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Sammy Hagar, aka "The Red Rocker", is best known for his role as the lead singer of the rock band Van Halen, starting in 1986. Parting ways with Van Halen in the mid-90's after many multi platinum albums, Sammy is back on his own and rockin' with his band Sammy Hagar and the Waboritas. When not on tour, (which he currently is) you can find him hangin' out and jammin' with friends at his Cabo Wabo Cantina, sippin' the smoothest tequila on the planet ...Cabo Wabo Tequila! Of course, it helps that he owns both the Cantina and Cabo Wabo Tequila!

 




A passion for hot rods, hot sauce and hot thundering rock n' roll fuel Michael Anthony, the bass player and background vocalist for Van Halen, one of rock's greatest bands. You can find Michael on tour this summer joining Sammy Hagar and the Waboritas for a few select dates in August.

 

 




Kevin comes from an extensive background working with internationally known bands like Janes Addiction, Stone Temple Pilots, Nine Inch Nails and is experienced in numerous entertainment industry jobs including management, booking, tour pre-production, production management, and tour originator. He started and owns "4 fini inc.", the international touring festival Vans Warped Tour, Watcha Tour and has partnership on other national tours.

 




Irving Azoff is a name synonymous with the entertainment industry. Successful as an agent, personal manager, concert promoter, movie producer, independent record label owner, merchandiser, music publisher, and CEO of one of the "big five" record companies, Mr. Azoff is currently the chairman of the Azoff Music Management Group. He is the personal manager of such legendary acts as The Eagles, Sammy Hagar, Don Henley, Christina Aguilera, Seal, Charlotte Church, Journey and Jewel.

 


John Kalodner, who first began his expansive career in the seventies, has worked with hundreds of acts, including (in no particular order) Phil Collins, AC/DC, Peter Gabriel, White Zombie, Cher, Foreigner, Aerosmith, Shawn Colvin, Bon Jovi, Santana, Iron Maiden, Asia, Madness, Wang Chung, XTC, Whitesnake, Jimmy Page, Steve Vai, Berlin and, of course, Sammy Hagar. From his humble beginnings as a music critic for the Philadelphia Bulletin to his present position at Columbia Records as West Coast Senior VP of A&R, Kalodner has always maintained a different mentality than most in the industry - he has never been interested in what sells to the masses but, rather, what moves him to reaction. That reaction has created several of the most memorable sounds to date, as well as inspired some of the largest names in the business to recognize him as perhaps the most influential A&R man ever.