Steve Vai’s Inviolate Tour Postponed

Steve Vai’s Inviolate Tour at Celebrity Theatre
Postponed to October 2nd

PHOENIX, AZ – Originally scheduled for January 30th, Steve Vai’s concert at Celebrity Theatre has been moved to 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 2nd. Previously purchased tickets will be honored for the new date. For ticket information, please visit celebritytheatre.com.

Steve Vai has postponed his planned tour of North America until the Fall. The first U.S. leg of dates will now begin on Wednesday, September 28 in El Cajon, CA and wrap the first week of December. The itinerary will now feature performances in 52 markets as opposed to the initial plan of staging 54 shows. All ticket and VIP purchases will be honored for the rescheduled date. Vai’s performance in Atlanta, GA will now take place at the Variety Playhouse instead of The Eastern and due to scheduling conflicts, the Milwaukee, WI and Billings, MT shows will no longer be a part of the tour.

Approximately one year ago, Vai underwent shoulder surgery to repair an injury. That procedure was successful, enabling him to record the upcoming studio album release ofInviolate (Favored Nations / Mascot Label Group). In preparing for the tour, it became clear that a new injury emerged that requires another surgery prohibiting the tour to be staged as announced.

Vai shares, “I’m gutted that we have to move this tour, but I also know it’s in the best interests for us and the fans that we do.”

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets ($40, $60, $80) are on sale now at celebritytheatre.com. All tickets are subject to sales tax, ticketing and service fees. All ages welcome. Celebrity Theatre is located at 440 N. 32nd St., in Phoenix.

The following appearances are confirmed:
9/28 El Cajon, CA The Magnolia
9/30 Riverside, CA Fox Performing Arts Center
10/01 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
10/02 Phoenix, AZ Celebrity Theatre
10/04 Salt Lake City, UT The Rockwell at The Complex
10/05 Boulder, CO Boulder Theater
10/07 Oklahoma City, OK Tower Theatre
10/08 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
10/09 San Antonio, TX The Aztec Theatre
10/11 Austin, TX Paramount Theatre
10/12 Houston, TX House Of Blues
10/14 Birmingham, AL Lyric Theatre
10/15 Macon, GA Hargray Capitol Theatre
10/16 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
10/18 Clearwater, FL Bilheimer Capitol Theatre
10/19 Ft. Lauderdale, FL The Parker
10/20 Orlando, FL The Plaza Live
10/21 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
10/22 Charleston, SC Charleston Music Hall
10/23 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore Charlotte
10/25 Alexandria, VA  The Birchmere
10/26 Harrisburg, PA TBD
10/27 Port Chester, NY The Capitol Theatre
10/28 Glenside, PA  Keswick Theatre
10/29 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theatre
10/30 Huntington, NY The Paramount
11/01 New Haven, CT College Street Music Hall
11/02 Providence, RI The Strand
11/03 Boston, MA The Wilbur
11/04 Rochester, NY Kodak Center
11/05 Albany, NY The Egg
11/07 Greensburg, PA Palace Theatre
11/08 Warren, OH Packard Music Hall
11/10 Detroit, MI Masonic Cathedral Theatre
11/11 Morgantown, WV Metropolitan Theatre
11/12 Nashville, TN CMA Theatre
11/13 Louisville, KY Old Forester’s Paristown Hall
11/14 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
11/16 Chicago, IL Copernicus Center
11/18 St. Paul, MN Fitzgerald Theatre
11/19 Lincoln, NE Bourbon Theatre
11/20 Kansas City, MO The Uptown Theater
11/21 Sioux Falls, SD The District
11/22 Des Moines, IA Hoyt Sherman Place
11/23 Fargo, ND Fargo Theatre
11/25 Bozeman, MT The ELM
11/26 Missoula, MT The Wilma
11/27 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre
11/28 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
11/30 Turlock, CA Turlock Community Theatre
12/02 Napa, CA Uptown Theatre Napa
12/03 Los Angeles, CA Theatre at Ace Hotel

About Steve Vai: 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, Vai 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. Vai is the author of Vaideology: Basic Music Theory for Guitar Players (Hal Leonard), his inaugural music theory book designed to help both beginners and veteran guitar players. For a complete discography and more visit www.vai.com.

About Danny Zelisko Presents: Danny Zelisko has been bringing shows to the Southwest since 1974. He founded the legendary Evening Star Productions in 1976, helping make the Southwest a viable stop on most contemporary tours, producing thousands of shows over the years. Danny proudly partnered Grateful Dead shows with Bill Graham Presents in Phoenix and Las Vegas in the ’80s and ’90s.

About Celebrity Theatre: Celebrity Theatre is one of Phoenix’s most intriguing historic landmarks. The venue opened in 1964 with the musical “South Pacific” starring Betsy Palmer. In the years since, it has hosted such stars as George Carlin, Joe Cocker, Carol Channing, Billy Joel, Def Leppard, Smashing Pumpkins, Louis CK, Chris Rock, David Bowie, B.B. King, Nat King Cole, Roger Daltrey, Don Rickles and Fleetwood Mac among many other legendary performers. For more than 50 years, the facility has provided patrons with the ultimate in entertainment viewing featuring an extremely rare revolving stage and no seat is more than 70 feet away from the stage!