Guitar legends Joe Satriani (CHICKENFOOT), Steve Vai and Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE) recently announced that they will join forces for the European edition of the G3 tour in July/August.

According to an update on STEVE VAI's official website, the previously announced tour schedule has been shuffled slightly and now includes a show in Italy, and venues have been added. It is now as follows:

July
21 - Offenbach Stadthalle - Frankfurt, Germany
22 - 10 Giorni Suonati - Vigevano, Italy
23 - TonHalle – Munich, Germany
24 - Stadtpark - Hamburg, Germany

August
1 - Budapest Sportarena - Budapest, Hungary

G3 is a concert tour organized by Satriani, featuring him alongside two other guitarists.

Since its inception in 1996, G3 has toured most years and has featured many guitarists, including Vai (Satriani's former student), ERIC JOHNSON, KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, JOHN PETRUCCI, ROBERT FRIPP, PAUL GILBERT, ULI JON ROTH, MICHAEL SCHENKER, ADRIAN LEGG AND MANY OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS, INCLUDING TONY MACALPINE, JOHNNY HILAND, STEVE LUKATHER, STEVE MORSE, KEITH MORE, CHRIS DUARTE, ANDY TIMMONS, NEAL SCHON, GARY HOEY, BRIAN MAY, BILLY GIBBONS, JOHNNY A, GEORGE LYNCH, PATRICK RONDAT, HERMAN LI, ALEJANDRO SILVA and ERIC SARDINAS.