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How many speeding tickets did Sammy Hagar get before and after writing “I Can’t Drive 55″? The difference in the totals is almost unbelievable, mainly because Hagar had racked up nearly three dozen such offenses before writing the 1984 single, which was bolstered by a music video that was in heavy rotation on TV. Prior to releasing the VOA standout “I Can’t Drive 55,” the Red Rocker received a whopping 34 speeding tickets, as he reveals in a social media post containing a video clip of the song’s origin story. He had even had his license revoked three times and his yearly car insurance totaled...
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Sammy Hagar got an early sign of how contentious his 2004 reunion with Van Halen would be when he was banned from wearing Cabo Wabo clothing onstage. Hagar and his Van Halen bandmates launched the Cabo Wabo cantina in 1990 in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico after the singer fell in love with the town. Years later, with the club in financial and legal distress, Hagar bought out his bandmates’ interests. He was not only able to turn around the venue’s fortunes but also launched a highly successful tequila brand under the same name. He departed Van Halen in 1996 after a series of escalating creative and c...
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The Van Halen that Sammy Hagar left in 1996 wasn’t the same as the one he returned to in 2004. On June 11, 2004 Hagar and his former bandmates reunited onstage for the first time in nearly nine years. Since the singer fired or was quit – depending on who you believe – on Father’s Day 1996, Van Halen had endured some difficult times. First they attempted a studio reunion with their original frontman David Lee Roth, which flamed out spectacularly and in full view of the public at the MTV Music Awards. Then they recruited Extreme‘s Gary Cherone as their third lead singer, which resulted in 1998’s...
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Sammy Hagar has announced the dates for his annual birthday bash, and he’s doubling the fun by adding a second location for the festivities. The Red Rocker turns 77 on Oct. 13, and he’s maintaining his flagship party destination at the Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. But this year he’s also taking the party to the Pearl Theater at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The Vegas bash will take place on Oct. 4 and 5, and the Cabo party will take place on Oct. 11 and 13. “I’m fucking excited!” Hagar exclaimed in a video announcement. “Here’s what we do: It’s gonna be two nights in Ve...
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Vince Neil revealed the downside to opening for Van Halen with Sammy Hagar during his ‘90s solo period. The singer had split with Motley Crue after being accused of having lost interest in making music. In a recent interview with the Outsider podcast (video below), he was asked if it had been difficult to head out as a solo artist in 1992. “No – it was great!” Neil said. “I opened for Van Halen, my first tour as a solo artist. … It was pretty cool. “Except for, when you open up for Van Halen – because it was Sammy – it was like date night…you’d take your chick to go watch Van Halen. So I when ...
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Vince Neil revealed the downside to opening for Van Halen with Sammy Hagar during his ‘90s solo period. The singer had split with Motley Crue after being accused of having lost interest in making music. In a recent interview with the Outsider podcast (video below), he was asked if it had been difficult to head out as a solo artist in 1992. “No – it was great!” Neil said. “I opened for Van Halen, my first tour as a solo artist. … It was pretty cool. READ MORE: Motley Crue Albums Ranked Worst to Best “Except for, when you open up for Van Halen – because it was Sammy – it was like date night…you’...
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Von einer Kindheit in ärmlichen Verhältnissen zur Sternen-Ehre in Hollywood: Der amerikanische Rockstar Sammy Hagar hat vor Fans, Promi-Gästen und Fotografen seine Sternenplakette auf dem berühmten «Walk of Fame» enthüllt. In seiner Dankesrede erinnerte der frühere Van-Halen-Sänger an die schwierigen Bedingungen, unter denen seine alleinerziehende Mutter vier Kinder großzog. Damals sei ihm die Armut peinlich gewesen, doch heute sei er stolz darauf, es aus dem Nichts so weit gebracht zu haben. Stolz sei er auch auf seine eigenen vier Kinder, die alle gut geraten seien, sagte Hagar. Mit seinen z...
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Sammy Hagar recalled the “brutal” injury he sustained on the opening night of a Van Halen tour, leading to weeks of agony because the shows had to go on. At the first of 28 performances under the Monsters of Rock banner in 1988 – with Metallica, Scorpions, Dokken and Kingdom Come along for the ride – Hagar suffered an accident on stage because he wasn’t familiar with the brand-new set the band were using. “We had to have three sets to set up in different cities, because it took three days to set up,” Hagar explained in the video below. “It had these metal stairs… and I hadn’t performed on them...
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Ein Hollywood-Stern für eine Rockgröße: Der frühere Van-Halen-Sänger Sammy Hagar soll in Hollywood mit einer Sternenplakette geehrt werden. Der 76-Jährige werde den 2779. Stern auf dem «Walk of Fame» am 30. April enthüllen, teilten die Verleiher der Auszeichnung nun mit. Als Gastredner ist unter anderem der US-Musiker John Mayer (46, «Last Train Home») eingeladen. Der gebürtige Kalifornier Hagar ist seit über fünf Jahrzehnten im Musikgeschäft. Als Sänger von Montrose erlebte der Rocker seinen Durchbruch. Neben einer erfolgreichen Solokarriere hatte er als Frontmann von Van Halen große Zeiten, ...
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Sammy Hagar paid tribute to his “dear friend” Toby Keith at Sunday’s CMT awards. Keith passed away in February after a battle with stomach cancer. He was 62 years old. At the CMT awards, Hagar took the stage donning a shirt with his late friend’s name across it and performed a cover of Keith’s “I Love This Bar,” which you can view below. READ MORE: All 48 Sammy Hagar-Era Van Halen Songs Ranked Worst to Best “I was so worried that I wasn’t going to make it through the performance emotionally,” Hagar admitted on his Facebook page. “It was hard for me working up to it. When I hit the stage with T...
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