Joe Satriani and Steve Vai announce UK and European 2025 tour as Satchvai Band

Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have joined forces to type the Satchvai Band and can tour the UK and Europe in 2025.

The 2 guitar virtuosos are long-time associates and have been touring within the US in 2024 with their two respective bands, however subsequent 12 months, they are going to play collectively in the identical group for the primary time.

The ‘Browsing With The Hydra’ tour will kick off in York’s Barbican on June 13, and they're going to absorb London, Glasgow, Wolverhampton and Manchester earlier than heading to mainland Europe.

We’re not carried out but – we would like extra! ???? – Joe

Joe & @SteveVai are thrilled to announce the return of the Satch/Vai duo in 2025, and this time, there’s a twist! Europe, prepare for the #SurfingWithTheHydraTour – an unique summer season journey the place Joe and Steve will carry out… pic.twitter.com/ddVoAbMFH3

— Joe Satriani (@chickenfootjoe) December 9, 2024

Dates will absorb 18 cities across the continent, ultimately wrapping up on July 18 in France’s Saint Julien. Tickets go on sale at 10am native time on Friday (December 13) and you will discover UK tickets here.

The Satchvai Band will play: 

JUNE 2025 
13 – York, Barbican 
14 – London, Eventim Apollo 
17 – Glasgow, Royal Live performance Corridor 
18 – Wolverhampton, Civic Corridor 
19 – Manchester, O2 Apollo 
22 – Paris, Palais Des Congres 
23 – Antwerp, Lotto Enviornment 
24 – Amsterdam, Amsterdam Afas 
26 – Copenhagen, Amager Bio 
29 – Helsinki, Home of Tradition 
30 – Tampere, Tampere Corridor 

JULY 2025 
2 – Uppsala, Parksnacken 
3 – Oslo, Sentrum Scene 
5 – Warsaw, Torwar 
8 – Munich, Musik Enviornment 
10 – Dusseldorf, Mitsubishi Electrical Corridor 
11 – Frankfurt, Jahrhunderthalle 
12 – Zurich, Volkshaus 
13 – Milan, Villa Casati Stampa 
15 – Pordenone, Parco San Valentino 
16 – Perugia, Umbria Jazz 
17 – Bologna, Sequoie Music Park 
18 – Saint Julien, Monts du Genevois 

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Satriani and Vai launched the six-minute monitor ‘The Sea Of Emotion, Pt. 1’ in March this 12 months, which sees them buying and selling their trademark basic rock solos forwards and backwards. Hearken to the music above.

Satriani’s newest album is 2022’s ‘The Elephants Of Mars’, whereas Vai launched ‘Vai/Gash’ in 2023, a file first recorded in 1991 however by no means beforehand launched.

Additionally final 12 months, Vai revealed that he had sufficient materials recorded with Ozzy Osbourne for a full album, though he doesn't personal the rights to have the ability to launch it.

He additionally appeared in Studio 666 in 2022, a movie starring members of Foo Fighters as fictional variations of themselves. “The film is simply off the charts gory and humorous”, Vai mentioned of his expertise capturing the film. “It was a wonderful blast of demonic shred pleasure and once I noticed it within the theatre”.