Sammy Hagar gave fans a bit of a scare earlier this year when he released his new single, "Encore, Thank You, Goodnight." Naturally, people wondered if maybe he was musically signaling his plans to retire.
But he quickly made it clear that it was in tribute to his old bandmate, Eddie Van Halen and simply, "a goodbye to that part of my life." According to Hagar, there will be many more encores.
This year, he debuted his new residency in Las Vegas, an experience which has been commemorated with an upcoming live album, due Oct. 10.
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