STEVE VAI Talks New Album ’Inviolate’: “My Only Goal Is to Be As Brutally Creative As I Can“

“...There’s no better feeling than when your inner ear tells you to go some place and you get there...” - Steve Vai Steve Vai is gearing up for a very productive year in 2022. The first shows of his “Inviolate World Tour” have already been booked, with over 50 shows booked for North America. This run is the first excursion of many planned, which together are a multi-faceted world tour that will bring the guitarist and composer to most continents across the globe touching down in dozens of countries. The appearances will present an all-new show featuring a lot of new music, with plans for performances to be staged for the next several years. Vai will be joined by his long-tenured ensemble members Dave Weiner (guitar / keys), Philip Bynoe (bass), and Jeremy Colson (drums). As an accompanying piece of the tour, Vai and Favored Nations / Mascot Label Group have announced his new studio album titled “Inviolate“, to be released digitally and on CD January 28, 2022. The LP will follow on March 18. The album contai