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Satriani's May 2008 UK Tour | Satriani's 13th Solo Album
Kennedy Street Enterprises present
Plus very special guests Paul Gilbert & Ned Evett*
National Credit Card Hotline: 0871 424 4444
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Joe Satriani, of rock music’s most renowned electric guitarists, will undertake a nine date UK tour starting Monday 12th May 2008 at Birmingham Symphony Hall. Tickets go on sale from 9am on Friday 16th November 2007, and can be purchased directly from the concert venues listed below, or from the national credit card hotline on 0871 424 444 or www.ticketline.co.uk.
Joe Satriani has been a worldwide guitar hero since his 1986 breakthrough album, Surfing With The Alien. Over 10-million albums and CD’s later, in addition to 13 Grammy nominations including this year for his latest studio release Super Colossal, Joe continues to push the envelope of modern rock guitar playing.
Although he originally started his career by teaching some of the top rock guitar players of the '80s and '90s, Joe Satriani is universally hailed as the most technically accomplished and respected guitar player in the history rock music. Satriani, who cites Jimi Hendrix as a major influence, quickly established his reputation as one of the most important electric rock guitarists of the decade. |
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Photo credit: (c) Patrick Cusse c/o www.ccphotoart.biz |
Since the release of Surfing With the Alien in ’86, Satriani has continually been voted No.1 best guitarist in leading guitar magazine readers’ polls.
Photo credit: (c) Larry DiMarzio
After releasing several critically acclaimed albums over ten years, in 1996, Satriani and guitarist Steve Vai, embarked on the G3 guitar showcase tour, which eventually became an annual event. By 2000, Satriani released the electronic album Engines of Creation which earned him a Grammy nomination. Satriani went on to release his most recent live album Satriani Live!
Photo credit: (c) Patrick Cusse c/o www.ccphotoart.biz
Paul Gilbert - photo by Jan Wuytack |
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Paul Gilbert, is recognised as brilliant guitar player – both as soloist and within the bands he is best known by.
Gilbert first became known for his work with Racer X and went on to platinum success with Mr. Big who topped the pop charts in 1992 with the ballad "To Be with You."
Mr. Big disbanded in 1996, and a year later Gilbert made his solo debut with King of Clubs; Flying Dog followed in 1998, trailed by Beehive Live in 1999, Alligator Farm in fall 2000 and Get Out Of My Yard in August 2006.
Earlier this year, Gilbert joined Satriani and guitarist John Petrucci on the G3 2007 U.S. tour. |
Photo credit: (c) Larry DiMarzio
A recent poll of the Top 100 Greatest Rock Guitarists ranked Satriani at # 7 and Gilbert at #14.
MAY 2008 UK TOUR
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Monday 12th May 2008
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Birmingham Symphony Hall
Tickets: £28.50 & £25.50
Venue Box Office & CC: 0121 780 3333 / 0121 357 0000
Address: Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 2 EA
Venue Website: www.thsh.co.uk |
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Tuesday 13th May 2008 |
Newcastle City Hall
Tickets: £28.50 & £25.50
Venue Box Office & CC: 0191 261 2606 / 0191 263 5000
Address: Northumberland Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 8SF
Venue Website: www.newcastle.gov.uk |
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Wednesday 14th May 2008
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Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Tickets: £28.50 & £25.50
Venue Box Office & CC: 0141 353 8000 / 0141 222 2211
Address: Concert Halls & Old Fruit market, Candleriggs,
Glasgow, G1 1NQ
Venue Website: www.glasgowconcerthalls.com |
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Thursday 15th May 2008
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Manchester Apollo
Tickets: £28.50 & £25.50
Venue Box Office & CC: 08444 777 677 / 0161 832 1111
Address: Ardwick Green, Manchester, M12 6AP
Online Booking: www.livenation.co.uk |
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Saturday 17th May 2008
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Bristol Colston Hall
Tickets: £28.50 & £25.50
Venue Box Office & CC: 0117 922 3686
Address: Colston Street, Bristol, BS1 5AR
Venue Website: www.colstonhall.org |
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Sunday 18th May 2008
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Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre
Tickets: £28.50
Venue Box Office & CC: 0870 111 3000
Address: Westover Road, Bournemouth, BH1 2BU
Venue Website: www.bic.co.uk |
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Monday 19th May 2008
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Cardiff St. David’s Hall
Tickets: £28.50 & £25.50
Venue Box Office & CC: 02920 878 444
Address: The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1SH
Venue Website: www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk |
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Tuesday 20th May 2008 |
London Hammersmith Apollo
Tickets: £28.50 & £25.50
Venue Box Office & CC: 08448 444 748 / 0207 434 2222
Address: Wembley Stadium Complex Empire Way,
London HA9 0DW
Online Booking: www.ticketline.co.uk |
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Wednesday 21st May 2008 |
Nottingham Royal Centre
Tickets: £28.50 & £25.50
Venue Box Office & CC: 0115 989 5555
Address: Nottingham Royal Theatre Square,
Nottingham, NG1 5ND
Special Guest: Ned Evett
Online Booking: www.ticketline.co.uk |
* Paul Gilbert will be playing all shows except Nottingham.
