Sammy Hagar is defending his involvement within the Freedom 250 occasion in Washington, D.C.
The Purple Rocker was speculated to be a shock performer throughout the 4th of July celebration, contributing the musical portion of the night time’s festivities. Thunderstorms in the end ruined these plans, with Lynyrd Skynyrd and nation singer Gretchen Wilson among the many different acts who had their units rained out. Your entire musical portion was canceled and Freedom 250 solely went ahead with a speech from President Donald Trump, adopted by fireworks and a efficiency by the U.S. Air Drive Band.
On social media, Hagar got here beneath fireplace from followers who had been outraged that he’d be concerned in something associated to Trump.
READ MORE: 5 Songs Individuals Mistakenly Suppose Are Patriotic
“This isn’t a political factor!” Hagar insisted within the feedback of his Instagram publish. “That is the celebration of our nation’s birthday irrespective of who the president is at the moment — that is our 250th birthday as a rustic. We’ve been up! And we’ve been down! And should at all times proceed and survive. I hope that occurs one other 250 years. The hate the violence the unfairness hopefully is not going to survive. One nation beneath God! Hold in there all you doubters. We have come a good distance. We now have a protracted approach to go.”
Sammy Hagar Shares Deliberate 4th of July Speech
In a separate publish, Hagar revealed that he’d deliberate to provide a heartfelt speech throughout his Freedom 250 efficiency.
“I used to be so excited to current this speech to the world at the start of the Van Halen track ‘Proper Now,’” the singer famous. “For these of you that had seen reveals main as much as the Fourth of July occasion I had been working towards each night time making an attempt to get it proper.”
The Purple Rocker shared a picture of the handwritten speech he was going to provide, which stated the next:
“Proper now we’re celebrating our nation’s 250th birthday & proper now could be an excellent time to reunite this nation. Come collectively proper now. Cease the violence. Cease the hate. Proper now is an efficient time to indicate some love & respect to our fellow brothers & sisters. Let’s not be prejudiced. Let’s all come collectively proper now. Bear in mind United We Stand, Divided We Fall. All we’d like is love! Proper right here, proper now — Completely satisfied Birthday, America!”
Hagar will head to England for a run of performances starting July 6. He’ll return to Las Vegas for an additional installment of the Better of All Worlds residency in September.
