"yep that's the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me god!" - Sammy When Van Halen rolled back into the Dallas Cotton Bowl for their own rock’n’roll circus they branded as the “Monsters of Rock” July 3, 1988 , the third time was NOT the charm for Sammy. He just had to do something to make it right. So between songs from the stage, Sammy Hagar promised everyone in the audience a free Van Halen concert. Might have costed close to $200,000 to do, but after three years, Sammy made it HAPPEN!