Steve Vai begins his Inviolate World Tour next week

Steve Vai has announced a return to Europe for planned appearances from March through May. The second leg of European dates on the “Inviolate” world tour will begin in Lisbon, Portugal, on March 24th. The itinerary will bring Vai through Spain, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Croatia, Slovakia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Romania, Czech Republic, Poland, Latvia, and Estonia prior to wrapping on May 7th in Helsinki, Finland.

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Vai will be accompanied by longtime collaborators Dave Weiner (guitar, keyboards), Philip Bynoe (bass) and Jeremy Colson (drums). On January 28th, Favored Nations / Mascot Label Group released his latest studio work titled “Inviolate”, which will be released in LP format on March 18th. During 2022 Vai announced 52 shows in the United States on a coast-to-coast tour starting in El Cajon (California) on September 28th and ending in Los Angeles on December 3rd.

Considered by many to be the greatest guitarist of all time, in his more than 40-year career Steve Vai has sold more than 15 million records, won three Grammy Awards and recorded with legends such as Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake and many, many others. Vai has also taken part in several projects such as G3 (with lineups that have, from time to time, included Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Eric Johnson, Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Lukather) and the supergroup Generation Axe formed together with Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Nuno Bettencourt and Tosin Abasi. He is also the author of the music theory book Vaidology: Basic Music Theory for Guitar Players (Hal Leonard).

The European tour includes these dates:

24 March Lisbon, Portugal CCB
26 March Porto, Portugal Casa da Musica
27 March Malaga, Spain Teatro Cervantes
29 March Huelva, Spain Gran Teatro de Huelva
31 March Madrid, Spain La Riviera
01 April Bilbao, Spain Santana 27 — Sala Gold
02 April Barcelona, Spain Sala Parallel 62
04 April Vigo, Spain Auditorio Mar de Vigo
05 April Gijón, Spain Audiotorio de La Universidad
07 April Milan, Italy Teatro Dal Verme
08 April Jesolo (Venezia), Italy PalaInvent
11 April Munich, Germany Technikum
12 April Budapest, Hungary Akvárium Klub
13 April Zagreb, Croatia Culture Factory
14 April Bratislava, Slovakia Refinery Gallery
18 April Ankara, Turkey Congresium Ankara
19 April Istanbul, Turkey VW Arena
21 April Thessaloniki, Greece Principal Club
22 April Athens, Greece Fuzz Live Music Club
24 April Bucharest, Romania Sala Mare (The Great Hall)
25 April Sofia, Bulgaria NDK Hall 3
26 April Skopje, N. Macedonia DRS Kale
27 April Belgrade, Serbia MTS dvorana
28 April Brno, Czech Republic Semilasso
29 April Prague, Czech Republic Lucerna Music Bar
01 May Wroclaw, Poland Majowka Festival at Hala Stulecia
02 May Krakow, Poland ICE
03 May Lublin, Poland CSK
05 May Riga, Latvia Palladium
06 May Tallinn, Estonia Noblessner Foundry
07 May Helsinki, Finland House of Culture