Joe Satriani has confirmed that his new album Shapeshifting will be released this April.

Satch’s 18th studio album will be released on April 10 to coincide with his previously revealed Shapeshifting European tour, which will get under way in Mainz, Germany, on April 15.

The guitar virtuoso will be joined onstage by bassist Bryan Beller, drummer Kenny Aronoff and keyboardist Rai Thistlethwayte – and along with new material, they’ll also play tracks from albums including Surfing With The Alien and Flying In A Blue Dream.

Satriani has also released the first track from Shapeshifting. Nineteen Eighty is a song that harks back to the period of his first band, the Squares, and to the sounds of that time.

"I’ve always been a huge fan of Eddie Van Halen,” Satriani says. "In my mind, he just crystallised that era. The late ‘70s and early ‘80s, he kind of saved rock guitar. So that’s what I would have been doing."

Shapeshifting Tracklist

Shapeshifting

Big Distortion

All For Love

Ali Farka, Dick Dale, an Alien and Me

Teardrops

Perfect Dust

Nineteen Eighty

All My Friends Are Here

Spirits, Ghosts and Outlaws

Falling Stars

Waiting

Here The Blue River

Yesterday's Yesterday

Joe Satriani: The Shapeshifting Tour 2020

Apr 15: Mainz Halle 45, Germany

Apr 18: Karlsruhe Tollhaus, Germany

Apr 19: Berlin Huxleys, Germany

Apr 20: Oberhausen Turbinenhalle, Germany

Apr 21: Amsterdam Melkweg, Netherlands

Apr 24: Enschede Muziekcentrum Enschede, Netherlands

Apr 25: Winterbach Salierhalle, Germany

Apr 27: Aarhus Train, Denmark

Apr 28: Odense Posten, Denmark

Apr 29: Copenhagen Amager Bio, Denmark

Apr 30: Stockholm Fryshuset, Sweden

May 02: Oslo Rockefeller, Norway

May 06: Prague Congress Centre, Czech Republic

May 07: Vienna Wiener Stadhalle, Austria

May 08: Budapest Barba Negra Track, Hungary

May 12: Florence Teatro Verdi, Italy

May 14: Napoli Teatro Augusteo, Italy

May 15: Lecce Politeama Greco, Italy

May 16: Rome Auditorium Conciliazione, Italy

May 18: Milan Teatro Dal Verme, Italy

May 19: Nuremberg Löwensaal, Germany

May 20: Heerlen RABOzaal Heerlen, Netherlands

May 22: Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion, UK

May 23: Glasgow O2 Academy, UK

May 24: Gateshead Sage, UK

May 25: Manchester Bridgewater Hall, UK

May 26: London Palladium, UK

May 28: Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

May 30: Gerardmer Motordays Festival, France

May 31: Strasbourg La Laiterie, France

Jun 02: Paris L'Olympia, France

Jun 04: Nantes Cite des Congres, France

Jun 05: Saint-Malo La Nouvelle, France

Jun 06: Clermont-Ferrand La Cooperative de Mai, France

Jun 07: Lyon Le Transbordeur, France