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Mesa Arts Center

1 E Main St

Mesa, AZ 85201-7403

Jan 18, 2018

7:30 PM UTC

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Legendary guitarists Joe Satriani, John Petrucci of Dream Theater and Phil Collen of Def Leppard have joined forces once again for G3 2018, the continuation of their successful tour. Expect to hear plenty of crunchy riffs, mega-solos and some new sounds as these guitar greats take their performances to the next level at the Mesa Arts Center.

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Raul

February 10th 2024

The venue excellent and the show was absolutely amazing

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G3 Biography

G3 is an almost annual live music show and concert tour featuring three select guitarists of the generation; hence its name. It was created by guitarists Joe Satriani and Steve Vai in 1996. Since its inception G3 has featured many guitarists including: Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci, Robert Fripp, Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker, Adrian Legg, Paul Gilbert and many other special guests, including Steve Lukather, Steve Morse and drummer Mike Portnoy.

There are three official live releases of G3:

Live in Concert (1996)
Live In Denver (2003)
Live in Tokyo (2005)

For Live in Concert there were Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson
For Live in Denver - Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen
For Live in Tokyo - Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and John Petrucci

For more information visit the G3 section at Joe Satriani`s official homepage

The 2007 G3 tour line-up lacked Steve Vai (because of his own solo World Tour), and instead consisted of Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, and John Petrucci.

G3 is also the name of an, already disbanded, Peruvian hardcore punk band.

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