There is deep appreciation from us in having the opportunity to honor this record with this tour and we are smiling every moment of it.” “The collective support for the PAW 25th, Modern Primitive and this show is humbling. “The enjoyment that the band is having and the audience response to the shows we are playing in Europe has taken us a bit by surprise,” Vai said. The Passion and Warfare 25th Anniversary Tour will arrive in the United States and Canada in October 2016 and will continue into December. Vai also played several G3 shows with Joe Satriani and The Aristocrats (Guthrie Govan, Marco Minnemann & Bryan Beller) in Italy and Germany. Following that festival play, an extensive run in Europe includes stops in Scotland, England, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Poland, France, and Switzerland, as well as playing a festival in Russia. In celebration of this groundbreaking recording, for the very first time live, Vai’s set list includes the entire Passion and Warfare record from top to bottom, with some very special surprises.Ī performance at the World Guitar Festival in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec in late May 2016 marked the first date of the Passion and Warfare 25th Anniversary Tour. A short while thereafter, Vai launched a 50-date tour of Europe and beyond to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his landmark album, Passion and Warfare - highly regarded as one of the greatest instrumental rock guitar recordings of all time. The tour, which featured all five guitarists performing together as one supergroup, as well as individual sets and various configurations, earned widespread acclaim. & Canada - Generation Axe – A Night of Guitars. In April and May of 2016, Vai joined Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Nuno Bettencourt and Tosin Abasi for a tour of the U.S. He is a musical alchemist of the highest order.”
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While many artists fit easily into a single category, Steve Vai remains unclassifiable. In bestowing it on Vai,TEC noted,“Steve Vai’s sheer breathtaking facility on the guitar is acclaimed in the rock world and beyond…Vai has dedicated his talents to creatively advance the language of music. The TEC Foundation honored him with the prestigious Les Paul Award, created in 1991 to salute those who have set the highest standard of excellence in the creative application of technology (past winners include Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Herbie Hancock, Steely Dan, and Bob Clearmountain). Vai’s work has been recognized with a long list of awards, including an even dozen from Guitar Player. “The things that have never been done before are what interest me most.” “For me, the real gravy is when I hear a strange or beautiful sound in my head and then make it real in the world using the devices I have as a musician,” says Vai. That obsession remains the guiding force behind Vai’s ongoing musical evolution and what he loves most about being a musician. “I’ve always been driven by an addiction to create sounds that are unique - not better than what other people do, just different.” “I make music to push my own buttons,” explains Vai. He has proven himself, in his own right, to be one of music’s true originals. More than three decades, 15 million album sales and three GRAMMY Awards later, Vai continues to use unbridled guitar virtuosity and soulful artistry to explore the spectrum of human emotion.
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At 18,he began his professional musical career transcribing for, and then playing with, the legendary Frank Zappa. Steve Vai is a virtuoso guitarist, visionary composer, and consummate producer who sculpts musical sound with infinite creativity and technical mastery.Īt age 12, he started taking guitar lessons from JoeSatriani.
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