'The Residency' is a new live album from Sammy Hagar and The Best of All Worlds Band, celebrating their Dolby Live at Park MGM run in Las Vegas earlier this year. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, The Red Rocker recently joined Remy Maxwell for an Audacy Check In to talk about the new release, recent projects with Nickelback, the status of his relationship with David Lee Roth, and more.

Featuring Michael Anthony (bass, vocals), Joe Satriani (guitar), Kenny Aronoff (drums), and Rai Thistlethwayte (keyboards, guitar, vocals), the album captures Sammy's 2025 stretch with an electric live album, touring through a lifetime of hits from Hagar.

"I'm in love with this record," shares Sammy. "I've got 3 live records in my life that I'm in love with. Number one, J. Geils' 'Full House.' Humble Pie live at 'The Fillmore,' and 'Frampton Comes Alive.' Those records, when you sit down and crank them up, which I still do today, they make you feel like you're there. And this record, 'The Residency,' makes you, makes me, makes anyone feel like you're there. And so, mission accomplished, otherwise I wouldn't make it."

Sammy will return to Dolby Live in 2026 for new performances of The Best of All Worlds residency, March 11–21 and September 18–26, 2026. Tickets are available at RedRocker.com.

We also had to ask Hagar about the current status of his relationship with David Lee Roth, as DLR recently shared some kind words towards Sammy on stage, and Hagar has since said he'd be up for "hanging out" with Roth. "Assuming David would behave himself, yeah, we could," says Sammy. "It's not like it's my wish list or my bucket list. It's just that Dave is, he's so unique and to me he's so over-the-top entertainer, you know. I'd like to hang with them under the circumstances where we've let all this crap go because I've certainly let it go."

"Anybody that wants to compare us today is crazy," he adds. "If you want to compare our old stuff, well you're just as crazy because it's both great, and we did both did the best we could at the time. And now we're doing what we're doing. So let all that go and not try to be competitive with Dave and I'm sure he'd be a fun hanging for a while. I mean, I'm sure it'll come a time ago, 'what you wanna what? You were thinking, what?' But, yeah, I'm serious about it."

"When he said those things about me, about being a great singer and things like that, and has a great catalog, I'm going, 'see, he's now getting past it too,' because he's never ever complimented me on anything that I know of anyway. I thought that's very nice. So if you're going to be nice, if you want to be nice, then I can be nice. I don't wanna dig any ditches again. I just don't, would never want to dig any holes and go down that. It's just so stupid."

To hear more from Sammy Hagar about 'The Residency,' his work with Nickelback, and much more check out the full Audacy Check In above.

Let 'em know, BIA is the building at the Hard Rock Hotel New York, and "WE ON GO" with the rapper for an Audacy Check In to talk about her official debut album, 'BIANCA,' and more.

The Massachusetts-born MC has been in the game for nearly a decade, dropping fire features and breaking through on songs like "WHOLE LOTTA MONEY," and her latest inescapable anthemic track, "WE ON GO." Now she's out with her official debut album, 'BIANCA,' which is now available everywhere.

After talking about the her come up from Boston and her first time putting pen to paper as a rapper, BIA told DJ Buck and Regg about the making of 'BIANCA,' and her goals with the project. "I wanted to come different but a lot more intentional," she shares. "I had success with songs that were like fun songs, and like upbeat, you know, like braggadocios songs but not songs that were internally carrying a message. I felt like I was seeing where my songs would land in the world and what it does to the world and community. I wanted to have a bigger presence in community and I wanted to have like more well-rounded songs that could play in any area, any space."

"I think I've been able with this project to find a way to to be both, like the vulnerable side of me as I'm growing into more of a woman and just like finding my way through life is softer. I'm more of a softer woman, but then still like that same rapper that people know and love me for. The duality between both of those people on one project."

"I think this album is my most vulnerable album, my most intentional," she adds. "Even me starting this album off with the track 'October.' It's so outside of my range. I didn't want people to be able to guess what the next song was gonna be. 'October' is so different from anything else I've ever sung before in my life, so I just wanted to really show my range and show people like, this is soft, this is vulnerable, but also like, watch that ass."

To hear more about the making of 'BIANCA,' BIA's inspirations, and more, check out the full Audacy Check In above.

Louis Tomlinson is ready to release the record he always "deserved to make," but first he joins us inside the Hard Rock Hotel New York for an Audacy Check In to talk about the lead single, "Lemonade," and more.

'How Did I Get Here?' is due out everywhere on January 23, 2026, and Tomlinson is bursting with pride about the process and the way he pushed himself to create this time around. "I wanted to write and record somewhere tropical, somewhere visually very different from home and somewhere quite literally far away from home," Louis shares. "So we decided to do Costa Rica in a lovely little town called Santa Teresa, and it's absolutely beautiful."

"Songs like 'Lemonade,' I don't think would have happened in England. There was just something magical about the place that we were in, the tempo, the way of living, the freedom, all of that. So I think that it's a byproduct of the beautiful, beautiful environment that we're in."

It all starts with a sonically shimmering and swaggering lead single, "Lemonade," which announces a new beginning for Tomlinson and willingness to be big, fun, and fearless.

"It's something I've been trying to challenge myself to more, you know, it's kind of infinite, the deep dive of being creative," reveals Louis. "With this record, I wanted it to be really ambitious and I wanted to try and step it up a level, creatively. You've gotta kind of push yourself to do those things."

"I mean, you know, I'm saying push yourself creatively while being in paradise in Costa Rica. It wasn't all that bad, you know."

Before the new release arrives in 2026, fans around the globe are still celebrating the 15th anniversary of One Direction forming. Nearly a year after the passing of Liam Payne, the group has stayed mostly silent on the milestone, but Tomlinson did take some time to look back on 1D during his time at the Hard Rock Hotel.

When asked about the One Direction song that he didn't necessarily like when it was dropped, but now he looks back on with fond memories, Louis was quick to keep it real.

"I still don't like the lead single, 'What Makes You Beautiful,' honestly," he shares. "I think actually the first couple of records, the first couple of albums at the time, I wasn't in love with them but now when I listen back, there's definitely a lot of nostalgia there. But 'What Makes You Beautiful,' I don't think I'll ever get around to that, to be honest."

Louis also admits that "there's loads" of unreleased One Direction songs. "There's a couple that got leaked over the years," he says, although you likely will never hear the rest. "I'm kind of a little bit funny about that, especially when they leak and stuff, cause it's often a reason they've not made the record. That's often been like a creative choice. The songs were probably not good enough to make the record at the time, you know, probably still good songs, but there's probably close to like, I don't know, 50, 60 songs like that."

To hear more from Louis Tomlinson about his recording process, the joy of house plants, and Halloween plans, check out the full Audacy Check In above.