Guitar World is reporting that funk bass legend T.M. Stevens passed away last Sunday (March 10th) at the age of 72 after years of battling health issues. In addition to a solo career, as well as working as a session bassist with everyone from James Brown to Billy Joel, Stevens contributed to Steve Vai's 1993 album Sex & Religion (which also featured a then-unknown Devin Townsend) and had also worked with Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra guitarist Al Pitrelli.

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Legendary guitar virtuoso Steve Vai is excited to announce a set of European shows. The 31-date-long run is scheduled from March to May. All confirmed shows in venues are listed below.

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Guitar legend Steve Vai has announced that his new album, Inviolate, will be released on January 28th, 2022, with a vinyl pressing out on March 18th. The album's first single "Little Pretty" can be streamed below.

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Guitar hero Steve Vai just announced on his Facebook page that he is "on track" to finish his new album, which will be the first since 2016's Modern Primitive. More details are expected in coming weeks.

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With the 25th anniversary of Passion And Warfare tour announced earlier, there's more exciting news coming your way. Steve Vai and Legacy Recordings are about to release a special 2CD edition of the Passion And Warfare album which includes the first-ever release of Vai's Modern Primitive songs and recordings. The music on Modern Primitive has been completed by Vai for release as a full album disc and the 2nd CD is the bonus remastering of the Passion And Warfare 25th Anniversary Edition. The first disc ''Modern Primitive'' includes songs and recordings written from the time between the recording of Passion And Warfare and his first solo album Flex-Able. The double-disc album will be released on Friday, June 24th. For now, you can enjoy the new track ''Lovely Elixir'' revealed recently here.

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To commemorate the 25th anniversary of his landmark 1990 album, Passion And Warfare, Steve Vai has announced he will be embarking on a very special world tour celebrating the breakthrough record, regarded as one of the greatest instrumental rock guitar recordings of all time. For the first time, Vai will be performing the entire Passion And Warfare record from top to bottom, with some very special surprises in store. You'd better not miss it!

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Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen and Zakk Wylde will join forces perhaps on one of the biggest heavyweight supergroups the metal scene has ever witnessed: Generation Axe; joining them are Nuno Bettencourt and Tosin Abasi for a dream line-up and super tour. You can follow the giants on their official website and their Facebook page. Beginning on April 5th in Seattle, Generation Axe - A Night Of Guitars is hitting the road for 26 performances in North America.

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Guitar God Steve Vai has announced the release of his first full-length solo record in 7 years. His new solo album will be entitled The Story Of Light, is set for release on August 14th through Favored Nations and is already available for pre-order on his official website.

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