Steve Vai has announced an extensive tour of the U.S., with 54 scheduled appearances confirmed. Vai’s Inviolate World Tour will begin at House of Blues in Las Vegas on January 27, 2022, and wrap in Los Angeles on April 2, 2022, at The Theatre at Ace Hotel. The general on-sale will go live on September 17, 2021, with a VIP pre-sale available on September 15, 2021. For tickets visit https://www.vai.com. A variety of EVO Experience VIP bundles are available here: https://www.stevevaivip.com/. EVO Experience offerings, dependent upon tier purchased, include signed JEM Jr. guitars; an invitation to a pre-show group Q&A, meet-and-greet and photo with Steve; soundcheck viewing access; a guided tour of Steve’s instruments and gear; exclusive merchandise; commemorative VIP laminates and access to premium tickets. This run is the first excursion of many planned which together are a multi-faceted World Tour that will bring the guitarist and composer to most continents across the globe touching down in dozens of countries. Vai has been working on a new studio album and those details will be shared imminently. These appearances will present an all-new show featuring a lot of new music, with plans for performances to be staged for the next several years.
Vai will be joined by his long-tenured ensemble members Dave Weiner (guitar/keys), Philip Bynoe (bass), and Jeremy Colson (drums). Vai shares, “A performer thrives on performing. It’s been my life for the past 49 years, with the exception of the last two years, so we are chomping at the bit to get out there and play for people. A music concert has the ability to dissolve the many challenges we face, and celebrate one of the good things in life, live music.”
This past April, Vai launched a Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/
In March 2021, he also presented a never-before-seen performance video on his Ibanez Onyx Black PIA guitar of a new composition titled “Knappsack.” The clip capturing him playing with one hand while recuperating from shoulder and hand surgery can be viewed here:
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INVIOLATE WORLD TOUR / U.S. 2022 CONFIRMED DATES:
1/27 Las Vegas, NV
1/28 El Cajon, CA
1/29 Riverside, CA
1/30 Phoenix, AZ
2/01 Salt Lake City, UT
2/02 Boulder, CO
2/04 Oklahoma City, OK
2/05 Austin, TX
2/06 Dallas, TX
2/08 Houston, TX
2/09 San Antonio, TX
2/11 Birmingham, AL
2/12 Macon, GA
2/14 Atlanta, GA
2/15 Clearwater, FL
2/16 Orlando, FL
2/17 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2/18 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
2/19 Charlotte, NC
2/21 Charleston, SC
2/22 Alexandria, VA
2/23 Glenside, PA
2/24 Red Bank, NJ
2/25 Huntington, NY
2/26 Port Chester, NY
2/27 Providence, RI
3/01 New Haven, CT
3/02 Boston, MA
3/03 Albany, NY
3/04 Rochester, NY
3/05 Harrisburg, PA
3/06 Greensburg, PA
3/08 Warren, OH
3/09 Detroit, MI
3/10 Morgantown, WV
3/11 Louisville, KY
3/12 Nashville, TN
3/13 St. Louis, MO
3/15 Chicago, IL
3/16 Milwaukee, WI
3/17 St. Paul, MN
3/18 Kansas City, MO
3/19 Lincoln, NE
3/20 Des Moines, IA
3/22 Sioux Falls, SD
3/23 Fargo, ND
3/25 Billings, MT
3/26 Bozeman, MT
3/27 Missoula, MT
3/28 Seattle, WA
3/29 Portland, OR
3/31 Turlock, CA
4/01 Napa, CA
4/02 Los Angeles, CA