Joe Satriani, of rock music’s most renowned electric guitarists, will undertake a nine date UK tour that will take in the London Hammersmith Apollo on Tuesday 20th May 2008. Special guest is guitarist
'Paul Gilbert'. The tour coincides with the forthcoming release of his 12th studio album.
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.
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. 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! 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. A recent poll of the
Top 100 Greatest Rock Guitarists ranked
Satriani at # 7 and
Gilbert at #14.
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