American guitarist Steve Vai to perform in Ho Chi Minh City on October 19 as part if his Inviolate World Tour

Over the past two years, Vai has released a new album called ‘Inviolate’ and a record called Vai/Gash that he has kept in his archives for three decades.

He is also making an Inviolate World Tour with his band to locations around the globe, and Ho Chi Minh City will be the first stop on his journey to Southeast Asia.

This is the American guitarist’s first performance in Vietnam that is to mark 45 years of his music career and popularize his album Inviolate.

Vai, 63, is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. He has been nominated for Grammy Awards 15 times and has won the honour three times.

The artist started his music career in 1978, embarked on a solo career in 1983, and has released eight solo albums to date.

His most successful release, Passion and Warfare (1990), was described as ‘the richest and best hard rock guitar-virtuoso album of the '80s’. He was voted the 10th Greatest Guitarist by Guitar World magazine, and has sold over 15 million records.