Sammy Hagar, the entrepreneurial former Van Halen lead singer, longtime solo artist and present The Circle bandleader, has no qualms acknowledging that he makes more cash from his enterprise ventures as an alcoholic beverage maker and spokesperson than from music itself.
Hagar, 74, at present promotes Santo Tequila, the liquor model he began with the favored meals TV character Man Fieri. Earlier than that, Hagar’s signature spirit was Cabo Wabo Tequila, primarily based on his mainstay Mexican watering gap, the Cabo Wabo Cantina, and its flagship location in Baja, California. The ex-Van Halen vocalist additionally simply launched a e-book on drink mixology.
Watch the video down towards the underside of this submit.
Requested by TMZ on July 4 if he makes extra from his alcohol and non-music alternatives than from recording and performing, Hagar responds in an interview clip, “It is true, sure, it is completely true.”
The musician often known as the “Pink Rocker” continues, “That is what’s made it so nice for me. … For those who get fortunate sufficient to get profitable exterior of music, it makes it so a lot better in your elder years. Like now, I am in my 70s, and I am nonetheless going and taking part in music.”
Hagar explains, ” why? As a result of I haven’t got to do it for a residing; I haven’t got to make it my enterprise. So I will pay my band greater than they will make [elsewhere], they usually’re glad. They’re glad to play with me. All of us stroll out on stage, and we’re glad to do it, as a result of we do not have to do it.”
He provides, “While you’ve been doing it so long as me — man, except you are [The Rolling Stones guitarist] Keith Richards, who I do not assume may do something however play music. … [But] lots of people are doing it for cash. They usually exit they usually punch the clock.”
Not so for Hagar. “We do it for enjoyable,” he explains. “It is virtually like we’re in a storage band once more, as a result of I make my residing one other method. And music is one thing I simply like to do. But when somebody mentioned, ‘Hey, you have to play 150 exhibits this 12 months,’ I would inform ’em, ‘I give up.'”
See Hagar’s upcoming tour dates beneath the video.
Sammy Hagar Says He Makes Cash Off Booze + Bars, Music’s Only for Enjoyable
Sammy Hagar & The Circle 2022 Tour Dates
July 8 – Prior Lake, Minn. @ Lakefront Music Fest
July 16 – Highland, Calif. @ Yaamava Theater
Aug. 6 – Salamanca, N.Y. @ Seneca Resort
Aug. 21 – Springfield, In poor health. @ Illinois State Honest
Aug. 23 – Clarkston, Mich. @ Pine KnobTheatre
Aug. 24 – Cincinnati, Ohio @ Riverbend Music Ctr
Aug. 26 – Maryland Heights, Mo. @ Hollywood On line casino
Aug. 27 – Tinley Park, In poor health. @ Hollywood On line casino
Aug. 29 – Greenwood Village, Colo. @ Fiddler’s Inexperienced
Aug. 30 – Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah @ USANA Amp.
Sept. 1 – Bend, Ore. @ Hayden Properties Amp.
Sept. 3 – Ridgefield, Wash. @ RV Inn Resort
Sept. 4 – Auburn, Wash. @ White River Amp.
Sept. 7 – Phoenix, Ariz. @ Ak-Chin Pavilion
Sept. 9 – Mountain View, Calif. @ Shoreline Amp.
Sept. 10 – Irvine, Calif. @ FivePoint Amp.
Sept. 16 – Houston, Texas @ Mitchell Pavilion
Sept. 17 – Irving, Texas @ Toyota Pavilion
Oct. 1 – Lincoln, Calif. @ Thunder Valley
Oct. 9 – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico @ Cabo Wabo
Oct. 11 – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico @ Cabo Wabo
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