Steve Vai playing first-ever Saint John show this summer

Internationally known guitar virtuoso Steve Vai will perform at Saint John’s Imperial Theatre on August 3.

For the first time in his over 40 years in the industry, guitar virtuoso Steve Vai will head to the east coast in support of his latest studio album, Inviolate. Vai will perform at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax on Wednesday, Aug. 2 and at the Imperial Theatre in New Brunswick on Thursday, Aug. 3.

Steve Vai is a virtuoso guitarist, composer and producer, considered by many as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. In over 40 years in the industry, he has sold over 15 million records, received three Grammy Awards, and recorded with music legends like Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake and many more. Vai has also toured extensively and recorded live projects with G3 (collaborating with different touring lineups including Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Eric Johnson, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Steve Lukather) and Generation Axe, a supergroup Vai formed with Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Nuno Bettencourt and Tosin Abasi.