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September 30, 2022

‘Crazy Times’ Listening Party! 9/30 at 12 PM PT

Our label UMe is throwing a “Crazy Times” listening party for us all to celebrate! Tune in today at 12 PM PT to stream the album with fellow Redheads and join in on the chat. While you wait for the party, comment your questions about the album – the band just might answer them! https://crazytimes.tunecast.com/

Stream/Buy 'Crazy Times': https://sammyhagar.lnk.to/crazytimesWE

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September 29, 2022

‘Crazy Times’ OUT NOW! Plus listen to new single “Father Time”

Sammy Hagar & The Circle's NEW album 'Crazy Times' is OUT NOW! Listen to the new single, "Father Time" and hear the album in its entirety for the first time ever. LISTEN HERE.

"Finally here it is. I can't wait for everyone to hear this record. I can't remember being this excited about a record coming out since '5150' or the first Chickenfoot record. Please listen first time, beginning to end while studying the cover art. I hope you feel & hear the pure Heart, Mind, Body & Soul of this record. it's truly a 3 lock box pulled from the deep of these crazy times, that we all have found ourselves in." -Sammy

Today, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame®-inducted, Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter Sammy Hagar releases his highly anticipated new album, “Crazy Times,” with his Billboard chart-topping group, The Circle: featuring fellow Hall of Famer and longtime bassist Michael Anthony, Grammy-winning drummer Jason Bonham and guitar virtuoso Vic Johnson. Produced by eight-time Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb, the 10-track album is out today, Friday, Sept. 30, via UMe on CD and on all digital and streaming platforms.
 
Recorded at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A, “Crazy Times” is Hagar’s 27th studio album and his second recorded with The Circle. Cobb, who grew up obsessively listening to Hagar, set out to create “the definitive Sammy Hagar record” and wound up co-writing three songs on the album and performing with the band on every track in the process.
Critical praise for the album:
 
“(Dave) Cobb finally got to team up with his hero this year when he produced Sammy Hagar and the Circle’s new LP Crazy Times… The songs touch on everything from corporate greed to the wisdom of old age, but the pandemic is the common thread that ties it all together.” – Rolling Stone
 
“…one of his most satisfying albums in years.” – Ultimate Classic Rock
 
“Crazy Times shows Hagar’s maturation, finally achieved in his mid-70s, and that he’s improving with age.” – Riff Magazine
 
“Front and center we have Hagar’s voice, which has always been reference quality as to what you’d want from a hard-rock frontman – all syrup and gravel and soul. Stick your best pair of headphones on and listen… you can hear that this choice is money well spent.  – Guitar World
 
It’s (Jason) Bonham who kicks off this album driving the lumbering pace of “Slow Drain,” on which Hagar bemoans the state of things, “Watching the world go down.”  There’s melody there, but it’s the sheer muscle of the musicians’ playing – especially Bonham’s – that make this, and most of the 10 songs here, stand out. – Riff Magazine
 
“Sammy Hagar lays into bad actors and bad mojo on his new album Crazy Times.” – Rolling Stone
 
The album includes 10 songs, nine of which Hagar wrote or cowrote, along with the notable cover, “Pump It Up,” a 1978 song by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. While many of the songs were written post-pandemic, one of the more reflective songs on the record, “Father Time,” was written in 2017 by Hagar when he turned 70 years old. Hagar wrote it while reminiscing on the ups-and-downs of his life. “I turned on my cell phone and it just recorded itself,” Hagar told Rolling Stone. “I had all the lyrics and I only stopped once or twice. I listened to it a couple days later, and it broke me down.” A video of “Father Time” will be released before Hagar’s 75th birthday on Thursday, Oct. 13.
 
