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Fans from all around the world can to tune-in to the Sammy Hagarâs âBest of All Worldsâ concert slated for Friday (May 16).
The concert event livestreams from Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas, Nevada at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT on Veeps. Read on for details on how to stream on Veeps.
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More than five years since his last show, David Lee Roth has not only made a triumphant return, but reversed his decision to retire from the touring circuit.
Roth announced his 2025 tour plans on Monday (May 6), with a series of 21 live appearances set to take place over the summer.
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Launching at the California Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles on July 22, Roth will traverse the country until wrapping up his series of shows on Sept. 14 back in California at Napaâs Blue Note Summer Sessions.
Rothâs tour announcement comes just days after he made his first appearance on the live stage in five years on Saturday (May 3) at the M3 Rock Festival at Marylandâs Merriweather Post Pavilion. The 16-song set featured Roth leaning entirely on his tenure as frontman for Van Halen, save for a cover of The Kinksâ âYou Really Got Me,â which was issued as Van Halenâs debut single in 1978.
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The show was his first since March 2020 when he appeared as the opening act for KISS in Lubbock, Texas as part of their End of the Road Tour.
In early 2021, Roth announced that he would be officially retiring following a residency at Las Vegasâ House of Blues at Mandalay Bay in 2022. âI am throwing in the shoes. Iâm retiring,â Roth said. âThis is the first, and only, official announcement. Youâve got the news. Share it with the world.â
âIâm not going to explain the statement,â he added. âThe explanation is in a safe. These are my last five shows.â Ultimately, Rothâs Las Vegas residency would be cancelled, ostensibly leaving him with unfinished business until his return to the stage this month.
Roth first rose to fame as the vocalist for Van Halen from 1974 until 1985, appearing on their first six records before embarking on a solo career. Roth would be replaced by Sammy Hagar, though would return for a one-off appearance in 1996 before Gary Cherone took over vocal duties.Â
Following another brief stint from Hagar up the front from 2003 until 2005, Roth resumed his role in the band from 2007 until the bandâs dissolution in 2020 following the death of Eddie Van Halen.
David Lee Roth â 2025 Tour Dates
July 22 â California Mid-State Fair, Paso Robles, CAJuly 31 â Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, FLAug. 3 â Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Event Center, Tampa, FLAug. 6 â Hard Rock Live Bristol, Bristol, VAAug. 8 â Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena, Atlantic City, NJAug. 10 â The Paramount, Huntington, NYAug. 13 â Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach, NHAug. 15 â Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, NYAug. 17 â The Wind Creek Event Center, Bethlehem, PAAug. 19 â Hard Rock Live Northern India, Gary, INAug. 21 â Hard Rock Outdoor Arena, Cincinnati, OHAug. 23 â Doquoin State Fairgrounds, Doquoin, ILAug. 25 â The Factory, Chesterfield, MOAug. 27 â Grinders KC, Kansas City, MOAug. 29 â Lucas Oil Live at Winstar, Thackerville, OKAug. 31 â Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tulsa, Catoosa, OKSept. 4 â Gila River Resorts & Casinos, Chandler, AZSept. 8 â Humphreyâs Concerts by the Bay, San Diego, CASept. 10 â Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, CASept. 12 â Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CASept. 14 â Blue Note Summer Sessions, Napa, CA
Veteran rockers Foreigner have announced a Canadian leg for the ongoing Farewell Tour, but longtime vocalist Kelly Hansen wonât be fronting the outfit.
Having launched their Farewell Tour in 2023, Foreigner have since extended their run in recent years, with the trek now set to continue into November with the announcement of 13 new dates across Canada.
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However, Hansen â who joined as the bandâs vocalist in 2005 â will instead be replaced by actor Geordie Brown, who is perhaps best known for his role in Foreignerâs own Jukebox Hero â The Musical. Brown originated the lead role in 2018, with a sold-out run taking place in Toronto in 2019.Â
Since then, heâs performed on stage to perform âHot Bloodedâ with the band during their 2019 appearance in Halifax, and he was also in attendance during their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. Brown will also take on the lead role in Jukebox Hero once more for its upcoming 2026 run.
