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 possible had the identical query: Would Satriani play “Eruption”?
Do not depend on it. The guitarist instructed Rolling Stone he “[doesn’t] suppose” he’ll sort out 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 might be a very totally 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 might be like, ‘Would you go to see Eddie Van Halen play ‘Browsing With the Alien’ and ‘Rock Sweet’ and all that?” It might be totally different.”
Satriani conceded that “for one evening, it might be enjoyable to actually step out and interpret another person’s materials. However since it is a tour and we’ve got to be constantly nice, I feel what I would do is I will attempt to put collectively a medley of solo bits that in some way could be built-in into the present.”
What to Anticipate 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 Purple Rocker promised. “In the event you’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. “After we exit subsequent 12 months in July, it will likely 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 throughout 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 instructed 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 taking part in was lovely and other people ought to know that. And if I can wake folks up once more about Eddie, that’d be nice.”
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