Steve Vai - Official News Updates
All the latest Steve Vai news - direct from the source!
- Happy Birthday Steve!
Today is Steve's birthday. Wanna send him a birthday message? Visit our message board and post your comments in the official online birthday card. - Sound Theories Pre-Order & Aftershow Pass Giveaway
A limited edition of 10,000 deluxe digipak versions of Steve's amazing new album Sound Theories Vol. I & II will be available exclusively through Vai.com. The deluxe digipak features extra photos and a full-color booklet.
2,500 random copies will contain a satin pass that will admit the purchaser into any one (1) meet & greet aftershow on Steve's upcoming Sound Theories tour. This aftershow pass is not valid without a concert ticket - aftershow pass holder must purchase their own ticket to the show. Terms and conditions apply. Instructions appear on the satin pass - all winners should read them carefully.
This deluxe digipak version of the album will NOT be available in stores. It can only be purchased through this website.
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER THE LTD. EDITION DIGIPAK!
- A New Postcard From Steve!
With rehearsals for the upcoming tour under way, Steve writes a postcard about auditions, and introduces the new band. - The New Band
Steve Vai's "String Theories"
SV: guitar, vox and audience panderer. (not so new member)
Jeremy Colson: drum kit and all sorts of things that you hit. (not so new member either)
Dave Weiner: Rhythm guitar, sitar, acoustic guitar and smile. (The longest member besides Steve)
Bryan Beller: Bass and impossible ears.
Alex DePue: Electric and acoustic violin, keyboards, the new fast fingers.
Ann Marie Calhoun: Electric and acoustic violin, Viola, Banjo and keyboards, confidence personified.
Zack Wiesinger: Solo opening act guitar extravaganza and perhaps a few saxophone honks here and there with the band. - Setting Something Straight...
Click here to read Steve's open letter regarding The Breed. - EVO Experience - Pre-Sale Over
Our pre-sale tickets for both regular and EVO Premium Experience tickets is now over for the USA.
In the coming days, we will make EVO Premium Experience passes available as a ticket UPGRADE - meaning that you can buy EVO Experience passes, but you need to buy a regular ticket to the show through Ticketmaster or associate ticketing agencies. As this UPGRADE EVO ticket will not include a regular ticket to the show, it will be slightly cheaper, however, you will not be admitted to the venue without a regular ticket which you will need to show at the time you are checked in at the EVO Experience at the venue at 3:30pm.
For Europe, EVO remains on sale for all venues, and includes a ticket (with the exception of Ingolstadt and Paris.)
We will be launching our EVO Experience ticket sale for MOSCOW soon...
- Sound Theories - Released June 26, 2007
Epic Records has announced a June 26 release for Sound Theories Vol. I & II, a double-live CD capturing legendary guitarist Steve Vai's electrifying collaboration with the Netherlands Metropole Orchestra. The two-disc set spotlights rare material culled from five European performances, a studio session and a soundcheck rehearsal recording, all of which took place between mid-2004 and 2005.
Volume I features Vai playing guitar with the Orchestra, which has earned worldwide acclaim backing artists ranging from Mike Keneally, Terry Bozzio, Tony Bennett and Natalie Cole to Nancy Wilson and the Yellowjackets. Together they bring new life to both existing and never-before-heard Steve Vai songs, including "For the Love of God," "Liberty," "The Murder" and "Attitude Song," among others.
Volume II features the Orchestra performing compositions penned by Vai, including “Shadows and Sparks” and “Bledsoe Bluvd.”
Says Vai, “I wanted to be a composer ever since I was a young boy. Though the guitar fell into my lap and my fingers were glued to the instrument, I studied composition and musical notation long before I even started playing the guitar. Through high school, college and beyond, I kept up my studies but the prospect of getting your music performed by an orchestra when you're only considered to be an over-the-top electric rock guitar shredder seemed virtually impossible. To be able to hear your music performed is the greatest gift a composer could hope for. This was a dream project for me.”
The full track listing for both discs is as follows:
Disc One - Sound Theories Vol 1: “The Aching Hunger”
1. Kill the Guy with the Ball
2. The God Eaters
3. The Murder Prologue
4. The Murder
5. Gentle Ways
6. Answers
7. I'm Becoming
8. Salamanders in the Sun
9. Liberty
10. The Attitude Song
11. For the Love of GodDisc Two - Sound Theories Vol 2: “Shadows and Sparks”
1. Shadows and…
2. Sparks
3. Frangelica Pt 1
4. Frangelica Pt. 2
5. Helios and Vesta
6. Bledsoe Bluvd.A yet-to-be-titled companion DVD featuring highlights from the performances will be released on August 21.
Stay tuned to Vai.com in the coming days to find out how you can pre-order a limited edition deluxe digipak version of the album - available only through this website...
- Buffalo CD and Classic Albums DVD
Steve appears on the new Frank Zappa album Buffalo - recently released through the Zappa Family Trust's Vaulternative Records label. Buffalo is an entire show captured in Buffalo, NY in 1980. Steve appears playing "impossible guitar parts".
Also newly available is the new Classic Albums DVD feature on the Making of Apostrophe(') and Over-Nite Sensation. This fascinating DVD includes interview contributions from Steve and footage of Steve with the Zappa Plays Zappa band playing “Peaches En Regalia.”
You can order Buffalo here, and the Classic Albums DVD here.
- Vai.com Thomas Nordegg Featurette
Check out our extensive web featurette on Steve's long-time tech, friend and resident genius Thomas Nordegg. Included in the special feature is an interview with Thomas, photo galleries and Thomas’ step-by-step explanation of Steve’s signal chain, as well as Thomas’ own setup! Thanks to Jeroen Noordhuis for creating this amazing feature.
Click here to check it out.
- Steve Vai Supports Berklee College of Music’s Celebrity Online Scholarship Program
Berkleemusic, the Continuing Education Division of Berkee College of Music, has announced the release of their Celebrity Online Scholarship Program. Steve Vai, Berklee alumnus and recipient of Berklee’s Honorary Doctor of Music Degree in 2000, joins a growing list of celebrities who are helping to support Berkleemusic’s promising online students to achieve their dream of a life in music. These celebrities all support music education through their work, and Berklee is proud to be associated with them.
The Celebrity Online Scholarship Program is designed to reward and assist outstanding online students who demonstrate superior academic performance studying in their online Certificate Programs at Berkleemusic. The student recipients of each Celebrity Online Scholarship will receive an award of $1,250 to be used towards paying their tuition and helping them achieve their goals. A total of $80,000 in scholarships will be awarded to Berkleemusic online students annually.
For more information on the scholarship program, click here.
- EVO Premium Experience USA - On Sale TODAY
Tickets for the EVO Premium Experience for all USA shows will go on sale today, Friday May 04.
CLICK HERE TO BUY EVO PREMIUM EXPERIENCE TICKETS
- Steve Vai Live - USA 2007 Dates Announced
Dates for Steve's 2007 North American tour have been announced. The tour kicks off on September 7, in Phoenix AZ and heads up the west