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âI was most impressed by Geordieâs performances of Juke Box Hero, The Musical in Canada,â said Foreignerâs Mick Jones. âHe is not only a consummate vocalist, but a verified Broadway actor to boot. We look forward to welcoming him at our shows on Foreignerâs 2025 Canadian tour.â
âI count myself so fortunate that theyâre bringing me along on this next chapter with the musical, and this Canadian tour,â added Brown. âRight now, Iâm most looking forward to our Halifax show, for my hometown crowd.â
Currently, no reason has been given as to why Hansen will not be joining the band on their upcoming Canadian tour.
Foreigner was first formed in 1976 by former Spooky Tooth guitarist Mick Jones, with the band releasing their self-titled debut album the following year. They topped the Billboard 200 in 1981 with the aptly-titled fourth album, 4. The record also boasted top five songs âUrgentâ and âWaiting for a Girl Like You,â though they would release their highest-charting single in 1984, with âI Want to Know What Love Isâ topping the Hot 100 after it was issued as the lead track from Agent Provocateur.
Various lineup changes over the years have left Jones as the only original member of the band, though he has been absent from the live stage since 2023. In October 2024, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Sammy Hagar.
Foreignerâs Canadian tour launches in St. Johnâs, Newfoundland on Oct. 21 and wraps in Kelowna, British Columbia on Nov. 7.
After more than five decades in the musical game, the touring life has begun to take its toll on Sammy Hagar, with the rock veteran admitting he no longer wants to take his music on the road.
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The 77-year-old Hagar made the admission while speaking to The Miami Herald ahead of a recent guest appearance at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where he expressed his disdain with the grueling nature of the touring cycle.
âI donât think I want to go on tour anymore. I hate to say that, because I donât want to piss my fans off,â Hagar explained. âIâll go out and do a one-off show and do things like that, but the residency is going to give me a good extension of my career. Thatâs what Iâm hoping for.â
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The Red Rockerâs comments came just months after his The Best of All Worlds Tour, which saw him perform throughout the U.S., Canada, and Japan. Even then, a series of Birthday Bash performances throughout Mexico and Las Vegas followed, with 2025 set to feature a number of performances for Hagar, namely his The Best of All Worlds Tour Residency in Las Vegas throughout April and May.
As Hagar explains, itâs residencies and similar events that work best with his desires to continue within the world of live music.
âWith this, I donât have to travel, I donât have to unpack and pack and get on an airplane every day,â he continued. âYou know, at my age, it hurts my shoulders to do all this. And I have to perform. Iâm a performer, at the end of the day.
âI keep telling my manager, âDonât take any tours, let me do this residency,’â Hagar added. âIf I like it enough, Iâll do another one. And if thatâs successful Iâll do another one, and I can squeeze a few more years out of my career.â
Hagar last released a studio album in 2022, issuing Crazy Times with his band The Circle. That album was also promoted with a series of dates throughout North America, though it remains their last large-scale tour to date.
Sammy Hagar likely wonât be listing Alex Van Halenâs new memoir Brothers atop his favorite books of 2024.
Hagar, who fronted Van Halen from 1985 to 1996, and again from 2003 to 2005, took to social media to share his thoughts on the recent book from his former bandmate, labelling the omission of his time within the band as âblasphemyâ.
Published in October, Brothers largely focuses on the veteran California outfitâs first 12 years, effectively stopping the Van Halen story after the departure of vocalist David Lee Roth, and overlooking not only Hagarâs time as vocalist, but the temporary lineup featuring Gary Cherone, and their ultimate reunion with Roth.
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âWhat happened after Dave left is not the same band,â Alex Van Halen told Billboard in October. âIâm not saying it was better or worse or any of that. The fact is Ed and I did our best work whenever we played. We always gave it our best shot. But the magic was in the first years, when we didnât know what we were doing, when we were willing to try anything.â
Sharing a photo of himself and guitarist Eddie Van Halen from 1991 on Instagram earlier this week, Hagar began responding to comments on the post, including one who opined that âmost purists believe VH ended with DLRâ.
