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Joe Satriani and Steve Vai are embarking on not one, but two (!) major tours.First, the duo will team up with fellow shredder Eric Johnson for their ‘G3 Tour’ in January and February reuniting the trio after they first toured together back in 1996.“Reuniting the original ‘G3’ line up is a dream come true for me,” Satriani said. “I can’t wait to take the stage with Eric and Steve again!”Soon after, the ‘Satch/Vai Tour’ will take off sending the pair — who have played together since Satriani was Vai’s teacher when they were teens — on the road for another three months.While touring together on their first ever duo-headliner bill, Satriani and Vai will swoop into New York City’s Beacon Theatre on Saturday, April 6.They’re also scheduled to hit Red Bank, NJ’s Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre on April 8, Collingswood, NJ’s Scottish Rite Auditorium on April 10 and Rochester, NY’s Kodak Center on April 14.“(Joe) is my favorite guitarist to jam with and now we have another opportunity to take it to the stage,” Vai shared on Instagram.

A previously lost 12-string acoustic guitar that belonged to the late John Lennon will go up for sale at an auction in May after it was recently found in the attic of a home in Britain.The auctioneers said Lennon played the guitar, which is expected to exceed its estimate of $600,000 to $800,000, on the Beatles’ 1965 album “Help!”The guitar was lying in an attic and was rediscovered by the current owners during a house move.The founders of US-based Julien’s Auctions said they traveled to Britain to verify the guitar and found the original case – a Maton Australian-made guitar case – in the trash.Martin Nolan, executive director and co-founder of Julien’s Auctions, told Reuters the owners knew they had the instrument at one point, but thought it had been lost.The guitar is believed to have ended up in their hands through British musician Gordon Waller, a member of the 1960s pop duo Peter and Gordon.“Gordon was gifted it from John Lennon, then Gordon gifted it to his road manager, and that’s where the guitar stayed for all these years,” Nolan said.The guitar will be auctioned on May 29 at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York and on the auctioneer’s website.Earlier this year, a stolen Hofner bass guitar belonging to Paul McCartney was found and returned to Lennon’s fellow Beatle after 51 years following a global hunt.Musical instruments belonging to prominent members of the Beatles have fetched a high price at previous auction.In 2015, a guitar stolen from Lennon in the 1960s sold for $2.41 million at an auction in California.

legendary musician recalled that he initially wanted to play guitar for the band instead of bass. However, his hopes were dashed after an incident at a show early in his career.McCartney explained that he was good at playing the guitar while “at home,” and bandmate John Lennon’s aunt, Mimi Smith, used to tell him that he was “much better than John.”“Mind you, when I first met John, he played banjo chords,” McCartney remembered.

Joe Bonamassa just announced he’s hitting the road this summer on his 21-concert ‘Blues Deluxe Tour.’Prior to that run, he’ll tour all over North America in February and March.On the spring run, the gifted guitarist will swoop into Red Bank, NJ’s Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre on Friday, Feb. 23.This summer, he’s slated to return to the Northeast and play back-to-back gigs at Port Chester, NY’s Capitol Theatre on Friday, Aug.

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told the Associated Press that Di Meola, 69, was performing alongside his band when he started grabbing his chest and experienced difficulty leaving the stage. Cristescu told the news outlet two members of Di Meola’s trio continued playing before giving up and calling off the show.

on Twitter, though a cause was not mentioned. “An influential musician, and an integral member of the group, John contributed to some of the band’s most iconic recordings,” the band tweeted.

Ryder Bachman shared on Facebook.“My Dad passed this afternoon. Thank You Everyone for the kind words,” Ryder wrote.

tweet from the band’s account on Friday, writing: “Much loved husband, father, brother, bandmate and friend Mark Sheehan passed away today in hospital after a brief illness. The family and group ask fans to respect their privacy at this tragic time.”He is survived by his wife, Reena Sheehan, and their three children. The Script was founded in Dublin in 2001.

during a Vogue cover shoot.They’ve appeared in the hands of modern folk-rockers like Kurt Vile — who was spotted plucking one on the cover of his excellent 2015 album “B’lieve I’m Goin Down.”Seizing on the resonator’s renaissance, guitar giant Fender has launched a brand new take on the guitar, the PR-180E Resonator, as part of its Paramount Bluegrass collection.News.com.au was lucky enough to try one and we can see what all the fuss was about.The versatile axe can be used for traditional and modern music styles and it has a booming tone that accentuates finger-picking.It can be used as a normal acoustic guitar with an added warmth and volume due to its spider resonating cone, or it can be used as a lap steel slide to hit those sweet country swells.You can pick one up for $595 from the Fender website.It’s clear from the rise of the resonator and the fact that Kate Bush and Metallica are topping the charts show that retro is on the rise in today’s world.The fascination of the vintage era, from classic songs re-entering the charts decades later through TikTok or thrifting as a sport, shows 82 percent of consumers feel a positive emotion when purchasing vintage items.It is with that in mind that Fender has today announced the American Vintage II Series, an electric guitar and bass line celebrating Fender’s iconic models through the decades, equipped with authentic specifications and aesthetics for lovers of vintage-inspired style and sound. During the monumental musical decades of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, Fender forever reshaped the sonic landscape with its innovative electric guitar and bass designs.“The iconic models in the American Vintage II Series are a near 1:1 comparison with their original predecessors.

going up for auction next month. The “Legends & Treasures” auction, held by Guernsey’s auction house in New York City, will be held online starting Sept. 21, according to the auction website. “It’s an auction of iconic objects, things that may have no relation to one another,” Arlan Ettinger, Guernsey’s founder and president, told Reuters.“What they do have in common is that in one way or another, they are pretty remarkable – whether they relate to a famous incident or a famous person.”One of the top items to be auctioned off is the first acoustic guitar owned by B.B.

a US patent to prove it — submitting what just might be the coolest diagram ever to the federal government to explain his device.The famous rocker, who died of throat cancer Tuesday, was granted US Patent. No.