Sammy Hagar has invited David Lee Roth to appear as a guest at his upcoming Las Vegas residency, posting a video on X on or about July 23 in which he suggested Roth could sing or MC during the run. The invitation comes after Roth cancelled the majority of his scheduled live appearances, retaining only an August 7 performance at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota. Billboard

Hagar's Best of All Worlds Tour Residency is scheduled from September 18 to September 26 at Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas. Michael Anthony, Hagar's longtime bandmate, is performing alongside him as part of the residency. KTSM

Roth had announced his own tour in January, according to Billboard. The cancelled dates included shows in Colorado, Iowa, Kentucky, and Illinois. As of Billboard's July 26 publication, Roth had not publicly commented on the cancellations — nor on Hagar's invitation.

The two men share a conspicuous piece of rock history. Both fronted Van Halen — Roth in the band's original and most commercially dominant era, Hagar from 1985 onward — and in 2002 they co-headlined a tour together that Billboard reported as the "Song for Song" tour. Billboard, 2002

Roth has also performed his own Las Vegas residency in the past. In 2021, he announced what he called his retirement, though that timeline has since shifted with the now-cancelled 2026 dates. Billboard, 2021

Hagar, 78, has what American Songwriter described as a packed schedule throughout 2026. The Las Vegas residency sits inside that calendar. Roth, 71, has one confirmed date remaining on his schedule.

For fans, the appeal is obvious: two former Van Halen singers on the same stage in a city built on exactly this kind of spectacle. Whether Roth accepts — or even acknowledges the offer publicly — is the open question. Hagar's video framed the invitation in loose, friendly terms, suggesting Roth could sing or simply host. It was an open door, not a signed contract.

What gives the moment weight is the contrast between the two men's situations. Hagar is booked and announcing residencies; Roth has just walked away from most of a tour he announced in January, without explanation. The invitation lands in that gap — one singer extending a stage to another whose own stages have just gone dark.