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“We bounced around the idea of having everyone from Joe Cocker to Phil Collins to Mike Rutherford sing”: Out went David Lee Roth and Frankenstein, in came Sammy Hagar and Kramer –the story of Van Halen’s rebirth

It was the end of an era. Roth’s exit, Frankenstein's last hurrah. But it was the start of a new one as Eddie Van Halen got experimental on 1986's blockbuster, 5150

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"Notable for not including anything new or previously unreleased." The Expanded Edition of Van Halen's 5150 is bigger but not necessarily better

Exit Dave, enter Sammy, and Van Halen's first No.1 album

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“I kept saying, ‘I’m not the guy. Call Nuno’”: Joe Satriani put Nuno Bettencourt’s name forward for failed EVH tribute tour with Alex Van Halen and David Lee Roth

Before embarking on the Best of All Worlds tour with Sammy Hagar, Satch was close to hitting the road for a Van Halen tribute tour with Roth and Alex Van Halen

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“I said, ‘Sam, I’m gonna tell you what I told Alex, which is, I don’t really play like Eddie’”: Joe Satriani says he told David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen to call Nuno Bettencourt when they called about EVH tribute tour

Satch says the tribute tour got close to a show, but after it all fell through, Sammy Hagar came in with an offer he couldn’t refuse, and he needed a new amp to nail Eddie Van Halen's tone

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Sammy Hagar says he'll never work with Alex Van Halen again, comparing him to Roger Waters

Sammy Hagar says his relationship with Alex Van Halen is irreparable like Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Roger Waters.

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“I drove a different Ferrari to the studio every day. David Gilmour and Nick Mason would wait outside to see which one”: How Sammy Hagar tried and failed to become a prog star after falling for Pink Floyd

Montrose and Van Halen frontman regrets that he never got to make his concept album about aliens and space travel under the banner Sammy Wilde And Dustcloud

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“David Gilmour says, ‘I will never play with Roger Waters again’, and I know what he means. I feel that way about Alex Van Halen. They’re negative people”: The two iconic musicians who left Sammy Hagar starstruck – and the guitarist he calls “an asshole”

Life according to the Red Rocker

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“I am in my acoustic, zen phase of life”: Why Paul Rodgers declined an offer to front the new Van Halen album

Alex Van Halen and Steve Lukather are currently looking for a vocalist to complete their project of reviving archival Van Halen material

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"Bon was the kind of person that every guy in rock'n'roll loves." Sammy Hagar, Rob Halford, Lars Ulrich, Josh Homme and more pay tribute to AC/DC's Bon Scott

The tributes come as a "robust event and merchandising plan" is unveiled to celebrate Bon Scott's 80th birthday

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"He locked himself in the studio and threatened to burn the tapes. It was a stand-off for almost a day." How Sammy Hagar helped Van Halen win the war against David Lee Roth

Van Halen lost a superstar singer when Dave Lee Roth quit the band, but new frontman Sammy Hagar and Foreigner's Mick Jones ensured the loss was short-lived

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"We're celebrating the legacy of the music and bringing it to a whole new generation of fans": Sammy Hagar promises "deep dive into the Van Halen years" on Best Of All Worlds tour dates with Rick Springfield

Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Kenny Aronoff will bring the party to seven cities that aren't Las Vegas this summer

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“He’s not a 10 like Sammy Hagar or James Brown. He’s a 4 or a 5 but he really delivered real rock n’ roll": Ted Nugent might have only qualified praise for Jack White, Green Day and Tom Morello, but he thinks Yungblud is "the real McCoy"

Elderly rocker 'talks music'... but can't resist dipping into politics, too

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Ted Nugent blasts Eminem and Jack White as 'total idiots' and hits out at Green Day

Guitarist Ted Nugent has slammed Eminem and Jack White, blasting the pair as "total idiots", and he also hit out at Green Day, insisting "there is not a brain among" their band members, as he took aim at their views on US President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

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Phil Lynott, 40 years gone: A celebration by his bandmates and friends - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in our first issue of 2026: Sammy Hagar, Alter Bridge, Steve Cropper, Black Stone Cherry, Jim Steinman, Francis Rossi, Karnivool, Marcus King, Elles Bailey, Airbourne, Heavy Pettin and more

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Iron Maiden, Metallica, Rush, Bon Jovi and more: 26 things we're looking forward to in 2026

Over the next twelve months, rock will keep rolling smoothly forward - here are 26 ways its wheels will remain lubricated

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“Eddie told me, ‘Roth is driving me nuts. I can't take it. I gotta leave. I know you're looking for a lead guitar player. Do you want me in the band?’”: When Eddie Van Halen asked to join Kiss – and they turned him down!

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Sammy Hagar's Las Vegas residency is 'dream come true for elderly rock star'

Sammy Hagar has declared his Las Vegas residency is a "dream come true for an elderly rock star" as he prepares to bring The Best Of All Worlds show back to Sin City for two more runs next year.

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“It was about the second coming of Jesus, except he’s in a spaceship”: Sammy Hagar on aliens, Jesus and the 70s sci-fi prog album he started then abandoned

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“I thought it was the worst film I’d seen in my life! I was super-embarrassed. But that solo became part of the franchise’”: Stevie Salas on Bill & Ted, playing arenas with Rod Stewart then opening for Joe Satriani, and turning down both Van Halen singers

The ahead-of-his-time guitar great recalls starting a trend followed by Steve Vai and Tosin Abasi, why he had to quit a Joe Satriani tour, and why he sometimes aimed to be the worst player in the room

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“I wanted to write a Montrose album, and he wanted to write an album more like the Eagles – and I hate the Eagles”: Stevie Salas on being asked to join David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar’s bands – and why he turned them down

For a “Van Halen nut” like Salas, it was all too weird

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“Let me see you lay down a groove like Poundcake. That’s harder than getting up there and soloing”: The lead single from Van Halen’s 1991 album with Sammy Hagar combines a thunderous bassline with a revved-up power drill

Michael Anthony’s 16th-note bass grooves remained as much a part of the “Van Hagar” sound as Eddie Van Halen’s guitar pyrotechnics

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“Eddie definitely wasn’t functioning very well during the Van Halen reunion tour in 2004. It was one of the worst experiences I’ve ever had in my life”: Sammy Hagar’s regrets about his final tour with the band – and his true feelings about David Lee Roth

“Not keeping Van Halen together – that was a failure to me"

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Sammy Hagar is touring the UK for the first time since 1996 – and bringing Joe Satriani and Van Halen’s Michael Anthony with him

Hagar will bring his Best of All Worlds tour – a celebration of his five-decade career and musical legacy – across the pond in 2026

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“People deserve to hear that music. And I wouldn’t play it if we didn’t do it justice”: Sammy Hagar announces a UK arena tour – and he’s bringing the Van Halen songs

Sammy Hagar & The Best Of All Worlds Band will hit the UK for four arena dates in July 2026

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Watch Nickelback's Chad Kroeger serenade Sammy Hagar with Metallica's Enter Sandman for his birthday

Sammy Hagar's birthday bash featured performances from Jerry Cantrell, Chad Kroeger and Belinda Carlisle

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