Sammy Hagar delivered on his promise to have a good time the historical past of Van Halen extra intensely than ever on the Akron* cease of his Best of All Worlds tour Monday night time.

Together with frequent collaborators Joe Satriani and Jason Bonham, Hagar and his longtime operating mate Michael Anthony faithfully recreated the excessive factors of their time collectively in Van Halen with a 22-song set that targeted nearly solely on that period of the band’s touring profession.

You can see dozens of images from the group’s July 24 present in Bridgeport, Connecticut under. (Because I did not carry the best lens to this live performance.)

Hagar solely sang three songs that he hadn’t beforehand performed dwell alongside Eddie and Alex Van Halen in the course of the present: “Space Station #5,” from his time in Montrose, “Mas Tequila” from his post-Van Halen profession and Chickenfoot’s “Big Foot.” (Most stops on this tour additionally characteristic his 1982 solo observe “Heavy Metal,” which Van Halen by no means performed and which was not performed at this present.)

The set even included three songs from Van Halen’s David Lee Roth period, which have been carried out on most Hagar-fronted excursions: “Panama,” “Jump” and “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love,” the latter of which featured Anthony on lead vocals.

Hagar continues to defy age in phrases of vocal energy, though he fairly correctly allowed Anthony and multi-instrumentalist Rai Thistlehwayte to share the load with him to the next diploma than on earlier excursions. Satriani struck a smart stability between reverence to Eddie Van Halen’s work and slavish recreation, seemingly permitting himself a bit extra room for self-expression in the course of the solos.

The band expertly handled an influence failure that struck the venue’s sound system in the course of the begin of “The Seventh Seal,” utilizing their stage amps to guide an impromptu sing-along of “Cabo Wabo” (wait, why is not that a part of the set listing each night time?) earlier than energy was restored, not less than contained in the pavilion, for “Why Can’t This Be Love.” (According to followers with garden seats, it took for much longer to get the sound restored in their part.)

The spotlight of the night time was the return of a pair of 5150-era gems, “Summer Nights” and the title observe. The latter featured the band nailing each part of the advanced instrumental center part, and additionally fortunately recreating the song-opening group march featured on the Live Without a Net residence video.

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The Best of All Worlds tour is at the moment scheduled to finish its Summer 2024 North American run on Aug. 31 in St. Louis. The group will head to Japan for 3 dates in September. Hagar’s annual birthday bash will characteristic two reveals every in Las Vegas and Cabo San Lucas, starting Oct. 4 and concluding on his 77th birthday on Oct. 13.

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*Blossom Music Center is in Akron, not Cleveland. Check your map in the event you do not consider me.

Sammy Hagar, Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls July 29 Set List
1. “Good Enough”
2. “Poundcake”
3. “Runaround”
4. “There’s Only One Way to Rock”
5. “Judgement Day”
6. “Panama”
7. “5150”
8. “Summer Nights”
9. “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love” (Michael Anthony sings)
10. “Top of the World”
11. “Best of Both Worlds”
12. “Satch Boogie”
13. “The Seventh Seal”
14. “Cabo Wabo” (sing-along throughout gear failure)
15. “Why Can’t This Be Love”
16. “Eagles Fly”
17. “Mas Tequila”
18. “I Can’t Drive 55”
19. “Space Station #5”
20. “Big Foot”
21. “Jump”
22. “When It’s Love”