For the first time in their nearly 50-year musical careers, legendary guitar icons Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, have united to form the SATCHVAI Band, with plans ignite Europe with an electrifying summer tour. Beginning on June 13th, 2025, this monumental musical journey will feature stops in major cities like London, Paris, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam, and will also include performances at major European summer festivals including Hellfest, Umbria Jazz Festival and Guitares en Scene Fest. The tour is set to conclude in late July, with more dates to be announced soon.
The duo, along with each of their respective bands, initially joined forces for their first-ever tour together, outside of the G3 format, the past spring (2024) across select U.S. cities, and decided it was finally time to actually form a band together and bring that winning formula to the live stage, beginning in Europe.
Celebrating nearly five decades of musical friendship, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai made their first musical collaboration debut in March 2024. The Sea of Emotion, Pt. 1 showcases the unmatched synergy between these two legendary guitarists as they seamlessly trade solo sections throughout the nearly six-minute opus. Their second collaboration is set to be released just before the European tour, adding even more anticipation for this epic run.
Pre-sale tickets for The SATCHVAI band tour will be available starting December 11th and 12th, with general sales opening December 13th.
All ticket information at SATCHVAIBAND.
Satch and Vai’s musical careers have been intertwined since their very early days. Satriani served as Vai’s guitar teacher during their teenage years on Long Island, New York. Their connection has continued to evolve over the years, even sharing record labels, starting at Relativity Records in the late 80’s, to both calling Sony/Epic Records home for a significant portion of the 90’s. Together, they have also frequently teamed up with a third guitarist on multiple occasions throughout the span of three decades, participating in the semi-annual G3 Tours, both in the U.S. and abroad.
“The SATCHVAI Band Tour is happening. I’m so looking forward to sharing the stage with Steve again,” Satriani said. “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!”
Vai added, “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. I feel as though we are both at the top of our game, and the show will be a powerful celebration of the coolest instrument in the world, the electric guitar.”
Joe Satriani has had a packed schedule having recently concluded the Sammy Hagar-led Best of All Worlds Tour, which was met with much fanfare and critical acclaim. While Steve Vai has been playing shows across the U.S. as part of the BEAT tour following the conclusion of the Satch/Vai tour earlier this year.
Stay tuned for more details on this unprecedented collaboration and the release of their highly anticipated new music.
Surfing with the Hydra tour 2025 Itinerary:
June:
13 York, UK Barbican
14 London, UK Eventim Apollo
17 Glasgow, SC Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
18 Wolverhampton, UK Civic Hall
19 Manchester, UK O2 Apollo
21 Clisson, FR Helfest
22 Paris, FR Palais Des Congres
23 Antwerp, BE Lotto Arena
24 Amsterdam, NL Amsterdam Afas
26 Copenhagen, DK Amager Bio
29 Helsinki, FI House of Culture
30 Tampere, FI Tampere Hall
July:
2 Uppsala, SE Parksnackan
3 Oslo, NO Sentrum Scene
5 Warsaw, PL Torwar
8 Munich, DE Tollwood Festival
10 Dusseldorf, DE Mitsubishi Electric Hall
11 Frankfurt, DE Jahrhunderthalle
12 Zurich, CH Volkshaus Zürich
13 Milan, IT Comfort Festival @ Villa Casati Stampa
15 Pordenone, IT Parco San Valentino
16 Perugia, IT Umbria Jazz
17 Bologna, IT Sequoie Music Park
18 Saint-Julien, FR Guitares en Scene Festival
20 Prague, CZ Forum Karlin
22 Sofia, BG National Palace of Culture
More dates TBA
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Joe & Steve taking more of my money, will be a pleasure to see them together again. Saw them back in January on their G3 Tour in Spokane. It was great, see ya there, wherever that may be here in the PNW.