Guitar virtuoso Steve Vai is preparing to release his new album, The Story of Light, on August 14 and will hit the road on a big summer/fall tour in support of it.The tour will stop at the Carolina Theatre in Durham on Saturday, August 25. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 15, via the box office and Ticketmaster. Special VIP tickets will also be available via Vai's website.
Check out the over-the-top guitar antics of "Gravity Storm" from The Story of Light below.
Steve Vai tour dates
08.15.12 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
08.16.12 - St. Petersburg, FL - Palladium Theatre
08.17.12 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues
08.18.12 - Jacksonville, FL - Florida Theatre
08.20.12 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore
08.21.12 - Nashville, TN - Marathon Musicworks
08.22.12 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
08.23.12 - Atlanta, GA - Centerstage
08.24.12 - North Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
08.25.12 - Durham, NC - Carolina Theatre
08.26.12 - Richmond, VA - The National
08.28.12 - Washington, DC - The Howard Theatre
08.29.12 - Stroudsberg, PA - Sherman Theatre
08.30.12 - Glenside, PA - Keswick Theatre
08.31.12 - Westbury, NY - Theatre at Westbury
09.02.12 - Lancaster, PA - Chameleon Club
09.04.12 - Ridgefield, CT - The Ridgefield Playhouse
09.05.12 - Wilmington, DE - The Grand Opera House
09.06.12 - Greensburg, PA - Palace Theatre [Tickets]
09.07.12 - New Brunswick, NJ - State Theatre
09.08.12 - Morristown, NJ - Mayo Performing Arts Center
09.09.12 - Albany, NY - The Egg
09.11.12 - New York, NY - Best Buy Theater
09.13.12 - Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre
09.14.12 - Northampton, MA - Calvin Theatre
09.15.12 - Concord, NH - Capitol Center
09.16.12 - Lebanon, NH - Lebanon Opera House
09.17.12 - Quebec, QC - Capitole Du Quebec
09.18.12 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis
09.20.12 - Toronto, ON - Sony Centre
09.21.12 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Hall
09.22.12 - Buffalo, NY - University of Buffalo Center for the Arts
09.24.12 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
09.26.12 - Minneapolis, MN - The Brick
09.27.12 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater
09.28.12 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
09.29.12 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
09.30.12 - Salina, KS - The Stiefel Theatre
10.01.12 - Denver, CO - The Ogden Theatre
10.03.12 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
10.04.12 - Seattle, WA - The Moore Theatre
10.05.12 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
10.06.12 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
10.07.12 - Napa, CA - Uptown Theatre
10.09.12 - San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom
10.10.12 - Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades
10.11.12 - Anaheim, CA - City National Grove of Anaheim
10.12.12 - Los Angeles, CA - Club Nokia
10.13.12 - Agoura Hills, CA - Canyon Club
2 comments:
DEFINTELY going to see this one! Bought the ticket months ago!
Steve Vai @ the Orange Peel
I must say it is disappointing to have driven 2.5 hrs. and spent 30$ + apiece for ticket’s and get a room downtown only to hear a less than perfect sound system and expecting to be impressed by a (master guitarist ) perhaps I expected too much.
The sound was not good, the guitar, and harp were buried under the percussion I wasn’t sure if the sound board was even utilized it appeared to be a cheap Yamaha used more for DJs, n hip hop crap and was set to mid-levels and left there . The result was pure muddiness only during solos was the guitar and harp audible and weren’t soaring and clear as they well should have been.
All this was confirmed by my wife’s attending her 1st concert and even to her untrained ear it was painfully obvious the sound was lacking.
Although early in the tour the band already seems road weary probably best bet is to see them at a larger venue perhaps then it will be as this show should have been.
Beverley McCellan has a very powerful voice and with tempering could be very nice but as I say the sound system let the people down.
The Asheville crowd seemed sedated or unfamiliar with Vai’s work or perhaps they too were uninspired by the performance.
The term coming in and taking a dump and leaving comes to mind
Also Steve’s website Steve Vai.com has disabled concert reviews ;go wonder.
In short save your $$ and go to larger venues to see them if you wish.
Posted by: The Asshole at the side making all the noise.
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