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		Guitars & Gaming Hits the Newsstands 8.21.08 Guitar World and the Official XBox 360 Magazine have partnered to release this special publication. I (along with several other members of the WaveGroup Sound team), Slash, Joe Perry, and guitar buddy Steve Ouimette are interviewed about our involvment with the GH Series. Cool!
		Ibanez Clinic Tour in China, May 29 - June 3, 2008 Doug was brought to China to demonstrate the new Ibanez S5470 for Ibanez at the Palm Trade show in Bejing and to play at a series of clinic/shows across China. TRADE SHOW: >Palm Expo Bejing, China 29-MAY-08 to 01-JUN-08 IBANEZ CLINICS: >2008/06/01 (Sun) 7:30pm Back Street No.7 Bar No.7 Back Street,Jinmabiji Plaza, Kunming, China >2008/06/02 (Mon) 6:00pm Eggshell MUSIC MAN Bar New Heaven and Earth Bar street,South Gate of Lotus,Da Tang, Xian, China >2008/06/03 (Tue) Pu Dong New Developed Area Culture and Art Guidance Center No.687 Lao Shan Road Shanghai, China
		Satriani/Ibanez 20th Anniversary Photos and Video Posted on Ibanez.com Photos and videos of Joe, Doug, Hermani Li, Paul Gilbert, and Marty Friedman from the Satriani/Ibanez 20th anniversary show at NAMM have been posted on the Ibanez site.
		Ibanez S5470 Video Posted on Ibanez.com You can catch Doug demonstrating the new 24-fret S5470 on Ibanez.com
		NAMM Show 2008 - Joe Satriani JS Model/Surfing 20th Anniversary - 1.19.08 In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Joe Satriani Signature Series, Doug was invited by Joe Satriani (his former teacher) to jam onstage along with Herman Li (DragonForce, Paul Gilbert, and Marty Friedman
		Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80's Released - July 2007 Doug played guitar and some bass on six tracks on Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s including: "Play With Me" (made famous by Extreme; "Seventeen" (made famous by Winger); "No One Like You" (made famous by the Scorpions); and "Wrathchild" (made famous by Iron Maiden).
		U.S. Summer Tour opening for Michael Schenker - June/July 2008 Doug will be hitting the road this summer across the US. George Lynch will be on the L.A. area shows... JUNE 15, Santa Rosa, CA Last Day Saloon JUNE 16 Portland, Or Outlaws June 17 Seattle, Wa Studio Seven June 20 Ventura, Ca Ventura Theatre June 21 West Hollywood, Ca The Key Club June 22 Santa Ana, Ca Galaxy Theatre June 23 Santa Clara, Ca The Avalon June 24 Sacramento, Ca Hard Rock Live July 1 Dallas, Texas Granada Theatre July 5 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall July 6 Detroit, Michigan I-Rock July 9 Chicago, Ill House of Blues with Enuff Z Nuff July 12 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock July 14 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre July 15 Poughkeepsie, New York The Chance July 19 Long Island, New York Mulchay's July 21 Springfield ,Va Jaxx additional dates TBA
		GROUND ZERO CD Doug has re-released the Ground Zero CD, which in addition to his Favored Nations disc Nu Instrumetal, will be available for purchase through this web site, and on location during the upcoming summer tour opneing for Michael Schenker (see below dates). Ground Zero was originally released in 1995 and features Atma Anur (drums, of course), Jason Muscat (bass), Mark Paley (keys), and Amir Zitro (bass). This disc did two initia runs of 1000 pieces, and we will be making 1,000 copies available for public consumption at the end of May. Audio snippets will be coming shorlty. THANKS!
		May 25-29, 2007: Ibanez Clinc Tour in Italy Doug will be returning to Italy for a five date clinic/show tour for Mogar, the Italian Ibanez distributor. Dragoon will be providing custom cabinets for the entire tour. Friday May 25 - Milan Saturday May 26 - Bologna Sunday May 27 - Ancona Monday May 28 - Rome Tuesday May 29 - Grosseto
		May 19, 2007: JEMStock Doug has been invited by Ibanez to play at JEMSTOCK in Zone Music in Cotati, CA. Mr. Vai will be on hand to accept several commorative awards and to sign autographs. http://www.ZoneMusic.com