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Sammy Hagar claims Eddie Van Halen visited him in a dream and they wrote a song together
By Matt Owen published
Hagar also said that Van Halen will receive a songwriting credit for Thank You, which is based on the last lick Van Halen showed him during the 2004 reunion tour
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Sammy Hagar and the Circle announce new album, Crazy Times, and share the hard-rocking title track
By Jonathan Horsley published
Produced by Dave Cobb in Nashville’s legendary RCA Studio A, and also featuring the Red Rocker’s fellow Van Halen alum Michael Anthony on bass, Crazy Times is out September 30
![(from left) Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar, Jason Bonham, and Vic Johnson perform in concert at ACL Live on December 06, 2021 in Austin, Texas](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SF8EMDA8BahXhiVTduzYC8-320-80.jpg)
Watch Sammy Hagar & the Circle pay tribute to Taylor Hawkins with heartfelt cover of Foo Fighters’ My Hero
By Jackson Maxwell published
Hagar and co. were tapped to take the Foo Fighters’ headlining slot at the Beale Street Music Festival after the Foos cancelled all their scheduled dates in the wake of Hawkins' death in March
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Dave Mustaine reveals bassist on new Megadeth album – and surprise Sammy Hagar, Ice-T guest appearances
By Jackson Maxwell published
The Sick, the Dying and the Dead will not feature the band's touring bassist, James LoMenzo, Mustaine revealed in an interview on SiriusXM
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Watch Lita Ford join Sammy Hagar onstage to cover Led Zeppelin and Montrose classics
By Sam Roche published
The Runaways guitarist joined the former Van Halen frontman for renditions of Montrose's Rock Candy and Led Zep's Rock and Roll in Las Vegas last week
![Sammy Hagar (left) and Eddie Van Halen perform at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan on May 9, 1986](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/t4Xae2WDryFPjk4tHVxf87-320-80.jpg)
Watch Van Halen close out a 1986 show with a rabble-rousing cover of Led Zeppelin's Rock and Roll
By Jackson Maxwell published
The classic rock standard was an encore mainstay during the band's first tours with Sammy Hagar
![Michael Anthony (left) and Sammy Hagar perform with The Circle at ACL Live on December 6, 2021 in Austin, Texas](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Nfvw22eMv7bRyeVQAwc9Ko-320-80.jpg)
Watch Sammy Hagar & the Circle cover Van Halen's Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love – with Michael Anthony on lead vocals
By Jackson Maxwell published
Van Halen's longest-tenured bassist took center stage for a spirited version of the David Lee Roth-era VH classic during the Circle's recent performance in Plant City, Florida
![Sammy Hagar (left) and Eddie Van Halen perform at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 30, 1995](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cTuhjo7DMf2nN8iin7YN2U-320-80.jpg)
Sammy Hagar: Eddie Van Halen recorded the Right Now solo in "pajamas and slippers"
By Jackson Maxwell published
The 1991 hit, Hagar says, came incredibly quickly once he finally fit lyrics to Eddie's long-gestating piano part
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