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May 30, 2002
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May 30, 2002

David Lee Roth Shakes It In Spandex, Sammy Hagar Bashes Eddie At Tour Debut

Former Van Halen frontmen go heavy on shtick, VH tunes at first date of
joint tour.

By Christina Fuoco

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio - The pervading feeling between dueling former Van
Halen frontmen David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar may never be love, but fans
showed a lot of it Wednesday at Blossom Music Center.

Vintage Van Halen T-shirts peppered the fiery crowd. Fortysomething women
fashioned the Van Halen symbol with their hands as they shook their

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May 30, 2002
Roth & Hagar Tour Gets Underway

YAHOO NEWS/LAUNCH
May 30, 2002

David Lee Roth & Sammy Hagar Tour Gets Underway
Thu May 30, 4:57 PM ET

(5/30/02, 5 p.m. ET) -- David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar might not be fond of Van Halen these days, but they're certainly--and justifiably--proud of the music they made during their separate tenures fronting that band. Thus, it wasn't surprising that Van Halen songs were the stars of the show when the two singers opened their joint summer tour on Wednesday (May 29) at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

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May 29, 2002
Ready For Competition As Tour Kicks Off

David Lee Roth & Sammy Hagar Ready For
Competition As Tour Kicks Off

Wed May 29,12:57 PM ET
(5/29/02, 1 p.m. ET) -- The Sammy Hagar/David Lee Roth co-headlining tour
kicks off Wednesday (May 29) at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls,
Ohio. It's the first time the two former Van Halen frontmen have ever shared
a stage, and there's been some persistent talk about whether or not Roth and
Hagar will be able to co-exist on the road. While neither man will deny that
he has an ego, both said it's nothing personal and that ticket holders will

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May 27, 2002
Boys of Summer | Sammy and Dave On The Road

From Real Detroit Weekly
by Shannon McCarthy

With rock 'n' roll debauchery long ago swapped for a manufactured hierarchy
of wretched excess, Sammy Hagar just wants to rock. And, three decades into
his career, he remains one of the few artists who still knows how to do it.
After blasting onto the national radar as the voice of Montrose (led by
Edgar Winter guitarist Ronnie Montrose), the ex-boxer from Monterey, CA made
his solo debut and an indelible mark on the increasingly glossy face of
rock.

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