Next Wednesday evening, Steve Vai will perform two exclusive sets on Wednesday, May 11th at The Iridium in New York City — the most intimate room Vai has headlined in years. The shows will take place at 8:00PM and 10:30PM. Tickets can be purchased here beginning today at Noon ET:
For the 8:00pm show.
For the 10:30pm show.
Both Vai performances are being filmed for a future episode of the critically acclaimed public television concert series Front and Center, scheduled to air in early 2017 during the seventh season of the show. This show also kicks off The Iridium’s annual celebration of its legacy as “The Home of Les Paul.” With more events featuring iconic performers to be announced, The Iridium will be honoring its most famous resident guitarist with special performances leading up to what would have been Les Paul’s 101st birthday on June 9th.
Over the past several years, Front and Center has presented a mix of Grammy, Country Music Association, and American Music Award winners, rock icons, and multi-Platinum artists including Santana, Paul Rodgers, Cheap Trick, Steven Tyler, Keith Urban, Jack Johnson, Joe Jackson, John Hiatt, Lady Antebellum, Buddy Guy, Little Big Town, Cyndi Lauper, The Fray, for King & Country, Train, Trey Anastasio, and more.
Vai will be launching his Passion and Warfare 25th Anniversary World Tour beginning at the World Guitar Festival in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, on May 28th, 2016. Following that festival play and an extensive run in Europe that will include stops in Scotland, England, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, Poland, France, Switzerland and many other countries, the tour will arrive in the United States in October. Additional concerts in America and abroad will be announced at a later date.
For more information on the Front and Center music series, please visit frontandcenter.com and for select tickets to the Front and Center tapings at The Iridium, visit theiridium.com.
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Good for Steve. I was a Vai disciple for many years, but his later releases kind of lost me a bit. It thought his last album in 2012 was pretty forgettable, unfortunately. I’ll be interested to hear the bonus disc on the Passion and Warfare reissue.
He seems to following the trend of most seasoned artists these days by not releasing much new music.
Seeing Vai live is the best way to experience his music. Even the newer songs have a heavier feel.
I’m still hopeful he’ll release something like Alien Love Secrets or even Sex and Religion. Also, Steve, find a singer. You’re a brilliant musician/composer, but your voice is not interesting or compelling enough to carry your ideas. Just some constructive criticism from a life long fan.