Steve Vai to announce shock retirement from music?

By Smith Alexander
Washington
Last updated on July 8, 2025

Vai created a stir on Monday when rumors have surfaced that his career was over.

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Sad news for Vai fans. Speculation had been rife that the American guitarist best known for albums like Alien Love Secrets or Passion and Warfare, will announce his retirement from music, at age 65, with immediate effect.

UPDATE 08/07/2025 : This story seems to be false. (read more)

Being a guitarist isn't fun anymore

“As we get older, there are phases of life that we enter into, and being a guitarist-musician just isn't fun anymore,” he might have said, says a source who remained anonymous. Other reports hinted that he may branch out into other creative fields he is better at (and more interested in), though they didn't provide any details.

#ThankYouSteve

For a little while on Monday evening, #ThankYouSteve was a trending hashtag on Twitter. As many fans reminisce and look back on all the unforgettable memories, some may wonder what about now made him make the decision.