Joe Satriani announces worldwide Shapeshifting Tour 2020

Tour set to launch on April 15, 2020 and run throughout the year

World-renowned guitar virtuoso, Joe Satriani, announces his first tour dates for 2020. The Shapeshifting Tour will open on April 15th in Mainz, Germany hitting various cities in Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Czech, Austria, Hungary, Italy, the UK and France before winding up in mid-June. Current itinerary is below with more dates TBA shortly and U.S. tour dates to come in Fall 2020.

The live show will feature tracks from Satriani’s new studio album, set to be released by Sony/Legacy in April 2020, in addition, he will perform many of his classic fan-favorites including “Surfing With The Alien,” “Cherry Blossoms,” “Always with Me, Always with You” and ”Flying In A Blue Dream.”

The 2020 touring band features celebrated drummer Kenny Aronoff (John Fogerty) bassist Bryan Beller (Aristocrats) and keyboardist Rai Thistlethwayte (Thirsty Merc) joining Joe Satriani on guitar.

For two 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 ten 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 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.

Since its debut in 1996, Satriani’s G3 tour has featured the world’s greatest guitarists (everyone from Steve Vai and Eric Johnson to Steve Lukather and Robert Fripp and John Petrucci and Uli Jon Roth) and has become a consistent concert hall sell-out attraction in the U.S., South America, Europe, Australia and Japan. “I think part of its charm and its mojo is in the chemistry of having three top guitarists share what they do on stage,” says Satriani. “It’s fun, it’s unpredictable, it’s wild – it’s everything you could want in a show.”

Since the 2017 release of his What Happens Next album, Satriani, toured his G3 Guitar Extravaganza worldwide to critical acclaim, and then embarked on the Experience Hendrix US tour. He recently released Squares, a collection of previously unreleased material by his first, pre-fame band, Squares and will reissue his classic 1987 album, Surfing With The Alien, with new artwork and a bonus disc, Stripped – the Backing Tracks, featuring the songs with all guitar solos removed.

Joe Satriani 2020 Tour Dates:

Wednesday, 4/15/20 Mainz, Germany Halle 45
Saturday, 4/18/20 Karlsruhe, Germany Tollhaus
Sunday, 4/19/20 Berlin, Germany Huxleys
Monday, 4/20/20 Oberhausen, Germany Turbinenhalle
Tuesday, 4/21/20 Amsterdam, Netherlands Melkweg the max
Friday, 4/24/20 Enschede, Netherlands Muziekcentrum Enschede
Saturday, 4/25/20 Winterbach, Germany Salierhalle
Monday, 4/27/20 Aarhus, Denmark Train
Tuesday, 4/28/20 Odense, Denmark Posten
Wednesday, 4/29/20 Copenhagen, Denmark Amager Bio
Thursday, 4/30/20 Stockholm, Sweden Fryshuset
Saturday, 5/2/20 Oslo, Norway Rockefeller
Wednesday, 5/6/20 Prague, Czech Prague Congress Centre
Thursday, 5/7/20 Vienna, Austria Wiener Stadhalle
Friday, 5/8/20 Budapest, Hungary Barba Negra Track
Tuesday, 5/12/20 Firenze, Italy Teatro Verdi
Thursday, 5/14/20 Napoli, Italy Teatro Augusteo
Friday, 5/15/20 Lecce, Italy Politeama Greco
Saturday, 5/16/20 Roma, Italy Auditorium Conciliazione
Monday, 5/18/20 Milano, Italy Teatro Dal Verme
Tuesday, 5/19/20 Nuremberg, Germany Löwensaal
Wednesday, 5/20/20 Heerlen, Netherlands RABOzaal Heerlen
Friday, 5/22/20 Bexhill, UK Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion
Saturday, 5/23/20 Glasgow, UK O2 Academy Glasgow
Sunday, 5/24/20 Gateshead, UK Sage
Monday, 5/25/20 Manchester, UK Bridgewater Hall
Tuesday, 5/26/20 London, UK Palladium
Thursday, 5/28/20 Birmingham, UK Birmingham Symphony Hall
Saturday, 5/30/20 Gerardmer, France Gerardmer Motordays Festival
Sunday, 5/31/20 Strasbourg, France La Laiterie
Tuesday, 6/2/20 Paris, France L’Olympia
Thursday, 6/4/20 Nantes, France Cite des Congres
Friday, 6/5/20 Saint-Malo, France La Nouvelle
Saturday, 6/6/20 Clermont-Ferrand, France La Cooperative de Mai
Sunday, 6/7/20 Lyon, France Le Transbordeur

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