Joe Satriani announces G3 tour featuring John Petrucci & Phil Collen

Joe Satriani is commonly known as the most talented American instrumental rock guitarist, and he is back again with his new album ‘What Happens Next’ and huge U.S. tour in 2018.

At the beginning of his career, he was a guitarist-instructor of such well-known musicians as Steve Wey, Kirk Hammet, and many others. Subsequently, he started a solo career. Since 1988, Satriani has played exclusively on a specially developed guitar series for JS produced by Ibanez. Joe started playing guitar at the age of 14 when he knew about the death of his idol Jimi Hendrix. The most popular Joe’s songs are ‘Always with Me, Always with You’ and ‘Summer Song’.

‘What Happens Next’ becomes Joe’s 16th solo album, which is planned to be released on 2 January. As it became known, the album is a creation of three legendary music artists: Joe Satriani on guitar, Glenn Hughes from Deep Purple/Black Country Communion on bass and Chad Smith from Red Hot Chili Peppers on the drums. As a matter of fact, it was their first reunions since working in rock supergroup Chickenfoot.

It is worth reminding that, G3 is commonly a concert project created by Joe Satriani in 1996, in which he performs with other guitarists. During this time, the project was attended by many guitarists, including Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Yngwie Malmsteen, Brian May, Billy Gibbons, Herman Lee, Brendon Small and many others.

The forthcoming G3 concerts with Satriani on stage will also be featuring John Petrucci from the Dream Theater and Phil Collen from the Def Leppard. In a press release, Satriani says: 

“I could say that I’m surprised at the durability of G3 and how much it’s grown, but in a way I’m not,” Satriani said of the tour. “I think part of its charm and its mojo is in the chemistry of having three top guitarists share what they do on stage. It’s fun, it’s unpredictable, it’s wild, it’s everything you could want in a show.”

The Track List of "What Happens Next" album:

1 – Energy                    
2 – Catbot                    
3 - Thunder High On The Mountain        
4 - Cherry Blossoms                
5 – Righteous                    
6 - Smooth Soul                    
7 - Headrush
8 - Looper
9 - What Happens Next
10 - Super Funky Badass
11 - Invisible
12 - Forever And Ever