As many of you already know, I am a big fan of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai from the very beginning. They now have a new collaboration. For the first time in their almost 50-year musical careers, they have joined forces for the "Surfing With The Hydra" 2025 Tour through Europe.
The band consists of:
- Joe Satriani and Steve Vai on guitar
- Kenny Aronoff on drums
- Marco Mendoza on bass guitar and vocals
- Pete Thorn on guitar
They will play in Amsterdam on June 23, 2025 at the AFAS Live. I have already looked at the tickets but must honestly say that I think they are quite expensive, between 85 and 150 euros).
Here's a video of their announcement about the SATCHVAI Band and their upcoming tour below:
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I think I will go anyway ;)
Have a great evening
Peter
That will be quite a show. I saw Vai years ago and he was good. I saw he just toured with Adrian Belew doing King Crimson stuff.
I was reading about the costs of putting on a tour. It can be tough to make money even when the tickets are expensive. It's an expensive night out when you factor in getting there plus other extras. We looked at Paul McCartney tickets and they were mostly crazy money.
True, the cost for a tour are of course huge. But (I personally think) there is a difference between a Dua lipa of Taylor Swift, with a lot of dancers and show-elements, and a band with only the musicians :) But nevertheless, the entitled to earn a decent pound :)