Photograph by Albert Brooks
Bona fide guitar hero and perennial poll-winner Al Di Meola and his band are headed into The Egg’s Hart Theatre in Albany on his Notorious-Opus Electric Tour on Friday, June 29.
Over the course of the career that’s spanned four decades, Di Meola has been internationally recognized as virtuoso of the highest order, a prolific composer and a prodigious six-string talent. He’s recorded more than 20 albums as a bandleader while collaborating on a dozen or so others with the likes of the fusion supergroup Return to Forever (with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White), the celebrated acoustic guitar trio featuring fellow virtuosos John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucia, and the Rite of Strings (with bassist Clarke and violinist Jean-Luc Ponty).
Opening the show for Di Meloa will be progressive rock-fusion pioneers Brand X.
Tickets for the concert are currently on sale, priced at $39.50, $59.50 & $79.50. VIP tickets are $75, which also includes access to Al Di Meola’s soundcheck. Fans will get to see some of the sound check, get a photo and chat with Al Di Meola, and an item may be autographed.
BUT WAIT… We’re giving away a pair of FREE TICKETS to the show to a lucky Nippertown reader. To enter the contest, just post a comment below. Please leave your email address, too. We won’t publish it, but we’ll use it to contact you if you win. The deadline to enter is 12:30pm on Thursday (June 28), and the winner will be selected at random and notified on Thursday afternoon. Enter today! And good luck! Congratulations to the winner, who has been notified by email.
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I would love to see this show.
My friend would love this concert
WOO HOO!
Only 3 comments, wow, there is a pretty good chance here
I have always wanted to see Al
Al
Being a huge fan of both Brand X *and* DiMeola, winning tickets to this show would be a coup!
would like to see this show
I had the unbelievable experience of meeting and listening to Al perform at the Vai Academy in California a few years ago and it was absolutely mind blowing. He is such an incredibly inspiring and innovative guitarist.
Di Meola and Steely Dan would make for a nice weekend
Come for BX stay for AD