Entourage Talent is excited to announce that Joe Satriani will perform as direct support for Metallica on July 16th at the Plains of Abraham Stage for the Quebec City Summer Festival in front of an expected crowd of over 100,000 people. The Festival will take place from from July 7th – 17th and other already announced artists include Elton John and the Black Keys. The full festival lineup will be announced on April 27th. For more info on Joe Satriani visit http://www.satriani.com.

Joe Satriani fans are gearing up for his 14th studio record, Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards (Epic), currently set for an October 5th release. Produced by Mike Fraser (Metallica, AC/DC), Satriani is also joined on the album by bandmate Jeff Campitelli and two Satch newcomers, keyboardist Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa, Steve Vai) and bassist Allen Whitman (Mermen). Early reviews of the album speculate that its first single, "Light Years Away", is destined to be a hit, with several other high energy offerings like "Wormhole Wizards" and "Premonition" to particularly strike a chord with fans. Satriani will kick off a North America tour in support of the new album on December 1st in Atlanta, GA with additional dates to follow.

As a special bonus, U.S. residents can pre-order the upcoming album Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards exclusively through Joe Satriani's website, and receive an autographed copy of the CD, a download of the new single "Light Years Away", and a special code allowing access to tickets for Joe Satriani's North American tour dates before they go on sale to the public (not all North American tour dates apply to this promotion). The ticket pre-sale is powered by www.ticketmaster.com. You can visit www.sonymusicdigital.com/joe-satriani for more details on how to pre-order.

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Guitar legend Joe Satriani revisited his 2002 performance of the National Anthem in Oakland, CA, while filming Sony Pictures' upcoming Moneyball at the Oakland Coliseum last week. The director of the new Brad Pitt film, Bennett Miller, has deemed Satriani's original performance of the anthem on the MLB's Opening Day that year essential to the pursuit of an "authentic recreation" of the moment. The film, based on the 2003 novel Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael M. Lewis, chronicles "the story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club ... using a modernized, analytical approach ... despite Oakland's disadvantaged revenue situation." A release date for the film has yet to be announced, but for more news on Satriani, please visit: www.satriani.com

Dates will soon be announced for the upcoming Joe Satriani North American tour, currently planned for December 2010/January 2011. This to follow the recently announced and placed on-sale UK/European tour.

Joe Satriani will kick off his long anticipated UK & Europe Tour on October 16th at Vicar St. in Dublin, Ireland.  The UK tour will include engagements in Manchester, London, Birmingham and more.  This is followed by the European Tour which will kick off in France with dates in Paris, Roubaix and more.  Additional touring plans include the Netherlands, Italy and Spain, with even more in the works.  Stay tuned to www.satriani.com to see the most updated tour schedule and please contact us for booking inquiries.

Hot off the heels of the successful Chickenfoot project with Sammy Hagar, 15-time Grammy nominee Joe Satriani is heading back into the studio this July to record a new solo album. The yet to be titled album follows 2008's successful release, Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock.  Satriani will also tour selective markets in the U.S. and Europe in Winter 2010.  Please contact us for more information about pricing and availability.

On Feb 8, 2010, the one and only Joe Satriani sat in with the legendary Roots on the “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” Don’t miss Joe on the road as part of the Experience Hendrix tour. For tour dates visit http://www.satriani.com/road/

In a historic tribute from one rock icon to another, Joe Satriani (along with Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Doyle Bramhall II, Susan Tedeschi, and many more) will be participating in the 4th edition of the biennial "Experience Hendrix" tour. The guitar-heavy show, an homage to both the music from and inspired by the late great Jimi Hendrix, will take place in 18 U.S. cities during March, 2010. Of the all-star tribute, Satriani has said, "I finally get to pay tribute to my hero the right way, on stage with an amazing, once in a lifetime, line up of musicians!" For more information on the tour and a list of dates, please visit: www.satriani.com or www.experiencehendrixtour.com

Interviewer: If you could spend 30 minutes being someone else just for the pure joy of it, whom would you pick? And don’t say John Malkovich.

Chuck Klosterman: [Laughs] Well, I can’t play any musical instrument, so it would be great to play guitar for a half hour. And I suppose if I was going to play guitar for a half hour I’d want to get the most notes maximum. So I’d probably want to be Joe Satriani. I don’t spend a lot of time listening to Joe Satriani’s music, but it would be really cool to be able to shred like that.

Joe Satriani will tour North America this fall in support of his latest release, "Professor Satchafunkilus and The Musterion of Rock," with special guest Mountain featuring Leslie West and Corky Laing! Go to www.satriani.com for more details.