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Vince Neil revealed the downside to opening for Van Halen with Sammy Hagar during his ‘90s solo period. The singer had split with Motley Crue after being accused of having lost interest in making music. In a recent interview with the Outsider podcast (video below), he was asked if it had been difficult to head out as a solo artist in 1992. “No – it was great!” Neil said. “I opened for Van Halen, my first tour as a solo artist. … It was pretty cool. READ MORE: Motley Crue Albums Ranked Worst to Best “Except for, when you open up for Van Halen – because it was Sammy – it was like date night…you’...
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Von einer Kindheit in ärmlichen Verhältnissen zur Sternen-Ehre in Hollywood: Der amerikanische Rockstar Sammy Hagar hat vor Fans, Promi-Gästen und Fotografen seine Sternenplakette auf dem berühmten «Walk of Fame» enthüllt. In seiner Dankesrede erinnerte der frühere Van-Halen-Sänger an die schwierigen Bedingungen, unter denen seine alleinerziehende Mutter vier Kinder großzog. Damals sei ihm die Armut peinlich gewesen, doch heute sei er stolz darauf, es aus dem Nichts so weit gebracht zu haben. Stolz sei er auch auf seine eigenen vier Kinder, die alle gut geraten seien, sagte Hagar. Mit seinen z...
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Sammy Hagar recalled the “brutal” injury he sustained on the opening night of a Van Halen tour, leading to weeks of agony because the shows had to go on. At the first of 28 performances under the Monsters of Rock banner in 1988 – with Metallica, Scorpions, Dokken and Kingdom Come along for the ride – Hagar suffered an accident on stage because he wasn’t familiar with the brand-new set the band were using. “We had to have three sets to set up in different cities, because it took three days to set up,” Hagar explained in the video below. “It had these metal stairs… and I hadn’t performed on them...
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Ein Hollywood-Stern für eine Rockgröße: Der frühere Van-Halen-Sänger Sammy Hagar soll in Hollywood mit einer Sternenplakette geehrt werden. Der 76-Jährige werde den 2779. Stern auf dem «Walk of Fame» am 30. April enthüllen, teilten die Verleiher der Auszeichnung nun mit. Als Gastredner ist unter anderem der US-Musiker John Mayer (46, «Last Train Home») eingeladen. Der gebürtige Kalifornier Hagar ist seit über fünf Jahrzehnten im Musikgeschäft. Als Sänger von Montrose erlebte der Rocker seinen Durchbruch. Neben einer erfolgreichen Solokarriere hatte er als Frontmann von Van Halen große Zeiten, ...
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Sammy Hagar paid tribute to his “dear friend” Toby Keith at Sunday’s CMT awards. Keith passed away in February after a battle with stomach cancer. He was 62 years old. At the CMT awards, Hagar took the stage donning a shirt with his late friend’s name across it and performed a cover of Keith’s “I Love This Bar,” which you can view below. READ MORE: All 48 Sammy Hagar-Era Van Halen Songs Ranked Worst to Best “I was so worried that I wasn’t going to make it through the performance emotionally,” Hagar admitted on his Facebook page. “It was hard for me working up to it. When I hit the stage with T...
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Sammy Hagar has chimed in on the recent criticisms David Lee Roth has aimed at Wolfgang Van Halen. Over the past few weeks, Roth has posted two separate rants on YouTube and social media criticizing Wolfgang. In the first, titled “This Crazy Kid,” the singer claimed, among other things, that Wolfgang complained he wasn’t getting enough attention onstage during Van Halen’s 2015 tour and that the bassist had some of Roth’s female guests removed from the band’s shows. In a second diatribe titled “Family Therapy,” Roth took aim at A Different Kind of Truth, Wolfgang’s lone studio release with Van ...
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Sammy Hagar has chimed in on the recent criticisms David Lee Roth has aimed at Wolfgang Van Halen. Over the past few weeks, Roth has posted two separate rants on YouTube and social media criticizing Wolfgang. In the first, titled “This Crazy Kid,” the singer claimed, among other things, that Wolfgang complained he wasn’t getting enough attention onstage during Van Halen’s 2015 tour and that the bassist had some of Roth’s female guests removed from the band’s shows. In a second diatribe titled “Family Therapy,” Roth took aim at A Different Kind of Truth, Wolfgang’s lone studio release with Van ...
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Sammy Hagar said he doesn’t blame Alex Van Halen for not wanting to participate in his upcoming Best of All Worlds tour, the Van Halen-focused trek featuring Michael Anthony on bass, Joe Satriani on guitar and Jason Bonham on drums. “Mike and I, 20 years ago, did a [Van Halen] reunion,” the Red Rocker told AZ Central. “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, Don’t blame him. God bless him.” Hagar also said he found the best possible alternative in Bonham, whose...
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Chadwick Boseman is set to posthumously receive a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame. The latest set of stars to receive the sidewalk tribute in Los Angeles has been revealed, with the late Marvel star - who died following a secret battle with cancer aged 43 in 2020 - pop star Gwen Stefani, action star-and-stuntwoman Michelle Yeoh, 'Star Trek' actor Chris Pine, and heavy metal band Def Leppard also set to be cemented in Hollywood history. Also joining Chadwick, Michelle and Chris in the motion picture category are Gal Gadot, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Christina Ricci, plus Marvel boss Kevin Feige, ...
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