like there were dark times hanging over this album”: How hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot restarted the party on their second album, III

Chickenfoot’s second album, III, picked up where their debut left off

Louder

“I quickly realised that the order of Eddie’s embellishments is really important to the fans”: Joe Satriani says which Van Halen songs were the trickiest to play on tour with Sammy Hagar

"This audience knows the studio versions," Satch says

MusicRadar

“I hope people hear these albums and go, ‘Oh, this is where that legendary American rock guitar archetype is from’”: This unsung guitar hero's band was called the American Led Zeppelin, and his virtuosic playing paved the way for Van Halen and Satriani

Often left out of discussions of the great rock guitarists of the '70s, Ronnie Montrose had little interest in chasing hits or following a consistent artistic path. Nonetheless, he left the guitarists who heard him spellbound

Guitar World

“My ego was telling me, ‘These aliens have programmed you to be a rock star!’”: The famous singer who claims that extraterrestrials tapped into his brain!

And of course he wrote some songs about it

MusicRadar

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Including The Wildhearts, Saxon, Manic Street Preachers and five other red rockers, purple hazers and golden goddesses

Louder

Pre-Grammys Gala Honoring The Grateful Dead Focuses On Fire Relief

Music world A-listers took the stage Friday to honor the Grateful Dead at an annual pre-Grammys benefit gala, which this year raised millions for musicians impacted by the recent wildfires that devastated Los Angeles.

International Business Times

Tie-dye and dancing bears: Grammy weekend begins with Grateful Dead honored as Persons of the Year

The Grateful Dead kicked off Grammy weekend being honored as MusiCares Persons of the Year

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“The king of modern blues getting down and dirty (musically) with a former Van Halen singer”: January 2025 Guitar World Editors’ Picks

2025 has kicked off with an explosion of new guitar releases, led by Joe Bonamassa and Sammy Hagar, G3, Alex Lifeson, Billy Gibbons, Joanne Shaw Taylor and so very many more

MusicRadar

“The thing came out good... the track is a monster!”: Joe Bonamassa and Sammy Hagar team up for surprise single Fortune Teller Blues

Bonamassa played the entire track with an Ovation acoustic through an overdriven amp

MusicRadar

“If I’d said no to $80m, somebody would have committed me to a hospital – like, he needs psychiatric treatment!”: The rock superstar who made more money from his tequila business than he did selling millions of records!

And he gave most of it away!

Guitar World

“I don't think I want to go on tour anymore. I hate to say that”: Sammy Hagar reveals his touring days are over

Hagar clarifies this does not mean he's retiring – but at 77, he prefers residencies over the stresses of touring

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Sammy Hagar quits touring

Former Van Halen star Sammy Hagar has declared he's quit touring for good because he hates packing and travelling and now just wants to perform one-off shows and residencies which allow him to stay in one place.

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"You know, at my age, it hurts my shoulders to do all this": Sammy Hagar says he doesn't want to tour anymore

The Red Rocker is ready for residencies

Guitar World

“I depended on Mike – on how he maintained my guitars and amps show after show, and hour after hour in the studio”: Joe Satriani pays tribute to his long-time guitar tech with new instrumental track

Mike Manning was Satriani’s tech for over 30 years, and helped him both on the road and in the studio with his “flawless” work and “sunny personality”

MusicRadar

“I will not take this to my grave": Sammy Hagar puts an olive branch out to Alex Van Halen

“I just want to be friends again,” the singer says

Guitar World

“I gotta tell you, it was emotional singing it, because it’s about Eddie”: Sammy Hagar has written a tribute song to Eddie Van Halen with Joe Satriani – and says a recent meeting with Wolfgang gave him “goosebumps”

The vocalist says the song will be “a tribute to him, the fans, and that era” – if only he can nail his vocal parts

Metal Hammer

Sammy Hagar determined not to take bad blood with Alex Van Halen to his grave

Hagar hopes to make peace with former Van Halen bandmate but admits they likely won't perform together again

Louder

Sammy Hagar robbed of $1 million worth of tequila in organised crime double truck heist near Mexican border

Sammy Hagar launched the Santo Spirits brand with celebrity chef Guy Fieri in 2019 - but now the pair are missing 24,240 bottles of tequila

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