Joe Satriani coming to India!

http://www.satriani.com/2002/road/
Can't miss this one!

Update: Concert postponed indefinitely due to SARS Virus scare :(

Tidbits:

• Joe has toured with the Rolling Stones and Deep Purple.
• Has given guitar lessons to Metallica's Kirk Hammett.

There are very few times that I can look back at a concert and be overly happy that I spent good money on it. The Stones show last night at Palace grounds was one such show - totally awesome. Looks like DNA networks pulled off the impossible by doing nothing wrong.

The good stuff:

• The amazingly huge and picture perfect plasma screen, could'nt take my eyes off it. The stones just raised the standards of "eastern economy edition" shows!
• The "long earring" speakers which made sure that you listened to the music rather that just hear it.
• The ultra cool "guitar cam" which gives you a first person view of Ronnie fingering his guitar.
• The strobe lights shining through the arena in the rain, this is gonna look amazing on video. Much better then the usual smoke gun trick.
• No irritating opening act!
• No over crowding, showing or pushing. Enough room for every one to jiggle.
• The RAIN!

As for the Stones, they played really well. Mick, Keith, Ron and Charlie can sure rock. It does not really worry me that they are not as popular as the Beatles, they just made over 20,000 fans last evening who had the best time watching the #1 rock act in the world. But I think age is catching up with them 'coz they forgot to play "love is strong" and "paint it black" :)

Venue: Palace Grounds, Bangalore
Date: 4th April 2003

Tidbits:

• The "long earring" (Electro-Voice Xlc Compact, Full-Bandwidth Line Array loudspeaker system) speakers which were used for the show are made by Electro Voice. These speakers are also being used on the road by The Foo Fighters, Rod Stewart and ZZ Top. And according to (unconfirmed) reports, there are two Indian sound and lighting units (one in Bangalore and one in Bombay) which also have the EV compact line.

  Thanks to Sony for digging this up!