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“IF EDDIE WAS HERE, I WOULDN’T BE DOING THIS.” — SAMMY HAGAR Sammy Hagar just sat down for a new interview. And the man didn’t hold back. Two years in, the Best of All Worlds tour keeps changing. Kenny Aronoff replaced Jason Bonham on drums. A young keyboardist named Spider Cherry stepped in. They even brought back “Mine All Mine” and Chickenfoot’s “Soap on a Rope” during the Vegas residency. But what he said about Alex Van Halen… that changes everything. Over 20 years of silence between them. No calls. No texts. Hagar compared it to Gilmour refusing to ever play with Roger Waters. His words: “They’re negative people.” The thing is, before Eddie passed in 2020, Hagar only played about 5 Van Halen songs in a 2-hour set. He was saving them. Waiting for a reunion that never came. Now he plays them all. Every single night. For the fans Eddie left the music to. A new solo album is somewhere in the works too — but Hagar says he’s in no rush. The stage still calls louder than the studio.

Sammy Hagar Reflects on Van Halen, Loss, and a Tour That Keeps Evolving

Sammy Hagar has never sounded like a man interested in softening the truth. In a new interview, he looked back at the long, complicated road that followed his years with Van Halen, and he made one point especially clear: time has passed, but some wounds never fully close.

The Best of All Worlds tour has already changed shape more than once. Kenny Aronoff stepped in on drums after Jason Bonham moved aside. A young keyboardist, Spider Cherry, joined the lineup and added fresh energy. In Las Vegas, the setlist expanded too, with songs like Mine All Mine and Chickenfoot’s Soap on a Rope making their way back onto the stage. For Hagar, the tour has become more than a nostalgia run. It feels alive, reactive, and personal.

What Hagar Said About Alex Van Halen

The interview became especially striking when Hagar spoke about Alex Van Halen. He did not hide the distance between them. According to Hagar, the two have had no real contact for more than 20 years, no calls and no texts, just silence. He compared the situation to artists who simply cannot move past old conflict, saying some people remain negative and locked in place.

“If Eddie was here, I wouldn’t be doing this,” Hagar said, reflecting on how much has changed since Eddie Van Halen’s death in 2020.

That sentence carried the weight of everything behind it. Not just the years of tension, but the sense that Eddie Van Halen’s absence changed the meaning of the music forever. Hagar made it clear that before Eddie passed, he had been holding back on stage. In a two-hour set, he only performed about five Van Halen songs, leaving space for what he hoped might one day become a reunion.

Now the Songs Belong to the Fans

That hope, of course, never came. Today, Hagar performs those songs differently. He plays them all, every night, as a way of honoring the music and the people who still carry it with them. The energy is not about reopening old doors. It is about giving fans the songs they waited to hear, with honesty instead of nostalgia.

There is also talk of a new solo album in the works, though Hagar says he is in no hurry. That makes sense. For now, the stage seems to give him what the studio cannot: immediate connection, a crowd ready to sing, and the chance to keep the catalog breathing in real time.

Sammy Hagar’s story has always been about movement, reinvention, and surviving the hard parts without pretending they never happened. This latest interview did not change that. It only made it more visible. The music continues, the memories remain, and for Hagar, the road ahead still starts with the stage.

 

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“I WAS MAYBE ONLY WEEKS AWAY FROM DEATH” — AND THEN HE WROTE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS EVER RECORDED. In 1968, Cat Stevens was hospitalized with tuberculosis. Collapsed lung. Pneumonia. Three months in a ward, possibly weeks from death. His early career was already fading. Depression, heavy drinking, a body breaking down at 19. Then everything stopped. But what happened inside that hospital room changed everything. He couldn’t perform. Couldn’t tour. Couldn’t do anything — except write. Song after song poured out of him. Among them was “Wild World,” the track that would anchor Tea for the Tillerman — an album now in the Grammy Hall of Fame. He later said he was trying to hold on to life itself. That he was at the point where things were just beginning, and he was going into the world on his own. The song wasn’t written from some peaceful place. It was written by a kid who didn’t know if he’d make it out of that room.

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