Virtuosic guitarists and longtime pals Joe Satriani and Steve Vai announced details of 2024 Spring Duo Tour dates across America, marking their first run as a duo-bill. The 31 shows confirmed today span March 22 – May 8 and come in addition to G3 Tour dates in January and February that will see the pair join forces with fellow guitar icon and original G3 participant Eric Johnson.
Joe Satriani and Steve Vai collaborated on new music they plan to release just before the tour begins in March. “The Satch/Vai Tour is happening! I’m so looking forward to sharing the stage with Steve again,” Satriani statd in a press release. “Every time we play together it takes me back to when we were teenagers, eating and breathing music every second of the day, pushing, challenging and helping each other to be the best we could be. I guess we’ve never stopped!”
“Touring with Joe is always a pleasure and an honor. He is my favorite guitarist to jam with, and now we have another opportunity to take it to the stage,” added Vai. “I feel as though we are both at the top of our game and that the show will be a powerful celebration of the coolest instrument in the world, the electric guitar!”
The Satch/Vai Tour starts in Florida with concerts in Orlando on March 22, Pompano Beach on March 23, Clearwater on March 25 and Jacksonville on March 26. Joe Satriani and Steve Vai will then bring the tour to such cities as Atlanta, Charlotte, Boston, New York City, Washington D.C., Detroit, Chicago, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Minneaplis, Kansas City and Austin before the trek is currently slated to end in Salt Lake City on May 8. Additional dates will be announced soon.
An Artist Presale launches on Monday, November 13 at 10 a.m. local time using SVx24 as the password. Tickets then go up for grabs to the general public on Friday, November 17 at 10 a.m. local time. Pick up Joe Satriani & Steve Vai tickets for most shows through Ticketmaster.com.
A complete list of both artists’ upcoming tour dates, including all Satch/Vai Tour stops announced today, can be found by scrolling below.