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World-renowned guitar virtuoso, Joe Satriani, announces the release of his 16th solo album, “What Happens Next”, set for release on January 12th, 2018, on Sony/Legacy Recordings.

In addition, Satriani will revive his G3 Tour entity in 2018 beginning March 16th in Moscow and winding up on April 30th in Birmingham playing shows in many European countries, including the UK. France, Italy, Spain, Poland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland and more.

Satriani has invited Dream Theater's John Petrucci and the former Scorpions guitarist Uli Jon Roth to join.

Having sold out her biggest UK concert at London's prestigious Royal Albert Hall on Friday 4th May 2018, Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Beth Hart and her band will embark on a 14-date UK & Irish tour in April and May 2018.

The tour will start at Dublin's Vicar Street on Tuesday 10th April 2018 culminating in the sold out concert at London's Royal Albert Hall on Friday 4th May.

Tickets for the tour will go on sale on Friday 6th October at 10am, here.

World-renowned guitar virtuoso, Joe Satriani, announces the release of his 16th solo album, “What Happens Next”, set for release on January 12th, 2018, on Sony/Legacy Recordings.

Just a day prior to the album release, Satriani revives his G3 tour entity, inviting Dream Theater’s John Petrucci and Def Leppard lead guitarist, Phil Collen to join him. The G3 tour launches on January 11 in Seattle, WA and continues across the U.S. before winding up on February 25 in Milwaukee, WI. There is a special tour pre-sale promotion giving fans the opportunity to buy concert tickets with the new album as well as VIP packages.

Following her critically acclaimed Fire On The Floor UK tour in November 2016, Grammy nominated singer-songwriter, Beth Hart will perform three exclusive solo concerts in beautiful settings during October and November 2017.

The concerts will take in Leeds Town Hall (Monday 30th October), The Forum, Bath (Wednesday 1st November) and Coventry Cathedral (Friday 3rd November).

Sultry blues, jazzy influences, rocking tunes and touching ballads; Beth Hart does it all!

The Meier-Budjana Band is a group of superlative guitarists and accomplished musicians, corporately dedicated to creating music which exceeds stylistic and cultural bounds. True sonic explorers, in the most progressive jazz and beyond sense with distinctive ethnic bland of Middle-Eastern and South-East Asian flavors, theirs is a music which is both soulful and cerebral. Embracing a multitude of regional musical dialects from across the globe, MBB speaks in a profoundly unique, original voice – a voice bound by neither convention or preconception.
 
The band is co-chaired by Swiss-born and UK-based Nicolas Meier and Indonesian guitar icon of Balinese descent Dewa Budjana.

After several tours and numerous high profile concerts as member of the seminal Jeff Beck Group, playing major arenas around the world, Swiss-born and London-based guitarist extraordinaire Nicolas Meier is coming to the USA this upcoming June for his first ever American solo tour.

Following the release of their new record “Out of Body”, which came out at the start of 2017 via Topshelf Records, Japan's mouse on the keys have announced an 11 date EU/UK tour with Mutiny On The Bounty.

European Tour Dates 2017:
28.04 - Rotondes - Luxembourg (LUX)
29.04 - KulturA - Liège (BEL)
30.04 - Patterns - Brighton (UK)
01.05 - Rich Mix - London (UK)
03.05 - Cairo - Würzburg (GER)
05.05 - Vera - Copenhagen (DK)
06.05 - Molotow - Hamburg (GER)
08.05 - Underdogs Ballroom - Prague (CZ)
09.05 - Kantine am Berghain - Berlin (GER)
11.05 - Grammatikoff - Duisburg (GER)

Legendary French violinist Jean Luc Ponty and his band will be bringing their “Atlantic Years” tour to the US beginning late May 2017! Jean Luc Ponty is a pioneer and undisputed master of the violin in the arena of jazz and rock. He is widely regarded as an innovator who has applied his unique visionary spin that has expanded the vocabulary of modern music.

Says Jean Luc: “We're calling it 'The Atlantic Years' tour since I am touring with my band from the late 70's - 80's with whom I recorded several albums for Atlantic Records”.

Line-up:
Jean Luc Ponty – Violin
Wally Minko – Keyboards