MetalTalk has been able to take a sneak peek at the set list for Steve Vai's upcoming European tour and it's all good news.
Steve is determined fans have a fantastic show with as much music as he and his band can offer and 25 songs is good going so far.
Steve is clear this tour is an ensemble approach to his music with his band members being featured in solos and acknowledging his mentor Frank Zappa.
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The set-list:
Intro
Racing The World
Velorum
Band intros
Building The Church
Tender Surrender
Gravity Storm
Dave (solo)
Weeping China
John The Revelator
The Moon And I
The Animal
Whispering A Prayer
The Audience Is Listening
Deborah (solo – harp)
Rescue Me
Sisters
Treasure Island
Salamanders
Pusa Read
Drum solo
The Ultra Zone
Frank
Build Me A Song
For The Love Of God
Encore
Tarus Bulba
Steve acknowledges his style is to have an outline for his shows but his advice to his band is to listen to the audience and go with the flow of whatever they are enjoying and responding to most so the set list is not guarantee to stay like this throughout the tour.
Also don't be surprised if Steve dons a welder's mask and expect a musical reference to West Side Story. The feedback from the USA so far is that these gigs are going down a storm so if you are going then all indicators so far are you are in for one hell of a show.
22
Oct
2012
Pakkahuone
Tampere
Finland
23
Oct
2012
The Circus
Helsinki
Finland
10
Nov
2012
Gran Teatro Geox
Padova
Italy
11
Nov
2012
Atlantico
Rome
Italy
12
Nov
2012
Alcatraz
Milano
Italy
16
Nov
2012
013 (Dommelsch Zaal)
Tilburg
Netherlands
24
Nov
2012
KB - Kulturbolaget
Malmö
Sweden
25
Nov
2012
Berns
Stockholm
Sweden
26
Nov
2012
Trädgår'n
Göteborg
Sweden
27
Nov
2012
Rockefeller
Oslo
Norway
01 Dec
2012
Portsmouth Guildhall
02
Dec
2012
Hammersmith Apollo
London
03
Dec
2012
Wolverhampton Civic Hall
05
Dec
2012
Newcastle City Hall
06
Dec
2012
Ipswich Regent Theatre
07
Dec
2012
O2 Apollo Manchester