Editing Michael Anthony (musician) (section)

=== (2006&ndash;present) Departure from Van Halen and formation of Chickenfoot ===
[[File:Chickenfoot Live.jpg|thumb|Anthony (left) with Chickenfoot in 2009]]
Anthony spent the summer of 2006 touring as a member of the Other Half during a segment of the Sammy Hagar and the Waboritas tour. The Other Half featured Anthony and Hagar performing classic Van Halen songs from both the Roth and Hagar periods.

On September 8, 2006, [[Eddie Van Halen]] announced that his son [[Wolfgang Van Halen|Wolfgang]] was replacing Anthony as Van Halen's bass player. On February 2, 2007, Van Halen announced that they were reuniting for a tour with original vocalist David Lee Roth. Their tour began on September 27, 2007.  Anthony commented that he heard about his replacement "on the Internet" and added, "I'm a little miffed that they're calling it a Van Halen reunion. If I was dead and they needed someone to play, that's one thing, but to me this is not a reunion."<ref>{{citation |title=Van Halen Tour Nearly Sold Out |date=September 20, 2007 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |issue=1035 |pages=18(0) |issn=0035-791X}}</ref> At the tour press conference David Lee Roth stated, "This is not a reunion, this is a revision."

Anthony joined Hagar on live national television on February 25, 2007, during a pre-race performance for the California [[NASCAR]] race on Fox television. Anthony jumped onstage and joined Hagar during a performance of "[[I Can't Drive 55]]."<ref>{{cite news|title=SAMMY HAGAR Joined By MICHAEL ANTHONY For NASCAR Performance|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/sammy-hagar-joined-by-michael-anthony-for-nascar-performance-video-available/ |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=February 26, 2007}}</ref>

Anthony and Hagar were the only members, former or current, to appear at Van Halen's induction into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] on March 12, 2007. Eddie Van Halen was in [[Drug rehabilitation|rehab]] at the time, and Alex Van Halen and David Lee Roth declined to appear.<ref>{{citation |title=Rock Hall riffs with newest members |date=March 13, 2007 |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |last=Gardner |first=Elysa |issn=0734-7456}}</ref>

Anthony is a founding member, bassist and backing vocalist for the band [[Chickenfoot]] with [[Sammy Hagar]], Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer [[Chad Smith]] and guitarist [[Joe Satriani]]. The band released their first studio album in Europe on June 5, 2009, followed by the North American release on June 9. Chickenfoot released their sophomore effort, ''[[Chickenfoot III]]'', on September 27, 2011.

Anthony is a member of [[Sammy Hagar and the Circle]], a [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]] that formed in 2014 and features Hagar as well as guitarist [[Vic Johnson (musician)|Vic Johnson]] and drummer [[Jason Bonham]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/watch-sammy-hagar-and-the-circle-tear-through-when-its-love-20150403 |title=Watch Sammy Hagar and the Circle Tear Through 'When It's Love'|first=Andy|last=Greene|date=April 3, 2015|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=April 7, 2015}}</ref>