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âIt could have [ended], my friend, but instead we went on to sell over 50 million records for [a] No. 1 album [then] sold out every building and stadium in the world for a whole decade,â Hagar responded. âThat never happened again.â
IVan Halen experienced some of their biggest successes with their album 1984, which featured the Hot 100-topping single âJumpâ, would peak at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and become their highest charting release of the Roth era. Their next album, 1986âs 5150, was their first released with Hagar on vocals, and was the first of four consecutive No. 1 albums released with Hagar at the helm.
Continuing his response, Hagar contended that Alex Van Halen was doing both the band and his late brother a disservice by leaving the era out of the memoir.
âAlex is not doing his brotherâs musical legacy justice by not acknowledging all the No. 1 albums and some great music Eddie and I wrote together â not Alex â but Eddie and I wrote together,â Hagar continued. âTo not acknowledge [those] 10 years of music is blasphemy to his brotherâs musicianship, songwriting and legacy.â
Despite his harsh words regarding Alex Van Halenâs book, Hagar recently told Rolling Stone itâs âon [his] bucket listâ that he and his former bandmate are able to make peace at some point.
âI understand he probably couldnât have done the whole era in one book. It wouldâve been the Bible, the dictionary, so maybe heâs got plans for a Volume 2. Who knows?â said Hagar.
âI want to be friends, though. I donât want to play in a band with Al. Iâm not asking for that. I can see that heâs not capable of doing that. If he was, Iâd be happy to play with him, but itâs not what Iâm looking for. I just want to friends again.â
Metallica have wrapped up their live activity for 2024, finishing things off with their regular Helping Hands concert in California.
The musical component of the heavy metal outfitâs All Within My Hands foundation, the Helping Hands concert series is a biannual affair which has been running since 2018.
With âaims to assist and enrich the lives of members of the communities who have supported the band for years, as well as encourage participation from fans and friendsâ, the previous events have been wildly successful, with the 2018 and 2020 editions raising over $1.3 million, and 2022 resulting in over $3 million in donations.
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The latest Helping Hands concert took place on Friday (Dec. 13) at Inglewood, CAâs 6,000-seat YouTube Theater, with hosting duties performed by Jimmy Kimmel. The event also featured a handful of special guests, including Sammy Hagar and special guests Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, and Kenny Aronoff, with classically-trained siblings SistaStrings also taking part.
As is tradition, the event featured a handful of deep cuts from the bandâs back catalog, with this recent performance being no exception. Launching proceedings with a five-song acoustic set, both San Francisco singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Avi Vincour and pianist Henry Salvia were also on hand to aid in the performance.
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The bandâs acoustic set kicked off with a performance of âLow Manâs Lyricâ, which hadnât been played live since the bandâs Reload tour in September 1998, before being followed by the first play-through of Diamond Headâs âHelplessâ since 2018, and their first-ever rendition of Bachman-Turner Overdriveâs âAway From Homeâ. Welcoming SistaStrings to the stage, the acoustic portion of the event wrapped up with versions of 2023âs âIf Darkness Had a Sonâ and the enduring âNothing Else Mattersâ.
The career-spanning electric set was slightly more traditional, featuring tracks from the bandâs wider catalog. Alongside last yearâs âScreaming Suicideâ, Metallica leant into tracks from the likes of famed â80s records Kill âEm All, Master of Puppets, and 1989âs âŚAnd Justice for All. While reintroducing âThe Unforgiven IIâ to the live set for the first time since 2015, the band also welcomed Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament to the stage for a performance of âHit the Lightsâ.
Metallicaâs Helping Hands concert will also be uploaded to YouTube for streaming on Thursday (Dec. 19), while full details regarding how much was raised by the event is usually shared in the new year.
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