Joe Satriani Tickets

3rd time in ten years to see Joe. Usually only plays hr. or so. Played 2hrs. 15 mins. with no break this time. Always really good sound. Just a touch too loud, slightly blurring some passages. Sad that the rare someone as great as Joe only draws 3-400 people, while the Stones fill stadiums. It's upside-down. Satriani obviously had big fun, rapport with bandmates strong.

A little bit loud. The bass and the bass drum were a little overpowering.

The show was fantastic, and the meet and greet beforehand was well worth the additional $$$ for a special birthday gift for my son. The venue was great with no bad seats and incredible acoustics. This show was all about the music, and the music was fab-u-lous!

Joe Satriani is the man ! He is a guitar god. The show was absolutely incredible. He played just about every favorite song of mine and rocked it out. Love you Joe and your music . Hopefully my guitar student will carry on in your footsteps of creating some of the world's most beautiful music !!

It was a great show. Joe is a musician that plays music for all ages. My 13 year old son was amazed with Joe's talent and myself at 51, Joe is my favorite to hear and see. The concert included many of his older popular hits and his many of his popular newer songs. It was nice to hear a variety of music, such as a bluesy sound, classical sounds and of course his signature rock sound. The smaller Center Stage venue makes it feel like every seat is the best seat in the house. You can tell that he enjoys what he does and includes the audience in his show. It seems to comes so easy easy for him. He is an amazing talent and look forward to his next visit to Atlanta.

He came out. Got down on it and didn't let off it till the lights came back on.

I have seen and met Joe more than a dozen times. This set was the best. I haven't always been impressed with the choice of songs but this gig just blew me away. Several songs from NOTE, Extremist - all great - especially "Why". Great sound, very nice venue - just right for the demand. Heard everything flawlessly. Joe is on form and playing better than ever.

Joe Satriani is undoubtedly the most incredible guitarist!!!!!!!!!!!! He will mezmerize you with his music until all you can do is smile! I will not ever miss one of Joe's concerts - I enjoyed this one so much that all I could do the next day was tell everyone how amazing he was.

Whoever did the sound for this event should have been fired on the spot. One of the worst mix jobs I've ever heard in the 100+ concerts I've attended in my life. Apparently this mental midget figured OVERLY LOUD + OVERLY MUDDY BASS = PURE AWESOMENESS, Dude! His mix job ruined the entire event, because I couldn't appreciate the subtleties of Satriani's playing. Gave an extra star simply because it was Joe Satriani up there on stage.

Unbelievable concert in a exceptional venue. The Center Stage is a great concert hall. It offer an intimate atmosphere and there isn't a bad seat in the house (assuming you could or would want to sit down, which with Joe Satriani, who would?). Joe was absolutely amazing. He spent a great deal of time before the concert to answer questions, autographs and a photo-op for his greatest fans. Thoughout the evening Joe was flawless. He played a good many songs from his latest release :Black Swans and Wormhole Wizzards, but also mixed in some of the classic hits. I particually liked Littleworth Lane for his latest release, and Always with me, Always with yo from the earlier years. Not only were Joe and the band excellent musicians, they are great entertainers. Along with the open band, the evening contained about 3 hours of great music.

Really nice venue and it was sold out. I had general admission tix...I had great seats...at a big event coliseum my seats were easily $300. Joe Satriani had a great show...2hrs 15mins of his best of the best and guitar blazing songs from his new Black Swans Wormholes and Wizards. God is Crying, Dream World, Premotion, Phryyic Victoria, Light Years Away, and Littleworth Lane were the new ones....awesome. Sound was crystal clear...no distortion. Joe knows how to work the crowd...from Super Colossal he played Crowd Chat...it was awesome. Only 2 songs missing that he didn't play....Crushing Day and Surfing with the Alien....however, Summer Song concluded the encore. Great event! It ROCKED!

I have seen Joe in concert 8 times and this was the first time I heard him sing. He sang Big Bad Moon which was fantastic. I just wish he would play "Ride" and sing with that one also. Ride is my favorite song and he has never played it in concert..... while I was in attendance.