CRAZY TIMES TRACKLIST
1. INTRO: THE BEGINNING OF THE END 
2. SLOW DRAIN 
3. FEED YOUR HEAD 
4. PUMP IT UP 
5. BE STILL 
6. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR 
7. CRAZY TIMES 
8. FUNKY FENG SHUI 
9. FATHER TIME 
10. CHILDHOOD’S END
 
Bonus Tracks (available on the Target deluxe edition CD and via streaming platforms)
11. 2120
12. Father Time – Acoustic
 
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September 8, 2022

NEW SINGLE “FUNKY FENG SHUI” OUT NOW!

The Circle is back with their third single from 'Crazy Times'! Originally recorded on their phones during quarantine for 'Lockdown 2020,' "Funky Feng Shui" is revamped and expanded for the new album. Give it a listen and check out the new music video!

Listen to the single and pre-order the album here: https://sammyhagar.lnk.to/CrazyTimesWE

 

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August 31, 2022

Join Sammy and Vic at Professor Of Rock Live – 10/29 in Salt Lake City, UT!

will appear as the special guest artist at an exclusive event hosted by Professor of Rock LIVE, on October 29th at the Eccles Center in Park City.

This highly anticipated conversation, and musical story-telling experience, presented by the Park City Institute, also features renowned guitarist Vic Johnson.Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, September 2nd, at 10 AM MST at https://www.parkcityinstitute.org/

 

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August 19, 2022

New Single “Pump It Up” OUT NOW!

LOS ANGELES – August 19, 2022 – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame®-inducted, Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter Sammy Hagar today debuted the video for “Pump it Up,” with his Billboard chart-topping supergroup The Circle – watch the official video HERE. “Pump it Up,” a cover of Elvis Costello and the Attractions’ 1978 classic, was recorded live during a warm-up session, and on the encouragement of the album’s producer Dave Cobb, who also plays rhythm guitar on the track, it made the album. “Pump it Up” is available today on all digital and streaming platforms. The CD and vinyl configurations, including a translucent red color vinyl exclusive, are available for pre-order HERE. The music video was directed by Travis Detweiler.
 
Upon the release of the album’s title track “Crazy Times” in July, Guitar World said, “Front and center we have Hagar’s voice, … all syrup and gravel and soul. Stick your best pair of headphones on and listen to the track – you can hear that this choice is money well spent.” The album, set for release on Friday, Sept. 30 via Ume, finds Hagar, fellow Hall of Famer and longtime bassist Michael Anthony, Grammy-winning drummer Jason Bonham and Grammy-winning guitar virtuoso Vic Johnson changing course, traveling to Nashville’s RCA Studio A to record with Cobb. The 8-time Grammy Award-winning producer, who grew up obsessively listening to Hagar, set out to record “the definitive Sammy Hagar record.” The new album includes 10 songs, nine of which Hagar wrote or co-wrote, along with the notable cover, “Pump It Up.” As Hagar explained, “We went in the studio with six songs and came out with 10. We ended up cowriting three songs with Dave Cobb and he played rhythm guitar on every track. Pump it Up was a surprise, that when we played back we all went ‘that sounds f’ing great’.”
 

In support of the album’s release, Sammy Hagar & The Circle will headline the Illinois State Fair on Sunday, Aug. 21, before returning to their critically acclaimed “Crazy Times” U.S. tour on Aug. 23 at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Michigan. Fans and critics have been raving about the new songs, which have found their way into the tour’s greatest hits-heavy setlist. Produced by Live Nation, the tour hits amphitheaters in major cities throughout the U.S. before wrapping on Saturday, Oct. 1 in Sacramento, CA. Following the tour, Hagar will celebrate his 75th birthday at his annual week of Birthday Bash concerts at his Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Visit RedRocker.com/events for ticket information.

CRAZY TIMES TRACKLIST

1. INTRO: THE BEGINNING OF THE END 
2. SLOW DRAIN 
3. FEED YOUR HEAD 
4. PUMP IT UP 
5. BE STILL 
6. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR 
7. CRAZY TIMES 
8. FUNKY FENG SHUI 
9. FATHER TIME 
10. CHILDHOODS END 
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