Vinnie Moore is a well-known leading guitar phenomena. Born in the USA and influenced by bands like Queen, The Beatles, Jeff Beck and Deep Purple. Vinnie released his first album in 1987 “Mind’s Eye” that sold more than 100,000 copies. Pepsi chose him to compose, play and record Pepsi’s commercial in 1988. Vinnie released 9 solo albums, 4 albums with U.F.O and worked on 5 tribute albums as well as the soundtrack for a Sega Video game in 1998. He played G3 Jam 2001 in Washington DC with Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Billy Sheehan, Jeff Campitelli, and Stu Hamm.

Vinnie gave hundreds of guitar clinics all over the world as far as Japan, Scandinavia, Italy, Poland, Mexico, Canada, New Zealand, England, Germany, Australia and USA. Vinnie’s music is a mixture of Rock, Neo Classical, Fusion and Blues. His latest album To The Core (2009 Mascot Records) was released last May and has received critical acclaim worldwide.

Vinnie MOORE will perform at SNATCH – Beirut during his 2010 solo tour in Europe accompanied by: Mike DIMEO Keyboards & Vocals. ex Masterplan Aquiles PRIESTER “from Brazil” Drums. (Aquiles’ band Hangar) ex ANGRA & PAUL DI’ANNO. Lars Lehmann “from Germany” Bass. (Uli Jon Roth

Opening: “Elias NJEIM” THE ESN PROJECT.

VINNIE MOORE Live In Lebanon is an Eclipse Management production.

Tickets on Sale at:
Eclipse Management offices between 11:00am and 5:00pm
And at SNATCH between 6:00pm and 9:00pm
45$ standing
55$ seated
70$ front couch
Eclipse Management address: Sin El Fil, Horch Tabet, Beirut Hall street, Chaoul building.
SNATCH music club address: Gemmayze, the daily star building, next to MSC shipping company.
Info Line: 03-406982.

VINNIE MOORE
in Friday, 26 February 2010 at An Club
by Anastasis “Morning Star”

Guitars… great melodies… anticipation… shredding… a Rock ‘n’ Roll mood… great show. Only few words and feelings are to describe that night’s concert.

At about 21:30 I arrived at An Club and quickly rushed inside, early enough to happily occupy one of the best spot available in order to enjoy one of the most praised Metal guitarists of the 80s and 90s. Of course, many more had the same urge with me and the club was almost full by 22:00. Cheap beer, friends and good ventilation made it possible to tolerate the thirty minutes delay. And finally the lights went down…

Vinnie Moore, the guitar God himself (looking good but far from the image the concert’s leaflet advertised – see "Hot Licks" instrumental video cover) and Mike DiMeo (keyboards and vocals – RIOT, MASTERPLAN, THE LIZARDS), Aquiles Priester (drums - HANGAR) and Lars Lehmann (bass - Uli Jon Roth) grabbed their axes and promised with the very first notes to rock us hard! And so they did.

It was probably the first (and hopefully not the last) gig I’ve been where the guitar sound was loud enough to drive you crazy but still with a crystalline tone to make you cry. Although all guitar lovers were more than satisfied, the overall sound was not as satisfactory with the bass and the keys pushed far behind the mix making the performance sound ‘hollow’ at times. No one seemed to care though, ‘cause everyone was having a great time with the guitar wizard, whose skills, chops and melodies were more than emphasized while performing songs from his latest album “To The Core” (e.g. “Off The Hook”) as well as from older albums including “Saved By A Miracle”, “Rain”, “Midnight Rain” (featuring DiMeo’s lyrics and vocals – great combination!), “Time Traveler”, “Cinema” or “Meltdown”. We noticed the missing piece of the puzzle: no “Time Odyssey” tunes for us, the hungry fans; strange enough, considering that’s one of Vinnie’s best albums. In between the instrumental tsunamis there were some cover song islands of classic Rock ‘n’ Roll insanity including “Rock Steady” (BAD COMPANY) or “Fire” (Jimi Hendrix)… which made people go nuts.

Dimeo’s vocals were as professional as his keyboard playing and Lehmann’s bass lines coupled with Brazilian Priester’s Heavy Metal drum-slamming created a true driving force. Vinnie was by far the star of the night and -full of energy blended with professionalism- showed that he was enjoying the show as much as we did. Made comments about the girls, shouted “Rock ‘n’ Roll!!!” numerous times and communicated with the fans. All these in line with the lightning fast-picked neoclassical lines, even faster legato runs, sensational melodies, bursting arpeggios and bluesy licks made this concert one night to remember!

(photos by and copyrightAnastasis “Morning Star”)

Vinnie Moore Solo Tour 2010 ANNOUNCED

News posted on Vinnie's Official website:

Vinnie will be doing a solo tour in Europe during February 2010.
Believe it or not, this is the first real solo tour that he has done with his band in Europe.
He has put together an exciting new line up that is sure to turn some heads.
The band members are
Vinnie Moore - guitar
Mike DiMeo - keyboards and vocals (ex Riot, Masterplan and The Lizards)
Aquiles Priester - drums (Hangar) - Check out Aquiles' tribute to Vinnie HERE
Lars Lehmann – bass (Uli Jon Roth)
The band will be playing lots of Vinnie’s music from over the years, as well as some covers with Mike on vocals.
Please show your support by coming out to a show, or by spreading the word online. Thanks for your help.