When Sammy Hagar introduced that he would embark on a Van Halen-focused tour in 2024 with guitarist Joe Satriani, bassist Michael Anthony and drummer Jason Bonham, many followers probably had the identical query: Would Satriani play “Eruption”?
Do not rely on it. The guitarist informed Rolling Stone he “[doesn’t] assume” he’ll deal with Eddie Van Halen’s immortal six-string showcase. “I imply, this isn’t a Van Halen tribute tour,” Satriani defined. “If that is what it was, it could be a completely completely different job for me. However I nonetheless should play Chickenfoot, Montrose, Hagar and Satriani stuff. And so I am unable to get completely out of my head on these issues. It will be like, ‘Would you go to see Eddie Van Halen play ‘Browsing With the Alien’ and ‘Rock Sweet’ and all that?” It will be completely different.”
Satriani conceded that “for one evening, it could be enjoyable to essentially step out and interpret another person’s materials. However since it is a tour and we now have to be constantly nice, I believe what I’d do is I am going to attempt to put collectively a medley of solo bits that someway might be built-in into the present.”
What to Count on From Hagar and Satriani’s 2024 Tour
Hagar introduced his upcoming trek with Satriani, dubbed the Better of All Worlds tour, on The Howard Stern Present final month. “We’re gonna go deep into the Van Halen catalog,” the Pink Rocker promised. “If you happen to’re gonna go deep into the Van Halen catalog, you want Joe Satriani.”
The tour begins on July 13 in West Palm Seashore, Florida, and concludes on Aug. 31 in St. Louis. The timing was not misplaced on Hagar. “Once we exit subsequent 12 months in July, will probably be virtually precisely 20 years since Mike and I did a reunion with Ed and Al in ’04,” he mentioned. “Mike and I simply mentioned, ‘We won’t wait one other 20 years. How lengthy can I even sing these songs? How lengthy can I do that stuff? I simply thought it is time to serve the followers.”
The quartet additionally performed a number of Van Halen songs through the broadcast, which Satriani admitted was nerve-racking. “I didn’t have a lot time [to learn the songs], but it surely was purely a labor of affection for me,” he informed Rolling Stone. “I simply thought, ‘I do not care if I screwed this up. I am simply going to do it as a result of Eddie’s enjoying was lovely and folks ought to know that. And if I can wake folks up once more about Eddie, that’d be nice.”
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