Sammy Hagar's Phoenix setlist, from 'I Can't Drive 55' to 'Panama'
He promised the Best of All Worlds.
And Sammy Hagar did his best to live up to that promise when his summer 2024 tour hit Phoenix, treating fans at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre on Tuesday, Aug. 20, to more than two straight hours of career highs spanning slightly more than 50 years, from Montrose through a smattering of highlights from his solo years to his four-album stretch as the voice of Van Halen.
By the time he’d been on stage an hour, he was midway through his 10th Van Halen song, “Best of Both Worlds,” at the helm of an all-star band — Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, introduced as his partner in crime, Joe Satriani on guitar, Jason Bonham on drums, and Rai Thistlethwayte on keys.
The only solo song we heard in that first hour was “There’s Only One Way to Rock,” which made a solid case for only rocking that way.
Hagar hasn’t focused this much on Van Halen since they parted company in Tucson, Arizona, after one last chance to drive each other crazy on their ill-fated 2004 reunion tour.
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Ten of the concert’s first 11 songs were by Van Halen. By the time Hagar said goodnight with “When It’s Love,” we’d heard the singer and his bandmate do no fewer than 15 Van Halen songs, including three crowd-pleasing highlights from before he joined in 1985.
That still left time for five songs from his solo years, from the heartfelt power ballad “Eagles Fly” to “Heavy Metal” and the signature song of his solo career, “I Can’t Drive 55, a song he did with Chickenfoot and “Space Station #5” from the album that launched his career as the voice of Montrose.
Sammy Hagar setlist 2024: The songs he did in Phoenix
Here's what Sammy Hagar sang when the Best of All Worlds Tour with Loverboy played Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix:
“Good Enough” (Van Halen)
“Poundcake” (Van Halen)
“Runaround” (Van Halen)
“There’s Only One Way to Rock”
“Judgement Day” (Van Halen)
“Panama” (Van Halen)
“5150” (Van Halen)
“Summer Nights” (Van Halen)
“Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” (Van Halen)
“Top of the World” (Van Halen)
“Best of Both Worlds” (Van Halen; with a snippet of Kool & the Gang’s “Celebration”)
“Satch Boogie” (Joe Satriani)
“The Seventh Seal” (Van Halen)
“Right Now” (Van Halen)
“Why Can’t This Be Love” (Van Halen)
“Eagles Fly”
“Mas Tequila” (Sammy Hagar and the Wabos)
“Heavy Metal”
“I Can’t Drive 55”
“Space Station #5”/ “Big Foot”/ “Jump” (Montrose/ Chickenfoot/ Van Halen)
“When It’s Love” (Van Halen)
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Loverboy setlist 2024: All the songs they did in Phoenix
Here's all the songs Loverboy did in their opening set for Sammy Hagar:
“Notorious”
“Lucky Ones”
“Lovin’ Every Minute of It”
“The Kid Is Hot Tonite”
“Take Me to the Top”
“Hot Girls in Love”
“Turn Me Loose”
“Working for the Weekend”
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Sammy Hagar setlist 2024: All the songs he did in Phoenix
