Van Hagar To Tour In 2017

[twonabomber]

Sammy has been interviewed by Billboard. VH related section follows:

About the only thing not on Hagar’s plate at the moment is anything with Van Halen. Fans were heartened when he exchanged pleasantries with Eddie Van Halen around the guitarist’s birthday in January, though things never went any further.

"Let’s put it like this — when it came to my birthday, I didn’t get a message,” Hagar notes, “so obviously that camp, him and Al, still have some kind of trip against me. I’m certainly not looking to get back in that band when I’ve got Chickenfoot sitting in my lap and I’m scared to grab the reigns of that one. Van Halen would be twice the nightmare of the workload and the anxieties about getting along or being worried about being stabbed in the back again or something. I don’t want to put myself in that situation, that’s for sure."

Hagar then adds a quick, "but you never know" and throws out the idea of going on the road with the original Van Halen, including David Lee Roth and Anthony back on bass, with the two singers trading off songs they recorded with the group. "That’s really the only way I would be interested in a Van Halen reunion," Hagar says.

"Everybody’s saying, ‘Well, what would it take?'" Hagar says. "For me, no money, man. I don’t need money. I would do that for the fans and give the money to food banks or something. I’m not sure anybody else would agree with me, but that would interest me enough to sit down across the table from everybody and work that one out."


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The Circle is playing the Hard Rock Rocksino here in July. Tickets start at $85 and top out $187.50. So his "I don't need the money" statement is bullshit.

[DONNIEP]

I'd have a hard time justifying almost 200 bucks to see VH. Ain't no way I'd pay that to see Slappy.

[twonabomber]

I just looked at the seating chart. There are two $85 tickets left, and a bunch of resellers asking over $200 for tickets that were originally $85. And seats on the floor that were $187 being offered at $500. I hope those fuckers choke on those tickets.

[FORD]

Geezus... for that price there better be a case of Hagar's overpriced tequila included!

[Terry]

Sammy has been interviewed by Billboard. VH related section follows:



The Circle is playing the Hard Rock Rocksino here in July. Tickets start at $85 and top out $187.50. So his "I don't need the money" statement is bullshit.

Jesus Christ!

I gotta tell ya, MAYBE if The Circle had Satriani in the lineup - which would basically make it Chickenfoot (would it really matter too much if it was Chad Smith or Jason Bonham drumming? In terms of drawing and drumming power, both are pretty much evenly rated in my book).

So if you have Hagar, Anthony, Bonham/Smith AND Satriani onstage...I could certainly see making a case for some where that would be worth between $50 and $100 per ticket to see. Particularly since the venue holds a little more than 2,000 people and is presumably designed and constructed with live music in mind, so the sound will probably be good. And - whatever I think of their current musical output to one side (honestly, him being John Bonham's son is to me the most noteworthy thing about Jason Bonham, far more noteworthy than the vast majority of bands he has played with or recording projects he has been involved with...or even his drumming, when I come right down to it) - Hagar, Anthony, Satriani, Smith and Jason Bonham strictly in terms of name visibility do garner a certain amount of clout at the ticket booth in terms of price.

No Satriani, but instead Vic Johnson from the Bus Boys? The band most notable for being fucking everything that moved to the point where when they visited Eddie Murphy at his house the fish would stop swimming? Mmmmmmm...NOT quite sure THAT lineup is worth a foundational price of $85 a pop.

[twonabomber]

Particularly since the venue holds a little more than 2,000 people and is presumably designed and constructed with live music in mind, so the sound will probably be good.

I saw Jeff Beck at the Rocksino in 2015. It's a plain rectangular room, with screens on either side of the stage, and rows of folding chairs. Three sections, center, and left and right. There's a small bleacher section at the back of the room. Entrance/exits only at the back of the room. I think 2k is a good estimate of capacity, House Of Blues Cleveland is about 1,500 in a smaller room, but with a balcony.

Sound wasn't bad, I don't remember if there were baffles hanging from the ceiling or not. Not as decorated as, say, a House Of Blues. The venue has its own bar, concessions, and restrooms, so you're not fighting with gamblers to get a drink. And it's not downtown and parking is free.

[Terry]

Sammy has been interviewed by Billboard. VH related section follows:



The Circle is playing the Hard Rock Rocksino here in July. Tickets start at $85 and top out $187.50. So his "I don't need the money" statement is bullshit.

As to the rest of Hagar's hypothetical future Van Halen tour arrangement, I find it interesting that Hagar's "Sam and Dave play with Van Halen" tour proposal has shifted from 15 years ago, where then he suggested he and Dave each do a set with the band to it now being him and Dave "trading off" songs with the band.

