'There are things that are so iconic, you have to nail it,' he said. Satriani, meanwhile, acknowledged that learning the Van Halen catalog is a Herculean task, but he's up to the challenge. 'There's stuff we're going to do on this next tour that we haven't played since that tour in 2004,' Anthony added. Read More: All 48 Sammy Hagar-Era Van Halen Songs Ranked Worst to Best He also named 'Seventh Seal' and 'Amsterdam' as deep cuts he'd be excited to unearth. Hagar said that working on the recently released Collection II Van Halen box set inspired him to put this tour together. How long can I even sing these songs? How long can I do this stuff? I just thought it's time to serve the fans.' 'When we go out next year in July, it will be almost exactly 20 years since Mike and I did a reunion with Ed and Al in '04,' Hagar said. 'Mike and I just said, 'We can't wait another 20 years. This time, he'll flip the script and play 'five or six of my songs' alongside Van Halen classics and deep cuts.
Hagar noted that he and Anthony typically play 'five or six Van Halen songs' on the road with the Circle. 'If you're gonna go deep into the Van Halen catalog, you need Joe Satriani.' 'We're gonna go deep into the Van Halen catalog,' Hagar told Howard Stern on Tuesday.
