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Steve Vai lists California home for $11.8M, ending an era of working from his Harmony ...

Guitar.com 29 Apr 2026
Considering Steve Vai has been ranked among Rolling Stone’s Greatest Guitarists of All Time, it only makes sense that he’d live in one of the greatest homes of all time ... Back in 2001, Vai took to his blog to explain the history of the studio.
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“They’re booby-trapped!” Steve Vai recalls the difficulty he faced learning Robert Fripp’s guitar parts for BEAT

Guitar.com 28 Apr 2026
Just ask Steve Vai ... Steve Vai struggled to play Brian May’s Red Special guitar due to its strange neck ... “I had to make sure I could play this stuff,” Vai explains ... I wanna see Steve Vai go crazy!’ So, that’s what I do,” he told Vintage Guitar.
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Q&A: Steve Vai, a new San Diego County resident, reflects on music, Frank Zappa and more

Hastings Tribune 06 Apr 2026
SAN DIEGO — Steve Vai was just 21 when he made his San Diego concert debut in 1981 at the Fox Theater as the “stunt guitarist” in the band of former Grossmont and Mission Bay high schools student Frank Zappa ... .
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Steve Vai struggled to play Brian May’s Red Special guitar due to its strange neck: ...

Guitar.com 01 Apr 2026
Imagine how cool it would be to walk into a bar and see one of your biggest heroes there, and have them invite you to play their most legendary guitar – this is what happened to a young Steve Vai, when he crossed paths with Queen’s Brian May.
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Cheap SatchVai Band 2026 Tickets: Joe Satriani & Steve Vai Surfing With The Hydra Tour ...

GetNews 09 Mar 2026
""Joe Satriani & Steve Vai unleash guitar mayhem as SatchVai Band on the Surfing With The Hydra 2026 tour—with Animals As Leaders shredding alongside ... Guitar legends Joe Satriani and Steve Vai are reuniting as the for their first North American tour.
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Steve Vai plays on cover of Van Halen’s Jump for 2026 World Cup anthem

Guitar.com 06 Mar 2026
Van Halen’s ’80s classic Jump has been given a fresh spin for the FIFA World Cup 2026, with guitar virtuoso Steve Vai lending his chops to the new cover ... Vai’s presence also adds a neat historical link to the Van Halen camp.
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Joe Satriani and Steve Vai are “Dancing” and letting loose on latest SatchVai single

Guitar.com 03 Mar 2026
While Joe Satriani and Steve Vai’s SatchVai project has been touring for the last couple of years, the pair of guitar legends are still in no rush to release a full album ... “This band thrives on surprise – musically and visually,” Vai says.
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“He saved my bacon!”: How Steve Stevens saved an “inexperienced” Steve Vai from tonal humiliation

Guitar.com 29 Jan 2026
It goes without saying that Steve Vai knows his way around a guitar ... In other news, Steve Vai recently recounted his surreal encounter with Brian May as he celebrated his own custom Red Special guitar.
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