hello all,

mr. satriani and friends were in istanbul on may 18th saturday. they made us live one of our best nights, if not best. personally, being a big led zeppelin lover, this was my 2nd best experience after jimmy page/robert plant gig in istanbul in 1998. technically, as both performance an sound quality, i have never saw/heard anything like this. mr. satriani was otherwordly unbelievable. Marco Minnemann (drums), Bryan Beller (bass) and Mike Keneally (keys) are top guns. the band was locked tight and worked like a fine swiss clock. they never missed a beat. i travelled 600 km from izmir to istanbul to see them and i believe i've done one of the smartest things in my life. i recommend this tour to everyone. do not miss it if possible.

my heartfelt thanks to mr satriani, mr. minnemann, mr. beller and the last but not the least, to great mr. keneally. sound crew; i love you all. sometimes i thought i was listening a cd.

regards.

oner ozaylak izmir

That's nice Oner, glad you had a great time and thanks for coming back here to tell Joe and everyone. I have watched the concert video on youtube and it looked like a fab show.

Thanks for coming to Melbourne Joe xxx

I finally got a chance to sit and read a Joe interview from Rock Square. It's the first one I've read in a while, and alls i gotta say is - I f'n love that guy! lol!

I still wanna be like Joe when I grow up.

Listening to UM on Spotify right now. It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!

Ice Nine from Bucharest

Nice duet with Joe and Mike, good sound and picture quality.

Shine On

Surfin'

Always

Three Sheets from Istanbul for good measure

Aren't those tha bomb Skippy?!

Yep the quality is excellent - thanks for posting on FB too.

Hi Mr. Satriani,

I'm from Belgrade, Serbia, and I enjoy your music since my childhood's days. Your songs brought me through the ups and downs as real "Chords of my Life" - from "Crushes of Love" to "Jupiter on my Mind" days. The most of my exams on University I prepared listening to your music and each my love I spiced with your songs. I was on many concerts, but your concert from summer 2006 in Belgrade's "Sava Centar" is certainly the favorite one to me (yeah, I was that one guy that you pointed your finger on and smile, when I just went crazy on your "Surfing with the Alien" performance :))).

However, there's one of your songs that I would so love to hear "live" and maybe I'm asking too much, but is it possible for you to play "The Forgotten" on your concert here in Belgrade on May 24? :) That song means so much to me and I would be so happy if I could here it on your concert... but, that's just my wish. :)

anyway...

Thank you for the great music you create - it really makes this world the better and happier place to be!

Just booked my tickets to the 02 Shepherds Bush show in the UK on 17 June. Flying all the way from Cyprus.

Love seeing the tour vids. The new music sounds wonderful. As somebody said, even the older songs sound somewhat new. It was nice to hear SWTA again too.

I have a feeling that, as the tour progresses, we will gradually see the length of each song increase, and, therefore, the number of songs on the setlist decrease. Hopefully I am wrong, but that is what happened last tour.

Hey all! New to the forums! I've listened to Joe's music with my dad since I was little, but I have never really listened until now. I can't believe what I had been missing!

Anyways, my dad is a HUGE fan and we were blessed to have Mr. Joe Satriani come down to Texas about an hr from where we live. Not only did we buy tickets but my husband got my dad a Meet & Greet pass for Sept. 5! This is my dad's idol and as you can imagine my dad has been walking on clouds ever since he found out! :)

Just wanted to share our story with you guys! & hear your stories about past meet and greets. My dad's never done one before so we'd like as much info you guys can spare!

Alyssa, welcome to T2J and the party :) Joe is the most awesome person ever, your dad is gonna be higher than cloud 9 after meeting him in person. Make sure he takes something portable but meaningful with him for Joe to sign...it's going to be an experience he'll never ever forget! Joe will sign just about anything, LOL!

I'm sort of assuming he'll get to go to the meet and greet before the show? He should try to think of a burning question he wants to ask Joe, in case he gets a chance to actually ask it. And be sure he takes a camera for pics, I think they may still take one official picture and will email that to him later...that's what they used to do, not sure if they still do or not. But meanwhile with his own camera he can take a pic with Joe, the person in charge of the meet and greets will take the picture for him. It used to be Lindsey...we'll have to wait and see if she goes out on tour with them again.

I think they also get to wander around the stage set up a bit too, in case he's a gear-hound :D And those folks get to go into the venue early, which is really good if it's General Admission. He'll be right at the stage in that case. If seated, he'll just get to his seat sooner than those that didn't do Platinums or VIP tix. He should get an email a few days before the show with instructions about where to meet and what time, since he needs to be there early to meet with Joe.

I tell ya...there's just nothing like talking to Joe. He's the best!! And has a great sense of humor. I hope your dad isn't so nervous he can't remember what happens, LOL!! Good luck to him, and to you and your hubby, seeing him play live will blow you away! Be sure and come back here and post about the experience!

G'day Joe & friends , been in hospital for a few days I had a bad reaction to the flue needle I had last week Hopefully home soon

I bought my VAI ticket today via the livenation pre-sale >=:) I hope others on here have theirs \m/