Sammy Hagar says he would not need to tour anymore. The Crimson Rocker, who performed 31 reveals on his Better of All Worlds Tour final 12 months in North America and Japan, broke the information previous to a gap night time efficiency at Caspian’s Cocktails & Caviar, a 100-capacity venue at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
“I don’t assume I need to go on tour anymore,” Hagar tells the Las Vegas Journal-Evaluation. “I hate to say that, as a result of I don’t need to piss my followers off. I’ll exit and do a one-off present and do issues like that, however the residency goes to offer me extension of my profession. That’s what I’m hoping for.
“With this, I don’t need to journey, I don’t need to unpack and pack and get on an airplane day by day. You already know, at my age, it hurts my shoulders to do all this. And I’ve to carry out. I’m a performer, on the finish of the day.
“I preserve telling my supervisor, ‘Don’t take any excursions, let me do that residency.’ If I prefer it sufficient, I’ll do one other one. And if that’s profitable I’ll do one other one, and I can squeeze just a few extra years out of my profession.”
Hagar’s Greatest Of All Worlds residency – wherein he performs solo profession highlights alongside songs by Montrose, Van Halen and Chickenfoot – will kick off on April 30 at Dolby Stay on the Park MGM in Las Vegas, and proceed into Could. Tickets are on sale now.
Hagar’s band for the reveals consists of Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Kenny Aronoff. Aronoff was introduced into the band final 12 months as a substitute for Jason Bonham, who left the tour to maintain his mom after she suffered a stroke.