Sensible in one respect because it eliminates any friction over both singers doing a set with the band and bitching over who opens and who closes, but I gotta tell ya...fuck, man, is that the ONLY way we're gonna get to see Anthony rejoin and see CVH play again? If we have to endure Van Fucking Hagar playing every other tune during the show? And having to see Hagar hanging around onstage while CVH is-playing? Is Hagar STILL THAT fucking desperate AT THIS LATE DATE to have his tenure with the band somehow solidified with what the band accomplished with Roth?

Goes to Hagar's mindset: despite decades of his interview bravado re: oversized estimates of his record sales and tour attendances with Van Halen vs. Roth's, how he was "the better singer" than Dave...despite ALL that bullshit, somewhere deep down Sammy Hagar KNOWS when it comes to Van Halen there is really only one singer for the band who ever really mattered. And Sammy wasn't that singer. And KNOWING that still troubles him. And me KNOWING that about Hagar somehow brightens my day.

Hey, Sammy, I'll do you one better: you WERE the better singer between you and Roth. And Roth STILL is the only singer for Van Halen who ever really mattered. Keep THAT in the back of your mind when you and The Circle encore with "The Boys Are Back In Town (feat. The Bus Boys Vic Johnson!!)" at the Rocksino in July!!!

Ya bloated, washed up Jimmy Buffett wannabe! Your career high was fobbing off 2nd rate David Lee Roth impressions in the 1980s, and the ghost of Ronnie Montrose wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire!!!

Fat fuck.

[Terry]

I saw Jeff Beck at the Rocksino in 2015. It's a plain rectangular room, with screens on either side of the stage, and rows of folding chairs. Three sections, center, and left and right. There's a small bleacher section at the back of the room. Entrance/exits only at the back of the room. I think 2k is a good estimate of capacity, House Of Blues Cleveland is about 1,500 in a smaller room, but with a balcony.

Sound wasn't bad, I don't remember if there were baffles hanging from the ceiling or not. Not as decorated as, say, a House Of Blues. The venue has its own bar, concessions, and restrooms, so you're not fighting with gamblers to get a drink. And it's not downtown and parking is free.

From what I saw on the website when I was looking up the capacity, it actually looks like a decent venue to see a band play at.

Truth be told, perhaps one of the best shows of Dave's I ever saw was at the Hard Rock Live in Orlando in 2006. The venue was clearly designed for live music, so it was a great sound/great acoustics, and the capacity was maybe upwards of 3,000 but spread out between an expansive floor area and balcony seating (which is where I was), so you weren't packed in there like sardines. And the ticket price was around...I dunno, $35? Around there.

The funniest part of it was seeing the posters at the venue advertising the gig, which were a large pic of Roth singing circa 1978. My old lady was like, "I don't think Dave QUITE looks like that anymore..."

[Va Beach VH Fan]

The band most notable for being fucking everything that moved to the point where when they visited Eddie Murphy at his house the fish would stop swimming?

Excellent Delirious reference, my friend....

I have to see Satriani with HIS OWN excellent group of musicians, like I did a year ago.... Fantastic watching him work his magic....

But seeing him with Bette would absolutely ruin the experience....

[Terry]

Excellent Delirious reference, my friend....

I have to see Satriani with HIS OWN excellent group of musicians, like I did a year ago.... Fantastic watching him work his magic....

But seeing him with Bette would absolutely ruin the experience....

I've never been all THAT overwhelmed with Satriani, even when Surfing With The Alien was out in the late 1980s and everyone was touting him as (yet ANOTHER - about the 5th different one since 1985) 2nd coming of Eddie Van Halen...or Jeff Beck...or Jimi Hendrix.

Talented technician. Does wonderful instrumental stuff. Can't come up with an original, memorable rock tune that involves a vocalist: with him, he's at his best when his guitar is the sole focal point. And that's fine for what it is. In the end, though, for me songs tend to resonate rather than solos.

Having said all that, clearly Satriani has little to no hope of coming up with an original, memorable rock tune if Hagar is the lyrical foil. It's probably a slim chance "Satch" could come with one anyway, but it drops from slim to none if Hagar is involved. To extend that point beyond what I already have, Hagar's most memorable rock tunes weren't noteworthy for their guitar solos.

I mean, if Eddie Van Halen couldn't elevate Hagar's game (keeping in mind that Eddie used to be able to create that perfect balance of hooks, riffs, rhythms and solos and fuse all of that into some of the greatest rock tunes ever), suffice to say Hagar won't be able to turn Satriani into the all-around great rock player Eddie Van Halen was.

[Jetstream]

As to the rest of Hagar's hypothetical future Van Halen tour arrangement, I find it interesting that Hagar's "Sam and Dave play with Van Halen" tour proposal has shifted from 15 years ago, where then he suggested he and Dave each do a set with the band to it now being him and Dave "trading off" songs with the band.

