Apparently Mr Vai will be playing our humble city (Belfast) in the Mandela Hall, on August 29th 2013!
It's not on his website http://www.vai.com/ but is on scumbag monopoly ticket-tax corporation TicketM*st*r.
Whilst instrumental guitar albums are something I enjoy only ocassionally, Mr Steve Vai is light years beyond the label of "instrumental guitarist". His playing is immediately identifiable and his passion and dedication to pushing his playing, writing and artist boundaries seem never ending. On top of that, the man has charisma oozing from him!
Oh yeah, and he pracically invented the modern superstrat along with Ibanez, in the form of the Ibanez Jem along with it's workhorse siblings in the RG range.
My personal Vai choices would include the Crossroads movie scene (see below), the first Dave Lee Roth Album and of course Passion & Warfare.
Here's hoping he's bringing the excellent Dave Weiner along as his right hand man. If you've never heard of him, ask Mr Google. He's quite good!
In the meantime enjoy one of my favourite Vai moments
And some Dave Weiner
