Virtuoso guitarist, composer and producer, Steve Vai returns to Australia with his band for a national tour this spring.
Classified by many as the greatest guitarist of all time, Vai and his band will headline concerts in Brisbane, Sydney, Wollongong, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth in November."The Inviolate world tour marches on," Steve says. "We are saturating the entire globe on this tour. It's everything I imagined when I was a kid jamming in my bedroom.
"Travelling the world like this with my band, crew and family, touching and tasting all these magnificent cultures, and feeling the powerful energy from the audiences is what we call living the dream.
"I am eternally grateful to all the fans that make this possible. We will see you soon!"
Last year, Vai released a new studio album titled 'Inviolate', while in early 2023 Steve dropped a record titled 'Vai/Gash', which he had been holding in his archive for three decades.
"The album was written and recorded in somewhat of a stream of consciousness in 1991 within perhaps a two-week period," shares Steve of 'Vai/Gash', "as an answer to my desire to have a particular kind of music to listen to when I was riding my Harley Davison motorcycle with my friends.
"One of those friends was John 'Gash' Sombrotto, who is the powerful singer on this record. It's reminiscent of a certain type of rock music I enjoyed as a teenager in the 1970s. These recordings sat on the shelf for over 30 years and are being released now in 2023."
Tickets on sale from 2pm (local time) on 20 July.
Steve Vai 2023 Tour Dates
Fri 3 Nov - The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)Sun 5 Nov - Enmore Theatre (Sydney)
Mon 6 Nov - Anita's Theatre (Wollongong)
Wed 8 Nov - Hindley Street Music Hall (Adelaide)
Thu 9 Nov - Palais Theatre (Melbourne)
Sat 11 Nov - Perth Concert Hall
