“An electrifying experience!” Steve Vai is buzzing about a new G3 live album with Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson

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The album features a full set from each guitarist

Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson on the G3 tour
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The new G3 live album featuring Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson will be released on 31 January 2025.

Reunion Live was recorded earlier this year during a sold-out US tour by the three guitar legends who first joined forces in 1996.

The first the first G3 release in 20 years, Reunion Live features a full album-length set from each artist plus an encore jam of Hendrix, Clapton and Steppenwolf covers.

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As Vai says: “A G3 tour is always an electrifying experience, and this particular G3 tour with Eric and Joe was a career highlight for me. To be able to hit the road with old friends and be in that lit-up environment of the stage and communicate on the deepest musical levels with friends is a privilege and honour, especially with such incredible players as Eric and Joe, who delivered magnificently at these shows.”

The deluxe edition of Reunion Live features a different coloured vinyl for each artist, a special splatter LP for the encore jam, and a 64-page photo book, divided into artist and jam chapters, with the full program also on 2 CDs.

It is also available in a 2CD digipack with a 16-page photo booklet and, 4 LP gatefold and digital download.

Paul Elliott
Paul Elliott
Guitars Editor

Paul Elliott has worked for leading music titles since 1985, including Sounds, Kerrang!, MOJO and Q. He is the author of several books including the first biography of Guns N’ Roses and the autobiography of bodyguard-to-the-stars Danny Francis. He has written liner notes for classic album reissues by artists such as Def Leppard, Thin Lizzy and Kiss. He lives in Bath - of which David Coverdale recently said: “How very Roman of you!”