The two-day main stage event will feature performances by Bryan Adams, Ed Sheeran, Feid, GloRilla, Jelly Roll, John Fogerty, Justice, Lil Wayne, LL COOL J, Mariah Carey, Maroon 5, Sammy Hagar, Tate McRae, The Offspring, Tim McGraw and more; hosted by Ryan Seacrest on September 19 and 20 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
(Sammy plays on the 19th)
Originally written in 2010 just in time to debut at a holiday fundraiser benefiting Homeward Bound, The Ritter Center and 17 Throckmorton, Sammy & The Wabos were joined in a live performance by fellow Marin residents and Grateful Dead musicians Bob Weir and Mickey Hart of The Grateful Dead. Sammy then teamed up with buddy Toby Keith for the 2011 holiday season, making this a duet as the pair share verses and the song was given a proper release.
In 2014, Sammy performed the song live with friend Nancy Wilson for the Heart & Friends: Home For The Holidays special.
In 2015, Sammy performed a live version of the song with Hawaiian musician Willie K for Alice Cooper’s New Year’s Eve fundraiser for Maui Food Bank.
In 2019 the song was released as a special picture disc for Record Store Day, with the b-side an unreleased live version of “Eagles Fly” from the 2019 Sammy Hagar & The Circle tour.
In 2021, Sammy & The Circle recorded a version as part of the Lockdown Sessions.
This version of "Santa's Going South" is a duet with Heart's Nancy Wilson for their Heart & Friends: Home For The Holidays special.
All Night Long was Sammy's first live album, was recorded during concerts in San Francisco, San Antonio, San Bernardino, Santa Cruz, and Santa Monica and contained no overdubs. It wasn't released in the UK until 1979 (under a new title "Loud & Clear" and new cover). The live version of Montrose's "Space Station #5" was only available on the UK release.
Sammy had this to say to HM Magazine about the album in 2000: "That (album) had some energy man. I listened to that record just last year, and I couldn't believe it. I'm going, ‘This guy's jacked out of his brain!' A lot of energy on that record. That's a real live record, too, you know, there's no fixing up, no overdubs, no nothing."
Street Machine is Sammy Hagar’s fourth solo studio album.