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LAS VEGAS \u2014 He\u2019d just played a sound check before a set at a new Las Vegas rock club and is mentally mapping a nine-show spree this spring on the Strip. He also wrapped a 33-date world tour in August.<\/p>\n
There is no denying that Sammy Hagar is a rock \u2018n\u2019 roll marvel. But you wonder how long the 77-year-old Red Rocker can keep such an accelerated pace.<\/p>\n
He wonders that, too, and is making allowances to keep rocking in \u201825 and beyond.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think I want to go on tour anymore. I hate to say that, because I don\u2019t want to piss my fans off,\u201d Hagar said after sound-check at Caspian\u2019s Cocktails & Caviar at Caesars Palace, where he was the surprise (well, unbilled) guest at Friday\u2019s grand-opening party. \u201cI\u2019ll go out and do a one-off show and do things like that, but the residency is going to give me a good extension of my career. That\u2019s what I\u2019m hoping for.\u201d<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t be misled by the title. This is a residency, not a tour. As Hagar says, this run is an ideal format to continue his live-performance career.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith this, I don\u2019t have to travel, I don\u2019t have to unpack and pack and get on an airplane every day,\u201d Hagar said. \u201cYou know, at my age, it hurts my shoulders to do all this. And I have to perform. I\u2019m a performer, at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hagar says the Dolby Live dates won\u2019t be his final such extended engagement in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
\u201cI keep telling my manager, \u2018Don\u2019t take any tours, let me do this residency,\u2019\u201d Hagar said. \u201cIf I like it enough, I\u2019ll do another one. And if that\u2019s successful I\u2019ll do another one, and I can squeeze a few more years out of my career.\u201d<\/p>\n
The \u201cBest of All Worlds\u201d set list will draw from the tour\u2019s song roster, heavy with Van Halen classics during the Hagar era (\u201cBest of Both Worlds,\u201d \u201cRight Now\u201d) with solo favorites (\u201cThere\u2019s Only One Way to Rock,\u201d and the one about violating the speed limit). Hagar is joined by his all-star, touring band of Van Halen original bassist, Michael Anthony; guitar great Joe Satriani; and thunder-clap drummer Kenny Aronoff.<\/p>\n
A new song, written by Hagar and guitar great Joe Satriani, \u201cThank You,\u201d is planned for the shows. The song is on target to be released just before the run. As is his custom, Hagar wants to bring the buoyancy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I bring home what I\u2019m going to try to do, it\u2019s for people to leave my shows now with the warmest, happiest feeling,\u201d Hagar said. \u201cThis is about the right lyrics, the right performance, to feel the love. I want them to feel it, feel it, feel it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n