All Hail The ‘Guitar Gods’

Yngwie Malmsteen headlines the lineup for the first-ever tour launching in June.  Joining the Paganini of heavy metal will be axemen extraordinaire Uli Jon Roth, Gary Hoey and Bumblefoot.

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REVOLVER Golden Gods Awards, Club Nokia, Los Angeles, Calif.

You get a lot of six-string virtuosity with the Guitar Gods lineup, what with former Scorpions member Roth, Hoey, who amazed fans with his cover of Focus’ “Hocus Pocus,” and GNR’s Bumblefoot.  Created and produced by Malmsteen’s wife/manager April, the tour is being presented in partnership with the Guitar Center.

Expect to spend some time at the show when the Guitar Gods tour rolls into your town.  Advance word on the outing is each evening’s show will last more than six hours.  In other words, pure heaven.

Here’s the routing:

June 12 – Wilkes-Barre, Pa., F.M. Kirby Center
June 13 – Huntington, N.Y., The Paramount
June 14 – Sayreville, N.J., Starland Ballroom
June 17 – Englewood, N.J., Bergen Performing Arts Ctr.
June 20 – Saint Charles, Ill., Arcada Theatre
June 21 – Toronto, Ontario, Phoenix Concert Theatre
June 26 – Seattle, Wash., The Showbox
June 27 – Portland, Ore., Roseland Theater
July 3 – Beverly Hills, Calif.,  Saban Theatre
July 8 – Tucson, Ariz.,  Rialto Theatre 

Some shows are already on sale.  The newly added Wilkes-Barre gig launches a presale April 24 at 10 a.m. with general onsales beginning April 25 at 10 a.m. All times Eastern Daylight.  Click here for more information.