Joe Satriani announces June 2013 UK tour and confirms new studio album

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Joe Satriani, one of rock music’s most respected and celebrated electric guitar players, will undertake a 10-date UK tour starting Saturday 8th June at the Manchester Apollo. This will be Satriani’s first UK tour since the Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards Tour 2010.
Tickets go on sale from Friday 2nd November and can be booked online from www.ticketline.co.uk or call 0844 888 9991 or the venue direct.
Very special guest is blues guitarist Matt Schofield.
The tour coincides with the news that Satriani will record a new solo album later this year for a worldwide release via Sony in May 2013. 
The enterprising guitarist is also in the planning stages of releasing a career retrospective box set for spring 2013.
                                                    
Earlier this year, Satriani performed a sold out concert with Chickenfoot at the London Brixton Academy in support of the band’s second album III. 
He also embarked on multiple G3 tours in Australia, Europe and South America, had his music sampled in Nicki Minaj’ hit single Right Thru Me, and made a cameo appearance as himself in Brad Pitt’s Oscar-nominated baseball movie Moneyball.
Joe Satriani has been a worldwide guitar hero since his 1987 breakthrough album, Surfing with the Alien. 
Over 10-million albums and CD’s later, in addition to 14 Grammy nominations and numerous accolades Satriani 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 like Metallica’s Kirk Hammet and virtuoso Steve Vai, Joe Satriani is universally hailed as one of the most technically accomplished and respected guitar players in rock.
Satriani, who cites Jimi Hendrix as a major influence, quickly established himself as one of rock’s most influential guitarists.
Since the release of Surfing with the Alien in 1987, Satriani has continually been voted the best guitarist in leading guitar magazine readers’ polls. Chosen by Mick Jagger to perform worldwide on Mick’s first solo tour, and by Deep Purple to tour Japan and Europe, Satriani cemented his reputation as a true guitar hero.
After releasing several critically acclaimed solo albums, in 1996, Satriani embarked on the first G3 showcase tour, which became an instant success. G3 have performed sold out tours in North America, Europe, South America, Japan and Australia, and have released three live G3 DVDs.


In 2009 Joe teamed up with Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony of Van Halen plus Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers to form Chickenfoot. The band’s debut album was an international success, receiving gold awards in the US, Canada and Europe, plus recognition from Classic Rock Magazine as The Best New Band of 2009.
Joe released his 11th studio album Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards in October 2010 and followed this with extensive North American and European tours. The following year, Chickenfoot’s second album, III, was released to critical acclaim on 27th September. 
In January 2012, Satriani embarked on a European tour with Chickenfoot.  By April 2012, he released the DVD/Blu-Ray of his much talked about 3D concert film Satchurated: Live In Montreal. During the same year, he embarked on G3 tours of Europe and Australia with Steve Vai and Steve Lukather. 
On 22nd September 2012 Satriani performed at the 50 Years of Marshall tribute concert in honour of the late Jim Marshall, at London’s Wembley Arena which also included Paul Gilbert, Zakk Wylde, Glenn Hughes, Yngwie Malmsteen, Doug Aldrich, Billy Duffy, Nicko McBrain, Corey Taylor, Brian Tichy, Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens, Mike Portnoy, Andy Fraser and Kerry King.

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All concerts start at 7:30pm

MANCHESTER O2 APOLLO
Saturday 8th June
Box Office: 08444 777 677
Tickets: £37.50 / £33.50
www.02apollomanchester.co.uk
Stockport Road, Higher Ardwick
Manchester, M12 6AP

GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL
Sunday 9th June
Box Office: 0141 353 8000
Tickets: £37.50 / £33.50
www.glasgowconcerthalls.com
2 Sauciehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3NY

NEWCASTLE CITY HALL
Monday 10th June
Box Office: 0191 277 8030
Tickets: £36 / £33
www.newcastlecityhall.org
Northumberland Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 8SF

LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC HALL
Tuesday 11th June
Box Office: 0151 709 3789
Tickets: £37.50 / £33.50
www.liverpoolphil.com
36 Hope Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 9BP

BRISTOL COLSTON HALL
Wednesday 12th June
Box Office: 0117 922 3686
Tickets: £37.50 / £33.50
www.colstonhall.org
Colston Street, Bristol, BS1 5AR

WOLVERHAMPTON CIVIC HALL
Thursday 13th June
Box Office: 0870 320 7000
Tickets: £36 / £33
www.wolvescivic.co.uk
North Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1RQ

SHEFFIELD CITY HALL
Saturday 15th June
Box Office: 01142 789 789
Tickets: £36 / £33
www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk
Barkers Pool, Sheffield, S1 2JA

PORTSMOUTH GUILDHALL
Sunday 16th June
Box Office: 02392 824 355
Tickets: £36 / £33
www.portsmouthguildhall.org.uk
Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 2AB

O2 SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE
Monday 17th June
Box Office: 0844 477 2000
Tickets: £40.00
www.o2shepherdsbushempire.co.uk
Shepherds Bush Green, London, W12 8TT

LONDON INDIGO2
Tuesday 18th June
Box Office: 0844 844 0002
Tickets: £50 (Kings Row) and £37.50
www.theindigo2.co.uk
The O2, Peninsula Square, London, SE10 0AX

JOE SATRIANI - 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.

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.

Matt Schofield - Biography

British guitar virtuoso Matt Schofield explodes onto the scene with a guitar style of playing that channels the British soul of Stevie Winwood and Eric Clapton, the blues of Albert Collins and BB King, the musical excursions of Hendrix, and the New Orleans funk of the Meters. He takes these influences to create a uniquely personal sound that makes a direct connection with his audience.
The subject of major coverage in Guitar Player, Premier Guitar, Vintage Guitar and Guitarist magazines at 34 years old, Schofield’s unique sound is built on an amazing blues pedigree. Guitarist magazine cites Schofield as “The UK’s most exciting blues guitar player.”

Along with Peter Green and Eric Clapton, Schofield was voted by Guitar & Bass magazine as one of the “Top 10 British Blues Guitarists of All Time”.  He was also voted 2012 British Blues Awards “Guitarist of the Year”. What’s more, he has headlined some of the world’s most prestigious Blues festivals.

With his 2011 release of the album Anything But Time, produced by 9-time Grammy winner John Porter, Schofield moved boldly forward to a unique fusion of rock, funk and blues that’s original, new and now. The album is powered by his innovative compositions, uplifting vocals and transcendent guitar tone.

Website - http://mattschofield.com

Facebook - www.facebook.com/mattschofieldofficial

JOE SATRIANI ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS

Joe Satriani - Official Website
www.satriani.com

Joe Satriani - Facebook
www.facebook.com/joesatriani

Joe Satriani - Twitter
https://twitter.com/chickenfootjoe

Joe Satriani - YouTube
www.youtube.com/websatch