To commemorate the 25th anniversary of his landmark album, “Passion and Warfare,” Steve Vai is going on a North America tour celebrating his renowned album, and will be playing in Scottsdale.
Vai’s tour will play on December 12th with a performance at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.
For the first time Vai will be performing the entire “Passion and Warfare” record from top to bottom, with some very special surprises in store.
“The enjoyment that the band is having and the audience response to the shows we are playing in Europe has taken us a bit by surprise,” Vai said. “The collective support for the PAW 25th, Modern Primitive and this show is humbling. There is deep appreciation from us in having the opportunity to honor this record with this tour and we are smiling every moment of it.”
The tour will feature three unique premium “Passion and Warfare” VIP packages: the Front Row EVO Experience, the Meet & Greet EVO Experience, and the EVO Tour Package. With the Front Row and Meet & Greet EVO Experiences, fans will have an opportunity to sit with Steve in a Q&A session, attend sound check and receive exclusive merchandise.
A limited number of EVO Experience and EVO Tour Packages will be available for each show.
Sony Music Entertainment and Legacy Recordings recently released Vai’s “Modern Primitive” and “Passion and Warfare” 25th Anniversary Edition.
“Modern Primitive” includes previously unreleased material that was either recorded or written after Vai’s first solo record Flex-Able and prior to the writing and recording of the music on “Passion and Warfare.”
Fans will enjoy four bonus tracks on the 25th Anniversary version of Passion and Warfare, which was newly remastered from the original analog tapes.
“The music on Modern Primitive was written and recorded with virtually no expectations for its future,” Vai said. “As a result, there was an opening up to a powerful and personal creativity that allowed me to find the most stimulating music I could conjure.”
Corresponding with the album release and tour, TrueFire presents Steve Vai’s Alien Guitar Secrets: “Passion & Warfare” interactive video masterclass. During this insightful masterclass, Vai shares methods to help guitarists unlock their own personal musical identities throughout as well as revealing overviews with select playing examples for each of the songs on his acclaimed “Passion and Warfare” album.