I received my autographed copy of Black Swans & Wormhole Wizards in the mail today, so I listened to it on the long drive to napa. I ran it through twice and felt at least somewhat familiar coming into the show. Joe added two new members to his band. Alan Whitman is the new bassist. He has a cool style that goes good with Joe’s music. He was in a surfer band called The Mermen. Mike Keneally was a guitarist for Frank Zappa but is playing keyboards for Joe on this tour. That guy definitely has chops and added a lot to the music, especially on the new stuff. I think he needed to tone it down a little in a couple places, as his busy style started to compete with Joe. For the most part he anhanced the songs nicely, though. He played on the on the original G3 tour with Steve Vai’s band. Hordes of Locusts was a cool opener – it’s not my favorite song but a song from the first album set the table for a night of surprises. They followed that with Ice 9 – a great tune (one of my favorites from Surfing With The Alien). Next came the title track from Flying in a Blue Dream. I thought I was sensing a pattern and was really hoping to hear The Extremist. That didn’t happen, but they broke into some new material instead, which was fine with me. Light Years Away was a great number and I definitely enjoyed it more after previewing it a couple times on the drive to Napa. Joe had plenty more surprises to come, as he came back with another song from the first album, Memories. I really dig that song (especially since Dreaming #11) and they did a great version tonight. Next they played War, which was a real surprise, but I’m into almost everything from Crystal Planet. I noticed the theater was getting really smoky. It didn’t smell like anything was burning, so I assumed it was a fog show. It was odd, though, as it wasn’t concentrated at the stage but instead clouding up the entire theater. It was like being in a giant smoky bar. It seemed as though the machines were running awry because it was getting thick. I even took a picture with my iPhone because it seemed so odd. Sure enough, the smoke alarms started going off. They finished the song amid the sounds & flashes and Joe was starting to speak after War but several people jumped on the stage and told them to stop. We all had to evacuate the building until the fire marshall inspected the building. It was rather bizarre standing under the marquee in a mob of people as several firemen came through. Joe said “believe it or not, this happens about once every couple years in the life of professional musicians. We were backstage exchanging similar stories from around the world”. I was certainly surprised. This was my 500th concert and it was the first time that has happened while I was around. I guess it’s more common in bars & clubs. Anyways, this was a stellar Satch show that had a 22 song set plus two song encore. The set list was anything but stale and included some of my favorites. He played seven songs from the new album and I loved all of them. In fact, God is Crying and Wormhole Wizards were highlights for me. Wormhole Wizards featured a cool keyboard solo by Mike Keneally. I was also stoked they brought back a couple songs from Satchafunkilus. Revelation and Andalusia would probably be the two I would’ve pick if given the option. Revelation is just such a brilliant song. Joe strutted around during that number and we could tell he enjoyed playing it. He brought out an acoustic guitar for an extended intro of Andalusia. I especially love the way Jeff attacks the drums with a vengeance on that number. Crystal Planet, Mystical Potato Head Grove Thing, The Crush of Love and Big Bad Moon were all great to hear, especially since he doesn’t play them every tour. I hadn’t heard Potato Head since 2006. The biggest song of the night for me, though, was Why?. He had never played that before, even during that tour. It was the one song on that album I had always wanted to see, but thought it was long gone. He kicked-ass on it, too, so it was definitely huge for me. Oh yeah, this was the first live performance for eight songs. They didn’t shorten the set due to the fire drill, so we didn’t get out until after 11:30pm.

Amazing Guitarist, great concert....loved the venue

Awesome show at a great theatre!! This show was a 10 for sure. Joe and his band put on a great show and the sound was incredible! It was my first time at the Uptown Theatre and I would love to go again. Joe is a true Master with the Guitar and always puts on a Great show!

The recent concert event at Uptown Theatre was fantastic. By now others have reported that the fire alarms were set off by too much smoke in the building, which caused the audience to vacate the premises. But so what. I was not bothered at all by the experience. It's a ROCK CONCERT for gosh sakes!!! It's a great story to tell. We were all allowed back in and Joe was an absolute professional and surrounded himself with pure talent on stage. I will see his performance again when he comes back to the states and will likely drag another person or two along with me so they too can become lifelong fans. New CD is 2 thumbs up... keep making magic Joe!

He was great....even with the fire alarm going off and having to stop the show!

Joe, did an outstanding job as always, but even more so this time, giving the circumstances that happened that night. A fire alert had taken place, and everyone had to evacuate from the building. The fire department came, took care of it, and everyone was aloud back in. Joe came back on stage and rocked out the show! Great job Satch! You have an amazing talent! Fan forever, I'd follow your shows anywhere!

I saw Satrini when he toured surfing,I have followed his music ever since. When a father and son both like one band , for us, thats special. Thanks.

The Uptown theatre has the best seats and is a wonderful, plush venue. Truly outstanding. However, I had more fun at the Warfield a couple years ago as Joe was able to set up the AV system, and the fans got rowdy in the mosh pit. Joe's band seemed to feed off the energy and played their butts off. THis concert at the uptown was risky. New venue, new material, etc. Its my 6th time seeing Joe and was a middle of the pac performance. The major difference was that he improvised more than normal, and put exciting new twists on some of his classics. I tried to get the club Joe thing, and flew my brother in for the concert, but there was no club available on the website, nor when I contacted the webmaster. Then, at the venue, I was told there was one, but it was full. Very sad.