Van Halen's record label Warner Brothers wanted the band to change their name after Sammy Hager joined the group following the departure of David Lee Roth in 1985, but the singer says he would have been embarrassed if Van Halen changed their name to "Van Hagar."

Van Halen's record label Warner Brothers wanted the band to change their name after Sammy Hager joined the group following the departure of David Lee Roth in 1985, but the singer says he would have been embarrassed if Van Halen changed their name to "Van Hagar."

It was longtime Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony who recently revealed in a radio show that Warner Brothers wanted to change the name of the band.

Hagar was part of a meeting in which the band discussed adopting a new moniker to go along with their new frontman.

In an interview with 95.5 KLOS, Hagar was asked if he went with the decision to keep the Van Halen brand name.

Hagar replied, "I was a hundred percent on board with it. It was Van Halen with a new singer. I would have been embarrassed to be Van Hagar. I would have said, 'Let's just change it back to [Van Halen's original name] Mammoth' or something - go back to the beginning."

All four studio albums that Hagar recorded with the band were U.S. chart toppers.

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A newly unearthed video released by the John Lennon Estate shows John Lennon and Yoko Ono rehearsing "Give Peace A Chance," sitting side-by-side in a bed at the Sheraton Oceanus Hotel in the Bahamas.

A newly unearthed video released by the John Lennon Estate shows John Lennon and Yoko Ono rehearsing "Give Peace A Chance," sitting side-by-side in a bed at the Sheraton Oceanus Hotel in the Bahamas.

The video, shot by Lennon's cameraman Nick Knowland and sound recordist Mike Lax, dates back to May 25, 1969. Lennon premiered the song about a week later, performing the song during their second Bed-In for Peace at Montreal's Queen Elizabeth Hotel.

Lennon is seen mumbling, "Everybody's talking about revolution, masturbation, hasturbation, constipation . uh . rasturbation, cake, chocolate cake . uh. fake, cake, glasses, passes," while Ono looks at him, as if saying, "where are you going with this?"

The Lennon Estate has released the visual as part of a new box set The John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - The Ultimate Collection, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the famous Bed-In for Peace. The set is due out on April 23 via Capitol/UMe.

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A new Toto live album titled With a Little Help From My Friends will be released on June 25.

A new Toto live album titled With a Little Help From My Friends will be released on June 25.

The album features a livestream performance by the rock band for a global event held on November 21, 2020, when co-founders Steve Lukather and David Paich and lead singer Joseph Williams appeared with the new line-up of Toto.

Referring to himself and Williams, Lukather said, "Both of us aim to bring the past Toto to the present and beyond, and this first look at the new line-up sets the stage for a chapter in our history we can't wait to write."

The track listing features "Till The End," "Hold The Line," "Pamela," "Kingdom of Desire," "White Sister," "You Are The Flower," "I Won't Hold You Back," "Stop Loving You," "Home Of The Brave," "Rosanna," and "With A Little Help From My Friends."

The pre-order is available at https://smarturl.it/TOTO-MLG . Alongside LP pressings of the audio only, both a CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray package are available.

Alongside the concert, the DVD and Blu-ray releases contain a documentary featuring thoughts from all members of the band that performed last year.

With A Little Help From My Friends was produced by Williams, while the sound was mixed and captured by engineer Ken Freeman.

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