JOE SATRIANI, of rock music’s most renowned electric guitarists, will undertake a nine date UK tour starting Monday, May 12th 2008 at Birmingham Symphony Hall. PAUL GILBERT will be special guest on all of Satriani’s UK concerts except for Nottingham Royal Centre on Wednesday, May 21st.

Tickets go on sale from 9am on Friday 16th November 2007, and can be purchased directly from the concert venues listed below, or from the National Credit Card Hotline on 0871 424 444 or www.ticketline.co.uk. Agency and credit card bookings subject to a fee.

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. Satriani is currently ranked as the 7th best electric guitar player in the world.

After releasing several critically acclaimed albums over 10 years, in 1996, Satriani and guitarist STEVE VAI, embarked on the G3 guitar showcase tour, which 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!. A new studio album is expected to be released in 2008 to coincide with the UK tour.

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Joe Satriani UK dates:

May
12 - Birmingham, UK - Symphony Hall
13 - Newcastle, UK - City Hall
14 - Glasgow, UK - Royal Concert Hall
15 - Manchester, UK - Apollo
17 - Bristol, UK - Colston Hall
18 - BournemouthvPavilion Theatre
19 - Cardiff, UK - St. David’s Hall
20 - London, UK - Hammersmith Apollo
21 - Nottingham, UK - Royal Centre