{"id":29766,"date":"2024-06-20T21:05:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T21:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/sammy-hagar-wishes-friend-and-bandmate-michael-anthony-a-happy-birthday\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T21:05:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T21:05:22","slug":"sammy-hagar-wishes-friend-and-bandmate-michael-anthony-a-happy-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/sammy-hagar-wishes-friend-and-bandmate-michael-anthony-a-happy-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Sammy Hagar wishes friend and bandmate Michael Anthony a happy birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-06-20\/Getty_SammyHagarMichaelAnthony_062024.jpg\" alt><figcaption> Scott Legato\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Sammy Hagar<\/strong> took to social media Thursday to wish his bandmate and friend\u00a0<strong>Michael Anthony<\/strong>\u00a0a happy birthday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOn this day, a long, long time ago, the world was blessed with this bad a**, bass playing, singing rock \u2018n\u2019 roll superstar,\u201d Hagar wrote <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C8cRjxJR3q0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>on Instagram<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">. \u201cLadies and gentlemen I present to you the one. The only Mr. Michael Anthony.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In an accompanying video, Hagar called the former <strong>Van Halen<\/strong> bassist \u201cmy brother from a different mother,\u201d sharing, \u201cI can\u2019t tell you how much I love having you as a friend, having you as a bandmate, a partner in crime.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe have more fun than any 10 monkeys on the planet,&#8221; he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hagar was dressed in a suit jacket in honor of the occasion,\u00a0telling\u00a0Anthony\u00a0he wanted to be \u201cfirst class today for you.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He said he would stay that way all day and would be having a cocktail to celebrate, but when the camera pulled back it revealed\u00a0Hagar was actually\u00a0only dressed up from the top up. He was actually wearing\u00a0pink shorts with palm trees on the bottom, and noted, \u201cGot to get this monkey suit off.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And Anthony apparently loved the message.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cHahahaha, thanks, brother, haven\u2019t seen you that dressed up in a long time!!!\u201d he commented. \u201cWe\u2019ve been through a lot, and we ain\u2019t finished yet!! I love ya\u2026.and I\u2019ll be right over for that birthday cocktail.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hagar is set to kick off his The Best of All Worlds tour, featuring Anthony, <strong>Joe Satriani<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Jason Bonham<\/strong>,\u00a0on July 13 in West Palm Beach, Florida. 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