Sammy Hagar and George Thorogood opened their Loopy Occasions summer season tour on Friday, June 10 in Bridgeport, Conn.
Backed by his band the Circle, Hagar tore by means of materials from all through his storied profession. The Pink Rocker blended in solo tunes (“There’s Solely One Technique to Rock,” “Three Lock Field,” “I Cannot Drive 55”), songs from his Van Halen days (“Poundcake,” “Better of Each Worlds,” “Proper Now”) and even threw in a canopy of Led Zeppelin’s “Rock and Roll.” Bassist Michael Anthony took over lead vocals for the David Lee Roth-era Van Halen gem ‘Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love.”
Movies of each acts and Hagar’s set listing, courtesy of SetList.fm, may be discovered under.
“A tour this measurement has been a very long time coming, and it is positively going to be definitely worth the wait,” Hagar mentioned when the joint run was introduced. “The Circle and I are super-excited and able to throw the celebration of the yr with George Thorogood. We’ll take the music and celebration to an entire new degree – ‘Loopy Occasions’ is an understatement.”
The trek’s branding nods to the Circle’s upcoming album, tentatively titled These Loopy Occasions. In a latest interview with Forbes, Hagar revealed that the group — that includes longtime Van Halen and Chickenfoot bandmate Michael Anthony, drummer Jason Bonham and guitarist Vic Johnson — had completed work on the file, which he boasted contains his “finest songwriting ever.”
The mission was produced by Dave Cobb, most well-known for working with nation artists like Chris Stapleton and Brandi Carlile. Nonetheless, Hagar clarified that his personal file gained’t mark a flip towards twang.
“David Cobb mentioned, ‘I am not gonna do something that even sounds something remotely nation on this file,’ ‘trigger I needed to make an Americana file, a bit bit much less exhausting rock,” the singer famous. “He goes, ‘I wanna make Standing Hampton. I wanna make the file I grew up on, I wanna hear you and Mikey [Anthony] sing such as you did in ‘High of the World’ with Van Halen. That is what we’re gonna get out of you guys.'”
The Loopy Occasions tour continues June 11 in Holmdel, N.J. and wraps Sept. 10 in Irvine, Calif.
Watch George Thorogood Carry out ‘Dangerous to the Bone’
Watch Sammy Hagar and the Circle Carry out ‘Poundcake’
Watch Sammy Hagar and the Circle Carry out ‘Rock and Roll’ and ‘Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love’
Sammy Hagar and the Circle Bridgeport, Conn; 6/10/22 – Set Checklist
Sammy Hagar & the Circle
1. “There’s Solely One Technique to Rock”
2. “Poundcake”
3. “Three Lock Field”
4. “High of the World”
5. “End What Ya Began”
6. “Rock Sweet”
7. “Mas Tequila”
8. “Your Love Is Driving Me Loopy”
9. “Better of Each Worlds”
10. “Rock and Roll”
11. “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love”
12. “Why Cannot This Be Love”
13. “Proper Now”
14. “Heavy Steel”
15. “I Cannot Drive 55”
16. “When It is Love”
The Greatest Track From Each Sammy Hagar Album
On his personal or in a gaggle, the Pink Rocker proves there’s a couple of approach to rock.
