World-renowned guitarist Joe Satriani will embark on a 44-date North American tour in the fall. The trek will kick off on September 21 in Riverside, California and conclude on November 19 in Dallas, Texas. Joining Satriani on the tour will be drummer Kenny Aronoff, bassist Bryan Beller and keyboardist Rai Thistlewayte.
Tickets go on sale on April 1 at Satriani.com.
Joe Satriani Tour dates:
Sep. 21 – Riverside, CA @ Fox Performing Arts Center
Sep. 22 – San Diego, CA @ Balboa Theatre
Sep. 23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
Sep. 24 – Scottsdale, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort
Sep. 25 – Reno, NV @ Grand Theatre @ Grand Sierra Resort
Sep. 26 – Stockton, CA @ Bob Hope Theater
Sep. 28 – Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre
Sep. 29 – Spokane, WA @ Bing Crosby Theater
Sep. 30 – Salem, OR @ Elsinore Theatre
Oct. 02 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
Oct. 04 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre
Oct. 06 – Salina, KS @ Stiefel Theatre
Oct. 07 – Des Moines, IA @ Hoyt Sherman Theatre
Oct. 08 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
Oct. 09 – Minneapolis, MN @ State Theatre
Oct. 12 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
Oct. 13 – Peoria, IL @ Peoria Civic Center Theatre
Oct. 14 – Kalamazoo, MI @ Kalamazoo State Theatre
Oct. 15 – Wabash, IN @ Honeywell Center
Oct. 16 – Canton, OH @ Canton Palace Theatre
Oct. 17 – Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Center for the Arts
Oct. 19 – Durham, NC @ Carolina Theatre
Oct. 20 – Greensburg, PA @ Palace Theatre
Oct. 21 – Northfield, OH @ MGM Northfield Park
Oct. 22 – Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
Oct. 23 – Nashville, TN @ Brown County Music Center
Oct. 24 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
Oct. 26 – Washington, DC @ Warner Theatre
Oct. 27 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
Oct. 29 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
Nov. 02 – Ridgefield, CT @ Ridgefield Playhouse
Nov. 03 – Ridgefield, CT @ Ridgefield Playhouse
Nov. 04 – Collingswood, NJ @ Scottish Rite Auditorium
Nov. 05 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
Nov. 07 – Atlanta, GA @ Atlanta Symphony Hall
Nov. 09 – Ponte Vedra, FL @ Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
Nov. 10 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
Nov. 11 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ The Parker
Nov. 12 – Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall
Nov. 14 – Huntsville, AL @ Mars Music Hall
Nov. 16 – San Antonio, TX @ Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
Nov. 17 – Austin, TX @ Paramount Theatre
Nov. 18 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues
Nov. 19 – Dallas, TX @ Majestic Theatre
Satriani will release his 19th studio album, “The Elephants Of Mars”, on April 8. Pre-orders are available now and include a special limited digipack CD release featuring seven double sided cards of original artwork by Satriani representing each song from the album. In addition, several colored vinyl options will be available as well to pre-order including an orange, pink (D2C only) and purple version.
“The Elephants Of Mars” has received critical acclaim, with Guitarist magazine calling the album “a multi-layered delight from start to finish.” The video for first single, “Sahara”, has been viewed over one million times since its release just a few weeks ago.
Satriani had an admirably productive workingman’s holiday, with pandemic forced time away from the road, that ultimately gave him and his touring band, all recording remotely in separate areas of the world during lockdown, the ability to deliver an album length journey that never dulls. “The Elephants Of Mars” crackles with an exciting new energy, briskly traveling through stylistic roads that feel freshly updated, viewed through new eyes.
The guitarist challenged himself to create a “new standard” for instrumental guitar albums to be measured against, one which would work from “a new platform of his own design,” as he terms it. “I want to show people that an instrumental guitar album can contain far more creative and entertaining elements than I think people are using right now.”
From the gripping, sci-fi madness of “Through A Mother’s Day Darkly” to the isolation felt in a decaying urban landscape, as depicted in first single “Sahara” to the general endorphin levels that peak as the elephants finally roar in the title track, “The Elephants Of Mars” will stampede across your mind, leaving a sonic imprint that doesn’t fade. In 2020 with all time constraints removed, “The Elephants Of Mars” truly represents the album that Satriani himself hoped he could deliver with his band.
“We did everything,” he says. “We tried the craziest ideas. And we entertained every notion we had about turning something backwards, upside down, seeing what could happen.”
With this new album, Satriani joins the eclectic and exciting roster of earMUSIC. General manager Max Vaccaro remarks: “Some years ago, we were lucky to be the label chosen by Joe Satriani for the extremely fortunate CHICKENFOOT project. It was impossible not to notice and admire the dedication, the work ethic, and the monstrous talent in the recording studio and on stage. We knew, though, that he had the same ‘home’ for his solo music for decades and that for him, being signed to a record company meant loyalty and belonging. It is with great joy and sense of responsibility that now, some years later, we welcome Joe for his first solo work with earMUSIC. We thank him for having written and recorded very special music that will make a lot of fans happy, and we like to think this will be the first of many great albums to come.”
“The Elephants Of Mars” track listing:
1. Sahara
2. The Elephants Of Mars
3. Faceless
4. Blue Foot Groovy
5. Tension And Release
6. Sailing The Seas Of Ganymede
7. Doors of Perception
8. E 104th St NYC
9. Pumpin’
10. Dance Of The Spores
11. Night Scene
12. Through A Mother’s Day Darkly
13. 22 Memory Lane
14. Desolation
For over three decades, the guitar virtuoso has traveled the world, playing to sold-out crowds as both a headliner and as founder of the all-star “G3” guitar extravaganza. Satriani‘s studio and live recordings have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide to date and of his many solo albums, two have gone platinum and four others went gold, with 15 Grammy nominations between them. His side project CHICKENFOOT, featuring former VAN HALEN front-man Sammy Hagar, former VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith, saw their debut album certified gold and their second studio album debuted at No. 9.
