{"id":29874,"date":"2024-07-09T12:06:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T12:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/sammy-hagar-and-his-band-answer-questions-ahead-of-the-best-of-all-worlds-tour-launch\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T12:06:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T12:06:51","slug":"sammy-hagar-and-his-band-answer-questions-ahead-of-the-best-of-all-worlds-tour-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/sammy-hagar-and-his-band-answer-questions-ahead-of-the-best-of-all-worlds-tour-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Sammy Hagar and his band answer questions ahead of The Best of All Worlds Tour launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-07-08\/Getty_SammyHagar_070824.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Amy Sussman\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Sammy Hagar<\/strong> will kick off his The Best of All Worlds Tour on Saturday, and ahead of the kickoff, he and his bandmates \u2013 <strong>Van Halen\u00a0<\/strong>bassist\u00a0<strong>Michael Anthony<\/strong>, guitarist\u00a0<strong>Joe Satriani\u00a0<\/strong>and drummer\u00a0<strong>Jason Bonham\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 are answering a few questions to get fans excited about what to expect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a video <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C9LFdpLRRKW\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>posted to Instagram<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">, all\u00a0of them were asked which\u00a0song they&#8217;re most excited to play, with both Hagar and Anthony agreeing that it\u2019s Van Halen\u2019s \u201c5150,\u201d with Anthony noting, &#8220;it\u2019s smokin\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Satriani says he&#8217;s simply excited to play all the songs, while Bonham wouldn\u2019t pick a favorite out of fear he\u2019d give away something about the set list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hagar also shared how he doesn&#8217;t like to rehearse, but explains why it was so important to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI\u2019m nervous about this set list,&#8221; he says. &#8220;This is deep. This is so many lyrics for me to remember and so many high notes for me to hit and it\u2019s coming together. I\u2019m happy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Bonham\u00a0reveals\u00a0he went on a diet before the tour and is down 30 pounds, joking, <span class=\"s1\">\u201cThanks for all those nice comments that used to say \u2018hey fatty lose some weight.'&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But getting serious, Bonham shares that being on this tour has a really special meaning for him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cForty years ago I saw Mikey with Van Halen for the first ever time in my life so it changed my life,\u201d he says, \u201cand I have been doing music ever since because of that moment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hagar\u2019s The Best of All Worlds tour, which will have him performing Van Halen classics along with solo tunes and tracks from his other bands,\u00a0<strong>The Circle\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Chickenfoot<\/strong>, kicks off July 13 in West Palm Beach, Florida. A complete list of dates can be found at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redrocker.com\/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1 s2\"><strong>redrocker.com<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amy Sussman\/Getty Images Sammy Hagar will kick off his The Best of All Worlds Tour on Saturday, and ahead of the kickoff, he and his bandmates \u2013 Van Halen\u00a0bassist\u00a0Michael Anthony, guitarist\u00a0Joe Satriani\u00a0and drummer\u00a0Jason Bonham\u00a0\u2013 are answering a few questions to get fans excited about what to expect. 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