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Podcast: The Johnny Beane Podcast
Episode: Exclusively Van Halen: Sammy Hagar on Rift with Alex & Why They Haven’t Talked #vanhalen 4/29/25
Description: Sammy Hagar Opens Up on 21-Year Rift with Alex Van Halen: "I'm Still Out Here Doing It—and That Bothers Him"
In a candid new interview with Rolling Stone, Sammy Hagar has broken his silence on the long-standing rift between him and Alex Van Halen—revealing they haven’t spoken in over two decades. Alex, who notably refused to mention Sammy by name in his recent memoir Brothers, has apparently shut the door on any form of communication, and Hagar is finally offering his side of the story.
“I’ve asked people like Irving Azoff, ‘What’s the problem?’” Hagar says. “Some say it...