Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Etc. Announce Second ‘Generation Axe Tour’

Band Photo: Ozzy Osbourne (?)

Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society) Yngwie Malmsteen, Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme,) and Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders) team up for a second run of their ‘Generation Axe Tour‘. Bassist Pete Griffin (Giraffe Tongue Orchestra, Dweezil Zappa, etc.), keyboardist Nick Marionovich (Yngwie Malmsteen) and drummer JP Bouvet will join them on the tour as the backing band.

Comments Steve Vai:

“‘The Generation Axe‘ experience goes way beyond simply gathering five guitar greats on one stage to jam. The idea was to create a seamless show with one backing band and 5 completely accomplished and astonishing guitarists that take to the stage in various configurations, performing some of their solo music and merging together as cohesive co-creators of lushly orchestrated guitar extravaganzas. Guitar Jams like this can get really messy when there is no organization and my idea was to create parts for everybody to play in harmony and off each other so it’s not a mess of noise. This worked out remarkably well. There are places where everyone is playing together in wild harmony.”

Below's where that trek will stop:

11/07 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater

11/08 Anaheim, CA – City National Grove

11/09 Las Vegas, NV – The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

11/10 Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre (no Nuno Bettencourt)

11/11 Albuquerque, NM – El Rey Theater

11/13 Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre – Denver

11/15 Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theatre

11/16 Salina, KS – The Stiefel Theatre

11/17 Tulsa, OK – Brady Theater

11/18 Des Moines, IA – Hoyt Sherman Theatre

11/19 Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre

11/20 Grand Rapids, MI – 20 Monroe Live

11/21 Detroit, MI – Fillmore Detroit

11/23 Medford, MA – The Chevalier Theater

11/24 Niagara Falls, NY – The Rapids Theatre

11/25 Kitchener, ON – Centre in the Square

11/27 Bethlehem, PA – Sands Bethlehem Event Center

11/28 Port Chester, NY – Capitol Theatre

11/29 Albany, NY – The Palace Theatre

11/30 Atlantic City, NJ – Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City – The Theater

12/01 Rochester, NY – Kodak Center

12/03 Greensburg, PA – The Palace Theatre

12/04 Westbury, NY – NYCB Theatre at Westbury

12/05 Richmond, VA – The National

12/08 Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle

12/09 Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live

12/10 Davie, FL – Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

12/11 Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall

12/13 Austin, TX – The Moody Theater

12/14 Dallas, TX – The Bomb Factory

12/16 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex – Rockwell

12/18 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern