Joe Satriani – The Shapeshifting Tour 2023

The American guitarist Joe Satriani will perform on Saturday, April 29, 2023, starting with 9.00 pm, at the Auditorium della Conciliazione, in Rome.

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Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the concert, initially planned for May 16, 2020, and then postponed to May 23, 2021, and to May 23, 2022, was rescheduled to April 29, 2023. If you already bought tickets for this concert, these will be valid for the event on April 29, 2023.

Besides the concert in Rome, Joe Satriani will also appear on stage in Milan, on April 24, 2023, in Naples, on April 26, 2023, in Lecce, on April 28, 2023, in Florence, on April 30, 2023, and in Bologna, on May 2, 2023.

THE ARTIST

Born in 1956, in Long Island, Joseph Satriani began playing the guitar at age 14, influenced by Jimi Hendrix. A few years later, he began taking jazz lessons.

In 1988, Satriani was recruited by Mick Jagger as lead guitarist for his solo tour. The artist briefly toured with Deep Purple, joining shortly after the departure of Ritchie Blackmore in 1993. He was also the guitarist for the supergroup Chickenfoot since 2008, and collaborated over time with Blue Öyster Cult, Stuart Hamm, Alice Cooper and Spinal Tap.

Since his self-titled debut EP in 1984, the artist released seventeen studio albums, three of which received Gold certification in the United States and one went Platinum, five live albums, five compilations, and four extended plays.

Joe Satriani is a 15-time Grammy Award nominee. To date, he sold over 10 million albums worldwide, making him the best-selling instrumental rock guitarist of all time.

THE VENUE

Auditorium della Conciliazione, also known as Auditorio Pio or Auditorium di Santa Cecilia, is a hall for concerts and musical performances located in Via della Conciliazione, not far from Castel Sant’Angelo.

The work of Marcello Piacentini and Giorgio Calza Bini, the Auditorium was inaugurated in 1950 and in 1958 became the headquarters of the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

The closest Metro station is Ottaviano, located about 1 kilometers away, on Line A. The closest bus stop is Piazza Pia/Castel Sant’Angelo, located a few meters away, on the bus Lines 23, 34, 40, 62, 280 and 982.