{"id":29686,"date":"2024-06-07T18:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T18:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/sammy-hagar-to-play-japan-for-the-first-time-in-over-20-years\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T18:00:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T18:00:22","slug":"sammy-hagar-to-play-japan-for-the-first-time-in-over-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/sammy-hagar-to-play-japan-for-the-first-time-in-over-20-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Sammy Hagar to play Japan for the first time in over 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-06-07\/Getty_SammyHagar_060724.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Emma McIntyre\/Getty Images for The Recording Academy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Sammy Hagar<\/strong> is bringing his The Best of All Worlds tour to Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The rocker took to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C75P0nxvw3Y\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\"> to announce he\u2019ll be playing Japan for the first time in over 20 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Calling it \u201cthe return of the Red Rocker Sammy Hagar in all of the rock glory,\u201d Hagar revealed that the tour, featuring <strong>Michael Anthony<\/strong>, <strong>Joe Satriani<\/strong>, <strong>Jason Bonham<\/strong> and <strong>Rai Thistlethwayte<\/strong>, will kick off Sept. 20 in Nagoya, and hit Osaka on Sept. 22 and Tokyo on Sept. 23.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt\u2019s gonna be a party,\u201d Hagar noted. \u201cWe\u2019re gonna make up for all that missing time &#8230; can\u2019t wait, I\u2019m lovin\u2019 it. The best set list on the planet.\u201d He shared that it will include Hagar solo tunes, plus songs from <strong>Montrose<\/strong>,<strong> Chickenfoot<\/strong> and \u201ca whole lot of <strong>Van Halen<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As Hagar\u00a0wrote in the post&#8217;s caption,\u00a0he hasn\u2019t played Japan since Van Halen\u2019s Balance tour in 1995.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Japan dates will happen after Sammy finishes up the North American leg of tour, which kicks off July 13 in West Palm Beach, Florida. A complete list of dates can be found at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redrocker.com\/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>redrocker.com<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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