Sensible in one respect because it eliminates any friction over both singers doing a set with the band and bitching over who opens and who closes, but I gotta tell ya...fuck, man, is that the ONLY way we're gonna get to see Anthony rejoin and see CVH play again? If we have to endure Van Fucking Hagar playing every other tune during the show? And having to see Hagar hanging around onstage while CVH is-playing? Is Hagar STILL THAT fucking desperate AT THIS LATE DATE to have his tenure with the band somehow solidified with what the band accomplished with Roth?

Goes to Hagar's mindset: despite decades of his interview bravado re: oversized estimates of his record sales and tour attendances with Van Halen vs. Roth's, how he was "the better singer" than Dave...despite ALL that bullshit, somewhere deep down Sammy Hagar KNOWS when it comes to Van Halen there is really only one singer for the band who ever really mattered. And Sammy wasn't that singer. And KNOWING that still troubles him. And me KNOWING that about Hagar somehow brightens my day.

Hey, Sammy, I'll do you one better: you WERE the better singer between you and Roth. And Roth STILL is the only singer for Van Halen who ever really mattered. Keep THAT in the back of your mind when you and The Circle encore with "The Boys Are Back In Town (feat. The Bus Boys Vic Johnson!!)" at the Rocksino in July!!!

Ya bloated, washed up Jimmy Buffett wannabe! Your career high was fobbing off 2nd rate David Lee Roth impressions in the 1980s, and the ghost of Ronnie Montrose wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire!!!

Fat fuck.

If they tour with Hagar and the lead singers switch off every few songs, there are going to be fights in the crowd because Hagar fan will be next to Roth fan with Hagar already stating this as a competition... on the Sam and Dave tour, the set approach separated the fans who where die hard to leave or show up for their respective music and no band has a more passionate discord between a fan base than Van Halen because it's really two different bands

[THEDOCTOR]

I can never ever see DLR being up for this for so many reasons.

[Terry]

I can never ever see DLR being up for this for so many reasons.

On some nostalgic level, out of a sheer sense of dignity for what the band achieved with him at the helm years ago, I'd hope DLR wouldn't participate in a co-Roth/Hagar Van Halen tour of the scenario Hagar recently hypothesized...or any other Hagar-related scenario. It was one thing when Roth and Hagar went out on the road together as solo acts, but this would be something else...and a bit of a lame way to wind down the band.

However, Roth was once adamant that he wouldn't do a Van Halen reunion unless Biff Malibu was part of the group, yet Roth compromised on that when push came to shove.

Honestly, that Hagar scenario wouldn't surprise me if it came to pass. Realistically, how many more tours does Roth have in him? He's not really cutting it as it is now. If it were a binary choice of the Hagar scenario or no more tours, would it be a shock if Roth did the tour and got a final, sizable payday? I'm not sure I'd even bear Roth that much ill will at this point for doing it: guy has got to bank up some dough for retirement somehow, and I doubt any more forays into morning radio with a lucrative contract attached will be presenting themselves after Dave retires from VH. Trying to re-ignite his solo career these days probably wouldn't be a cash boom, either.

But let's hope Dave doesn't do it regardless.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

On some nostalgic level, out of a sheer sense of dignity for what the band achieved with him at the helm years ago, I'd hope DLR wouldn't participate in a co-Roth/Hagar Van Halen tour of the scenario Hagar recently hypothesized...or any other Hagar-related scenario. It was one thing when Roth and Hagar went out on the road together as solo acts, but this would be something else...and a bit of a lame way to wind down the band.

However, Roth was once adamant that he wouldn't do a Van Halen reunion unless Biff Malibu was part of the group, yet Roth compromised on that when push came to shove.

Honestly, that Hagar scenario wouldn't surprise me if it came to pass. Realistically, how many more tours does Roth have in him? He's not really cutting it as it is now. If it were a binary choice of the Hagar scenario or no more tours, would it be a shock if Roth did the tour and got a final, sizable payday? I'm not sure I'd even bear Roth that much ill will at this point for doing it: guy has got to bank up some dough for retirement somehow, and I doubt any more forays into morning radio with a lucrative contract attached will be presenting themselves after Dave retires from VH. Trying to re-ignite his solo career these days probably wouldn't be a cash boom, either.

But let's hope Dave doesn't do it regardless.

Yeah, the more time goes on, the more I think this dual singer setup is gonna happen.... With Mike.....

And as speculation has grown, coinciding with the VH I 40th anniversary next year.....It links up with the 3 year hiatus between tours they've been doing.... Do one more big tour, pocket one last retirement cash cow, and call it a day.....

But the format is a no-win situation.... Doing half the show with Roth and the other half with Bette WILL most definitely result in people leaving at halftime.... And if they did it a few songs at a time, that would suck bigtime....

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Any of those CVH/Van Haggis formulas would suck bigtime anyway, wouldn't they?