SAMMY HAGAR announces 'The Residency' live album
25-08-2025
Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Sammy Hagar has announced “Sammy Hagar & The Best Of All Worlds Band – The Residency”, a hit-filled live album captured during his acclaimed 2025 Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM, set for release on October 10, 2025. Featuring Hagar and “The Best Of All Worlds” band — Michael Anthony (bass, vocals),Joe Satriani (guitar),Kenny Aronoff (drums) and Rai Thistlethwayte (keyboards, vocals, guitar) — the live album captures 19 high-octane live tracks celebrating Hagar‘s legendary catalog, including the deepest dive into his tenure with VAN HALEN in more than 20 years. The first advance track, “Summer Nights (Live)”, is out now on all DSPs, and album pre-orders are live today via Big Machine Rock.
Hagar remarked, “‘Summer Nights’ was one of the first songs we wrote for the ‘5150’ record, on our very first day in the studio. Eddie [Van Halen] played me that guitar riff and I just started singing ‘summer nights and my radio,’ and the rest of the lyrics just came out like a river of consciousness. I don’t think there’s a better theme song for a beautiful summer night, so it had to be the first track this summer from the live album.”
“The Best Of All Worlds” tour, the single “Encore, Thank You, Goodnight.” and Hagar‘s Vegas residency have received universal raves from fans who waited 20 years to hear many of the songs live again, and critics alike.
“Sammy Hagar & The Best Of All Worlds Band – The Residency” track listing:
01. Encore, Thank You, Goodnight. (Live)
02. Top Of The World (Live)
03. Panama (Live) (physical only)
04. Summer Nights (Live)
05. There’s Only One Way To Rock (Live)
06. Humans Being (Live)
07. Right Now (Live)
08. 5150 (Live)
09. Poundcake (Live)
10. Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love (Live)
11. Eagles Fly (Live)
12. Best of Both Worlds (Live)
13. Why Can’t This Be Love (Live)
14. Rock Candy (Live)
15. Mas Tequila (Live)
16. Heavy Metal (Live)
17. I Can’t Drive 55 (Live)
18. Love Walks In (Live)
19. When It’s Love (Live) (digital only)
Hagar replaced Roth in VAN HALEN in 1985 and recorded four studio albums with the band — “5150”, “OU812”, “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge” and “Balance” — all of which topped the U.S. chart.
Sammy, Eddie, Alex Van Halen (drums) and Michael Anthony (bass) last teamed up in 2004 for a U.S. summer tour. In exchange for taking part in the tour, Anthony reportedly had to agree to take a pay cut and sign away his rights to the band name and logo.
Last November, Hagar admitted to People magazine that retirement had “crept into my head for 10 years.”
“I get insecure in between shows, in between tours, and I think, ‘Gee, do I still have it? Can I really still do all that?’ And I get out there, and it’s like it’s riding a bike or having sex,” he said.
“I’m going to retire when I can’t do this, when I can’t sing anymore… I’m not going to have people pay the kind of money that it costs to see these concerts these days and not deliver. So that’s where my retirement is. It’s in the hands of the higher being.”
“The Best Of All Worlds Tour – The Residency” reunites the rock powerhouse band of Sammy, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Kenny Aronoff with a new “only in Las Vegas” setlist.
This residency showcases Sammy‘s career-spanning hits, from seminal breakouts with MONTROSE, his iconic solo hits, and a deep dive into his tenure with VAN HALEN, CHICKENFOOT, and everything in between. Presented in partnership by Live Nation and MGM Resorts International, the residency is custom-designed for Dolby Live, giving fans an intimate, high-energy concert experience in the 5,200-seat entertainment venue.
The Las Vegas residency follows on the heels of the chart-topping success of “The Best Of All Worlds” tour, which sold out amphitheaters and arenas across North America and Japan in 2024.
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