This was the 4th time I have seen Joe live and once again it did not disappoint. The show and song selection made it one of the best concerts I have seen him done and I loved the new material. I have also noticed that Joe is jamming alot more on stage rather than sticking to the confines of the songs structure and this is making for a very interesting inprov session.

The support act Johnny A was fantastic as well. I had heard of him through the Favoured Nations website and it was good to see him live.

I was also a member of the Platinum Club and getting on the stage after the soundcheck to look at the gear was a great experience for me. But defintently the highlight of the show was meeting Joe afterward, he took time to talk to us individually, signed what u wanted signed and posed for photos.. I was at the Steve Vai Evo Experience last year and I am extremely happy to say that both guys are truly nice and genuine guys that have so much time for their fans.

Has anyone recieved their platinum photos yet? I remember john saying it would be between 7-10 days and its now like the 11th day nd no photos. Its just i had alot of trouble getting my confirmation email for the original purchase, so i dont know if iv just missed this email as well. If anyone knows could u please help me out and email me at black_raven7@hotmail.com thanks

Wow!

This was one of the best Satch gigs- and I've seen him every time he's played in Scotland since the Extremist tour!

GRCH is not the best hall for a rock gig- suited Johnny A's bluesy country jazz perfectly- so much so I bought 2 of his CDs!. Enough of that though..

Joe was amazing on the night. Blistering set, some old faves, lots of stuff from Super Colossal (although sadly no Hands in the Air from SBM). Dave is a welcome addition to the band- great player.

I too was one of the 33 platinum attendees, and I'd recommend it to anyone. The whole experience was great fun, and I even got a kick out of recognising Mike Manning and Jose (Jeffs drum tech). Saw Jeff in the foyer but missed the chance to talk to him.

Joe is an absolute gem of a guy. He must have been knackered after the power put into the show, but he still had a warm smile and a handshake for everyone there. Chatted with each of us like he had all the time in the world, and posed for 2 photos each! I can't wait to see mine!

A big thanks to Jon for giving us the tour, and to all the techs and musicians for letting us impose, and of course a MASSIVE thanks to Joe for being the man he is. He is my hero (along with Stevie Ray Vaughan) and is still tops. An absolute star!

PS- has anyone who met Joe received the email link to the photographs? If so, could you email me it? Mine still hasn't come through :(

WOOOAAAAHH!!!! Why wasn't this filmed, it was heeaps better than any live dvd thats out!!

INCREDIBLE!

I was in awe the entire time, you manage to connect with my brain somehow, your music is beautiful. Joe you are incredible. Its so natural and organic, i love it to pieces, you're the best. I gotta meet you one day, just a handshake, you are my heero man.

Thank You

Iain

I thought it was a great gig. I thought the mix of classic Satch with the new album in the set was brilliant.

To be honest I'm such a huge fan that Joe could turn up and plod through a few numbers and I'd probably still be happy, but it looked like the band were having a lot of fun and I really think this was one of the better Satriani gigs I've been to. (I'm up to four or five by now :o)..

Meeting Joe at the end was brilliant. Although it was a slightly strange experience... We were talking in the car on the way through saying things like "This is basically an opportunity to make a complete tit out of yourself in front of one of your heros..." didn't turn out that way.

It's quite wierd when you meet someone who has (along with Ozzy and Vai) provided the soundtrack to most of your life, is a huge hero and a great inspiration, and with hindsight you'd want to have told him all this. What really happens is you say "Wow. Cool. Excellent set, can you sign this? thanks... Gonnae pose for a photo, excellent. right then. Cheerio"... Not that I'm complaining, was brilliant just to be able to say hello.

Anyway... It was a great gig, it was brilliant to meet Joe and say hello, nice surprise to hear "Driving at night" make it's way into the set. Apparently there is a funny story about that, but we didn't have time to hear it. (It was near midnight when we finally got to say hello. The venue was about to shut :o)...

Thought all the weejie's would have made more noise during crowd chant :-)

I came down a good 200 miles (also) from the North East. Was it worth it? Damn right it was worth it!

I loved every minute of it. I was lucky enough to have a VIP laminate and I have to thank John who looked for me when I missed the encore- he was really great- he kept the conversation going too when we were all shattered after the gig. And to Joe for the opportunity in the first place, he was a really nice guy. I thought I'd be okay when I met him, but I'll admit I got a bit nervous and jumbled my sentence!

Anyway- the show! I had heard of Johnny A and took the chance to buy his albums. The band were really tight and they had a real good sound. It was the perfect way to warm the crowd up.

Joe was awesome. I particularly enjoyed The Extremist and Always With Me, Always with You. Crowd Chant was so much fun, everybody was clapping, stamping their feet and singing along- it sounded just as it does on the CD! The only thing I'd say is that I'd have liked to hear some stuff from the midway-to-modern era- stuff from Crystal Planet and Strange Beautiful Music because it was mostly from Surfing With The Alien- but fair enough, that is the choice of the majority. He was on top form though, the band were as lively as ever.

The Meaning Of Love was great, and my cousin said that he didn't think Redshift Riders would sound right live- boy did Joe prove him wrong! IT SOUNDED BETTER!

It was an unforgettable experience and I will certainly go to see him on his next UK tour! God I hope it's soon.

Stuart Gibson

What a BRILLIANT, FABULOUS, INCREDIBLE, AMAZING, OUT OF THIS WORLD gig!! A perfect blend of the old, new and unusual!!

Jonny A was great - not to all the audiences taste judging by some of the comments I heard afterwards but a true master of his instrument and genuinely nice guy - had a chat with my wife in the lobby during the interval and signed a couple of bits...

Joe's set was mind blowing!! It's the first Satch gig that my wife'd been to and she spend most in the evening with a massive smile on her face! Galen, Dave and Jeff were magic... nice to see Galen given a microphone for Crowd Chant... punching the air with the best of 'em!!

The sound in city hall is immense. I travelled over 200 miles for this gig knowing that the sound would be better than in any of the other UK venues and it didn't dissappoint!! The only complaint I had was of the staff failing to stop all of the guys from the back trooping down the isles toward the front. We were in row M which is an extra leg room isle and I spent the whole of the first couple of songs asking people to move so my wife could see - not a problem for me coz I stand head and shoulders over most (sorry to the guys stood beind me!) but Sam's a short-ass!!

Great array of guitars used Joe... nice to see the 'new' shiny chromeboy and the great super collossal guitar. The tone for Super Collossal was awesome - Digitech Whammy and all and the brightness of the JSX head shined through!! Just Like Lightnin' sounded terrific!! Surfing blew me away... I never get tired of watching you perform that song live!!

I just wish I'd got in early enough for the platinum tickets!! I was kicking myself all night when I saw you lucky so-and-so's with the VIP laminates hanging around your necks!!

Thanks again for the best show I've ever seen!!

Rock On!!