Sammy Hagar Announces Live Album, Sammy Hagar & The Best Of All Worlds Band – The Residency

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Sammy Hagar announces 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.

Listen to “Summer Nights (Live)” HERE & Pre-Save/Pre-Order the Album HERE

Sammy 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 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, including:

“(It) was not just a performance but a ‘celebration’ of Van Halen’s enduring legacy… And the fans couldn’t agree more.” – USA Today

“I get emotional just listening to it.” – Howard Stern, The Howard Stern Show

“This is a seemingly impossible collaboration of Hagar, Satriani, Anthony, Aronoff and — from beyond — Eddie Van Halen.” – Las Vegas Review-Journal

“Delighting fans with iconic songs like ‘Why Can’t This Be Love,’ Hagar cemented himself as an important figure in rock history.” – Parade

“Sammy Hagar has gone from rock star and ‘Van Hagar’ to the everyman of rock. Who else but Hagar would be welcomed at the country festival Stagecoach and Black Sabbath’s farewell show to pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne?”
– Forbes

Sammy Hagar Announces Live Album, Sammy Hagar & The Best Of All Worlds Band – The Residency

By Neal Nachman

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