Sammy Hagar outlines the way that he would be interested in a Van Halen reunion

Sammy Hagar outlines the way that he would be interested in a Van Halen reunion

In a recent interview with Billboard, the Red Rocker, current Chickenfoot and former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar talked about what it would take for him to reunite with Van Halen.

Excerpts from the Billboard article/interview are as follows:

“Let’s put it like this — when it came to my birthday, I didn’t get a message,” Hagar notes, “so obviously that camp, him and Al, still have some kind of trip against me. I’m certainly not looking to get back in that band when I’ve got Chickenfoot sitting in my lap and I’m scared to grab the reigns of that one. Van Halen would be twice the nightmare of the workload and the anxieties about getting along or being worried about being stabbed in the back again or something. I don’t want to put myself in that situation, that’s for sure.”

Hagar then adds a quick, “but you never know” and throws out the idea of going on the road with the original Van Halen, including David Lee Roth and Anthony back on bass, with the two singers trading off songs they recorded with the group. “That’s really the only way I would be interested in a Van Halen reunion,” Hagar says.

“Everybody’s saying, ‘Well, what would it take?'” Hagar says. “For me, no money, man. I don’t need money. I would do that for the fans and give the money to food banks or something. I’m not sure anybody else would agree with me, but that would interest me enough to sit down across the table from everybody and work that one out.”

You can read the rest of the interview with Hagar at Billboard.