Steve Vai Announces 'Passion and Warfare' 25th Anniversary World Tour
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of his landmark 1990 album, Passion and Warfare, Steve Vai has announced an extensive world tour that will celebrate the groundbreaking recording.
The now-classic album, which took several years to record, features "For the Love of God," "Liberty," "Erotic Nightmares," "The Animal," "Blue Powder," "The Riddle" and several other legendary Vai tracks.
"Performing this record from top to bottom (with some very special surprises in the works) is something Ive always dreamed of doing, Vai said. There are songs here Ive never performed before, and Im delighted that 25 years after its release, I feel as though my guitar chops are as much up to the task as ever before."
A May 28 performance at the World Guitar Festival in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, will kick things off. Following that, the tour will include festivals and an extensive run in Europe, finally arriving in the U.S. in October. Additional shows in the U.S. and abroad will be announced in the months ahead.
The tour will feature a unique premium package: the Passion and Warfare EVO Experience, a limited number of EVO Experience tickets will be available for each show. Tickets will be available through Vai.com soon. Vai also will perform select G3 dates with Joe Satriani and the Aristrocrats in Italy and Germany during July.
In the next few weeks, there will be an official announcement regarding the releasevia Sony Music Entertainment and Legacy Recordingsof Passion and Warfare 25th Anniversary Edition, a remastered version of the original album featuring four bonus tracks and a new companion bonus album called Modern Primitive that includes material that has not been previously released.
Modern Primitive is by far my most adventurous recording to date, and I feel as though its my most telling release, Vai said.
Vai will host his third Vai Academy at the Asilomar Center in Carmel, California, January 2-6, 2017. Special guests will be announced soon when the camp goes on sale. For more information, write to info@dreamcatcherevents.com.
I cant be more blown away by our line up of special guests that will be joining us in January 2017 for our next Vai Academy, Vai said. The theme for this camp will be focusing on technique and going deeper than technique to find a players individual and unique voice on the instrument."
May 28 Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec World Guitar Festival
June 1 Glasgow, Scotland O2 ABC Glasgow
June 2 London, England London Palladium
June 3 Newcastle Upon Tyne, England O2 Academy Newcastle
June 5 Manchester, England O2 Ritz Manchester
June 6 Brighton, England The Dome
June 7 Bristol, England Academy
June 9 Helsinki, Finland The House of Culture
June 11 Solvesborg, Sweden Sweden Rock Festival
June 12 Oslo, Norway Rockefeller Music Hall
June 13 Stockholm, Sweden Debaser Medis, Ballroom
June 14 Copenhagen, Denmark Amager Bio
June 15 Gothenburg, Sweden Pusterviksbaren
June 17 Leuven, Belgium Het Depot
June 18 Gutenstetten, Germany Ibanez Guitar Festival
June 20 Warsaw, Poland Progresja
June 21 Prague, Czech Republic Lucerna Music Bar
June 23 Vienna, Austria Simm City
June 24 Dornbirn, Austria Conrad Sohm
June 26 Paris, France Le Trianon
June 27 Solothurn, Switzerland Kofmehl
June 28 Schaffhausen, Switzerland Kammgarn
June 29 Luxembourg, Luxembourg den Atelier
June 30 Lausanne, Switzerland Les Docks
July 2 Rome, Italy Rock In Roma (G3 with Joe Satriani & The Aristocrats)
July 3 Sogliano Al Rubicone, Italy (G3 with Joe Satriani & The Aristocrats)
July 4 Ascoli Piceno, Itlay Piazza del Popolo (G3 with Joe Satriani & The Aristocrats)
July 5 Grugliasco, Italy Gru Village (G3 with Joe Satriani & The Aristocrats)
July 6 Gardone Riviera, Italy Teatro del Vittoriale
July 7 Udine, Italy Castello di Udine
July 10 Weert, Netherlands Bospop Festival
July 11 Munich, Germany Circus Krone (G3 with Joe Satriani & The Aristocrats)
July 12 Offenbach A. Main, Germany Stadthalle (G3 with Joe Satriani & The Aristocrats)
July 13 Bonn, Germany Kunst!rasen (G3 with Joe Satriani & The Aristocrats)
July 16 Cordoba, Spain Anfiteatro Axerquia
July 17 San Javier, Spain Auditrio Parque Almansa
July 18 Madrid, Spain Jardines de la Complutense
July 19 Valencia, Spain Jardines de los Viveros
July 20 Palma, Spain Teatro Trui
July 21 Barcelona, Spain BARTS Club Paral.lel 62
July 23 Lisbon, Portugal Cultural Centre of Belem
July 24 Vila, Portugal Hard Club
July 28 Budapest, Hungary Park Budapest
July 30 Tbilisi, Georgia Tbilisi Open Air