Ned Evett will be playing at the Nottingham show.
BIOGRAPHY
By Greg Prato, Allmusic.com
Along with teaching some of the top rock guitar players of the '80s and '90s, Joe Satriani is one of the most technically accomplished and widely respected guitarists to emerge in recent times. Born on July 15, 1956, in Westbury, NY, and raised in the nearby town of Carle Place, Satriani — inspired by guitar legend Jimi Hendrix — picked up the guitar at the age of 14 (although he was initially more interested in the drums). Quickly learning the instrument, Satriani began teaching guitar to others and found a kindred spirit in one of his students, Steve Vai. By the late '70s, however, Satriani had relocated to Berkeley, CA. With his sights set on his own musical career, "Satch" kept teaching others, including such future rock notables as Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Larry LaLonde (Primus), David Bryson (Counting Crows), and jazz fusion player Charlie Hunter.
In the early '80s, Satriani got a gig playing guitar with power popster Greg Kihn, doing some session work and touring with the group (an archival release recorded around this time, King Biscuit Flower Hour, was later issued in 1996), and issuing his own solo self-titled EP in 1984, financing and releasing the project entirely on his own. But when Vai hit the big time as the guitarist of David Lee Roth's solo band in 1986, he offered praise for his good friend and former teacher in several major guitar publications, leading to widespread interest in Satriani's playing. The timing couldn't have been more perfect for Satch, as he'd just issued his first full-length solo album, Not of This Earth, which automatically made ripples in the rock guitar community.
But the best was still to come, in the form of his sophomore release, 1987's Surfing with the Alien. Almost overnight, Satriani was widely regarded as one of rock's top guitarists, as the album earned gold certification and the guitarist would finish at the top of guitar magazine polls for years afterward. He was even handpicked by Mick Jagger to accompany the famous singer on a tour of Australia and Japan around this time. A stopgap EP, Dreaming #11, combed both studio and live tracks and was issued a year later, and in 1989, Satriani issued his third solo full-length, Flying in a Blue Dream. Another sizeable hit, the album also marked Satch's debut as a vocalist on several tracks. His career received another big push the same year when his song "One Big Rush" was included on the soundtrack to Cameron Crowe's hit movie Say Anything.
The '90s began with Satriani creating his own line of guitars for the Ibanez company (the JS Joe Satriani model), but it wasn't until 1992 that he would issue his next solo release, The Extremist. The double-disc set Time Machine followed a year later (a combination of new tracks, live material, and the long out-of-print Joe Satriani EP from 1984), and in 1994, Satch filled in on tour for the departed Ritchie Blackmore for heavy metal pioneers Deep Purple. Although he was asked to become a full-time member, Satriani turned down the offer to return to his solo career.
Satriani issued two more solo albums during the '90s — 1995's self-titled release and 1998's Crystal Planet — and also started the G3 guitar showcase tour with Vai in 1996, becoming an annual event and issuing a live document of the tour's initial run, G3: Live in Concert, a year later. 2000 saw Satriani issue his most musically daring release yet, the electronic-based Engines of Creation, and a year later, Live in San Francisco. Engines was nominated for a Grammy the next year, and after a successful tour he stepped back into the studio. The result, Strange Beautiful Music, was released in 2002. Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology arrived in 2003, followed by Is There Love in Space? in 2004, Super Colossal in 2005, and Satriani Live! in 2006. In addition to his own albums, Satriani has guested on several other artists' albums over the years, including Blue Öyster Cult's Imaginos, Alice Cooper's Hey Stoopid, Stuart Hamm's Radio Free Albemuth, Pat Martino's All Sides Now, and Spinal Tap's Break Like the Wind. |
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