Paul Gilbert’s European Saturation Tour Dates, Autumn 2008

Bullet Cable endorser and guitarist extrordinaire Paul Gilbert is no stranger to hard work. Paul recorded his second instrumental opus, Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar, in early 2008. Following successful back-to-back tours in the summer of 2008, he launched headlong in to the longest solo tour in his life, after finishing the recording of yet another album (United States, a collaboration with Freddie Nelson). This highly entertaining 57-date tour featured hundreds of millions of notes, and stops in many countries the band had not visited before, plus a return to some of their favorite haunts.

Complete European tour dates for autumn 2008 were as follows:

SEPTEMBER:
23 – Brussels, Belgium / AB
24 – Zoetemeer, The Netherlands / Boerderij
25 – Amstelveen, The Netherlands / P60
26 – Oss, The Netherlands / Groene Engel
27 – Bochum, Germany / Matrix
28 – Svendborg, Denmark / Vintage Guitar Show
29 – Aarhus, Denmark / Train
30 – Oslo, Norway / Smuget

OCTOBER:
1 – Stockholm, Sweden / Debaser
3 – Helsinki, Finland / Tavastia
4 – Tallinn, Estonia / Rock Cafe
5 – Riga, Latvia / Melna Piektdiena
6 – Vilnius, Lithuania / Galaxy Club
7 – Warsaw, Poland / Progresja
8 – Berlin, Germany / Knaack
9 – Prague, Czech Republic / Vagon
10 – Munich, Germany / Metropolis
11 – Vienna, Austria / Szene
12 – Budapest, Hungary / A38
14 – Ljubjlana, Slovenia / Orto Klub
15 – Zagreb, Croatia / Boogaloo
16 – Belgrade, Serbia / SKC
17 – Bucharest, Romania / Becker Brau Live Music Club
18 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria / Autumn Salon of Arts Festival
19 – Thessaloniki, Greece / Mylos Xilougio
20 – Athens, Greece / An Club
22 – Roma, Italy / Stazione Birra
23 – Treviso, Italy / New Age
24 – Bologna, Italy / Estragon
25 – Arles, France / Cargo De Nuit
26 – Barcelona, Spain / Apolo 2
28 – Zaragoza, Spain / Universidad
29 – Murcia, Spain / Tia Maria
30 – Madrid, Spain / Sala Live
31 – Vigo, Spain / A!

NOVEMBER:
1 – Porto, Portugal / Cinema Batalha
2 – Lisbon, Portugal / Music Box
4 – Bilbao, Spain / Santana 17
5 – Aizoain (Pamplona), Spain / Artsaia
6 – France, Bordeaux / BT 59 (* Paul’s birthday show)
7 – Lyon, France / Ninkasi Kao
8 – Prattein, Switzerland / Z-7
9 – Nancy, France / L-Autre Canal
11 – Luxembourg, Luxembourg / Den Atelier
12 – Paris, France / Le Trabendo
13 – Lille, France / Le Splendid
14 – London, England / Astoria 2
15 – Dudley, England / JB’s
16 – Manchester, England / Academy 4
18 – Leeds, England / Rio’s
19 – Newcastle, England / Carling Academy
20 – Glasgow, Scotland / Stereo
21 – Belfast, Northern Ireland / Spring & Airbrake
22 – Dublin, Ireland / Button Factory
23 – Bristol, England / Bierkeller
24 – Southhampton, England / The Brook
25 – Brighton, England / Concorde 2

Source of dates: Paul’s official website.

The band on this trek was: Paul Gilbert (guitar), Emi Gilbert (keyboards), Craig Martini (bass), Jeff Bowders (drums).

Please browse YouTube or Random Chatter Music for many highlight videos from this jaunt!