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Sammy Hagar on his musical dynamic with Eddie Van Halen – and why the virtuoso stopped releasing music in the 2000s
The former Van Halen frontman asserts that EVH flourished as a musician “because he got a singer that could say, ‘I can sing ...
Sammy Hagar’s dream about Eddie Van Halen inspired him to write a new song with late rocker
Sammy Hagar's tribute song for bandmate Eddie Van Halen came to him in a dream. The rocker performed at Stagecoach and will ...
Sammy Hagar claims he made Eddie Van Halen a better musician and says the guitarist "dried up" in the 2000s
The Red Rocker believes Van Halen's musical horizons broadened during their time together, only to shrink in the years after they parted ways ...
“He stopped writing because he just ran out. He'd used that guitar neck up”: Sammy Hagar on Eddie Van Halen's lost years
But after the 1998 album Van Halen III (with Gary Cherone replacing Hagar), the band made no new music until the 2012 album A ...
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Sammy Hagar Shares Song He Wrote In A Dream With Eddie Van Halen, Speculates Why Alex Van Halen Hasn’t Spoken To Him In 21 Years
Former Van Halen singer and tequila-heist victim Sammy Hagar recently released “Encore, Thank You, Goodnight.,” a new single ...
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Sammy Hagar Thinks He Knows Why Alex Van Halen Won’t Speak to Him
In the aftermath of Eddie Van Halen's death, the divide between Sammy Hagar and Alex Van Halen has remained. The onetime bandmates haven't spoken in 21 years and the drummer even failed to mention ...
Sammy Hagar slams David Lee Roth, ‘wanted to break the guy’s f—in’ neck’ over concert no-shows
Sammy Hagar recalled why he “wanted to break” David Lee Roth’s “f—-’” neck when they toured together in 2002. In 1985, the 77 ...
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Sammy Hagar’s dream about Eddie Van Halen inspired him to write a new song with late rocker
INDIO, Calif. — Sammy Hagar got the chance to work with his former bandmate, the late Eddie Van Halen, one last time. Hagar released a song, "Encore, Thank You, Goodnight," that came to him in a ...
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Listen: Sammy Hagar Shares New Song “Encore, Thank You, Goodnight” Nod to Late Bandleader Eddie Van Halen
Sammy Hagar has shared a new aptly personal single, “Encore, Thank You, Goodnight,” which also represents his first release on the label, Big Machine ...
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Sammy Hagar shades Alex Van Halen over 21-year feud — knows why he won’t speak to him
Everything’s good.” Last week, Hagar released a new single, “Encore, Thank You, Goodnight,” which he said he was inspired to write after Eddie Van Halen visited him in a dream.