Sammy Hagar Steals Kenny Chesney’s Thunder in Arizona, Mas Tequilla!

Sammy Hagar Steals Kenny Chesney’s Thunder in Arizona, Mas Tequilla!

at University of Phoenix Stadium - Glendale, AZ, United States - May 31, 2008
by David Svendsen

This had to be one of the worst shows I have been to in the past decade. The University of Phoenix Stadium (once known as the Cardinals Stadium) is simply no place to have a concert. The sound is so sub par it is nauseating. I went from the floor, to the 1st level, to the 2nd level and even up to the 3rd, and it never got better. Normally it seems when a headlining band is threatened by a support band, the sound tends to suffer for the support bands but miraculously improves by the time the headliner takes the stage. Too bad this show had so much great talent before the lackluster headliner.

Such was the case with Sammy Hagar. I have seen him perform a half dozen times and he was perfect every time. I'm not a gigantic Hagar fan, but the man knows how to rock. Maybe that was his problem. He made Gary Allan look like a local band, so much so you simply forgot who came on before Hagar. To his credit, Hagar did play more mellow rock steady type songs than some of his all out rockers (although no matter where Sammy plays, he has to play the hits).

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