Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have joined forces to form the Satchvai Band and will tour the UK and Europe in 2025.
The two guitar virtuosos are long-time friends and have been touring in the US in 2024 with their two respective bands, but next year, they will play together in the same group for the first time.
The ‘Surfing With The Hydra’ tour will kick off in York’s Barbican on June 13, and they will take in London, Glasgow, Wolverhampton and Manchester before heading to mainland Europe.
We’re not done yet – we want more! 🔥 – Joe
Joe & @SteveVai are thrilled to announce the return of the Satch/Vai duo in 2025, and this time, there’s a twist! Europe, get ready for the #SurfingWithTheHydraTour – an exclusive summer adventure where Joe and Steve will perform… pic.twitter.com/ddVoAbMFH3
— Joe Satriani (@chickenfootjoe) December 9, 2024
Dates will take in 18 cities around the continent, eventually wrapping up on July 18 in France’s Saint Julien. Tickets go on sale at 10am local time on Friday (December 13) and you can find UK tickets here.
The Satchvai Band will play:
JUNE 2025
13 – York, Barbican
14 – London, Eventim Apollo
17 – Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
18 – Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
19 – Manchester, O2 Apollo
22 – Paris, Palais Des Congres
23 – Antwerp, Lotto Arena
24 – Amsterdam, Amsterdam Afas
26 – Copenhagen, Amager Bio
29 – Helsinki, House of Culture
30 – Tampere, Tampere Hall
JULY 2025
2 – Uppsala, Parksnacken
3 – Oslo, Sentrum Scene
5 – Warsaw, Torwar
8 – Munich, Musik Arena
10 – Dusseldorf, Mitsubishi Electric Hall
11 – Frankfurt, Jahrhunderthalle
12 – Zurich, Volkshaus
13 – Milan, Villa Casati Stampa
15 – Pordenone, Parco San Valentino
16 – Perugia, Umbria Jazz
17 – Bologna, Sequoie Music Park
18 – Saint Julien, Monts du Genevois
Satriani and Vai released the six-minute track ‘The Sea Of Emotion, Pt. 1’ in March this year, which sees them trading their trademark classic rock solos back and forth. Listen to the song above.
Satriani’s latest album is 2022’s ‘The Elephants Of Mars’, while Vai released ‘Vai/Gash’ in 2023, a record first recorded in 1991 but never previously released.
Also last year, Vai revealed that he had enough material recorded with Ozzy Osbourne for a full album, although he does not own the rights to be able to release it.
He also appeared in Studio 666 in 2022, a film starring members of Foo Fighters as fictional versions of themselves. “The movie is just off the charts gory and funny”, Vai said of his experience shooting the movie. “It was a glorious blast of demonic shred pleasure and when I saw it in the theatre”.
