THE STRAY CATS
Mershon Auditorium
Friday, October 31
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THE STRAY CATS—all three original members Brian Setzer (guitar, vocals), Lee Rocker (upright bass, vocals), and Slim Jim Phantom (drums, vocals)—have today (July 28) announced their return to the road this fall for a cross-country month-long tour. Set to kick off October 25, the iconic multi-million selling band will be bringing their legendary explosive live show and red-hot rock & roll to audiences nationwide. Their setlists will include massive hits such as “Stray Cat Strut,” “Rock This Town,” “Runaway Boys,” “(She’s) Sexy + 17,” and more.
BRIAN SETZER: “What blows me away every time is how this music still connects — decades later, it’s just as raw, just as real. We see fans from every generation now.”
LEE ROCKER: “There’s nothing like the sound we make when the three of us hit the stage–it’s high-octane rockabilly, loud and proud. We’re fired up to bring that to fans across the country again!”
SLIM JIM PHANTOM: “HOLY MACKEREL! The Cats are back for a very, special indoor tour. I’m thrilled and excited to be on the road in 2025 with the best Rockabilly band in the world! These are the venues where the Cats sound best and one thing I can guarantee 100%…We Will Rock Your Town!!”
These shows follow 2024’s critically acclaimed summer tour:
“Setzer has retained his smooth vocals and still stung when he played lead guitar…Stray Cats demonstrated that the core of the band’s appeal is that the three musicians have stuck to one sound and continue to do it well.” –Charley Crespo, Aquarian Weekly, 8/19/24 (on 8/15 New York City Show)
“From the moment they stepped on stage, guitarist Brian Setzer, drummer Slim Jim Phantom and upright bassist Lee Rocker tore through song after song at a breakneck pace.”
–Sean Reiter, SF Bay Area Concerts, 8/1/24 (on 7/30 Saratoga, CA Show)
“As Stray Cats came out onstage, the whole place started raging! It was seriously cool (not to mention nostalgic) watching everyone in the crowd singing along to songs I’ve been listening to for 40 years!”
–Sean McCracken, Top Shelf Music Mag, 8/9/24 (on 8/1 Costa Mesa, CA Show)
“As the final notes of ‘Rock This Town’ echoed through the amphitheater, the audience erupted into applause, clearly not ready for the night to end. Stray Cats, ever the showmen, returned for an encore, closing with a fiery rendition of ‘Rumble in Brighton,’ leaving the crowd exhilarated and satisfied.”
–Kevin Rolfe, Utah Concert Review, 8/22/24 (on 8/5 Salt Lake City, UT Show)
“They expertly blended their most well-known material like the immortal hits ‘Rock This Town’ and ‘Stray Cut Strut’ with lesser-known tunes… All three band members were in fine form…”
–Matthew Berlyant, Under The Radar Magazine, 9/2/24 (on 8/15 New York City Show)
The STRAY CATS 2025 dates are as follows:
DATE LOCATION VENUE
Saturday, October 25 Mount Pleasant, MI Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
Sunday, October 26 Rockford, IL Hard Rock Casino
Tuesday, October 28 Louisville, KY The Louisville Palace
Wednesday, October 29 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
Friday, October 31 Columbus, OH Mershon Auditorium
Saturday, November 1 Gary, IN Hard Rock Casino
Sunday, November 2 Northfield, OH MGM Northfield Park – Center Stage
Tuesday, November 4 Morristown, NJ Mayo Performing Arts Center
Wednesday, November 5 Westbury, NY Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair
Friday, November 7 Mashantucket, CT Foxwoods Resort Casino
Saturday, November 8 Verona, NY The Event Center at Turning Stone Resort Casino
Sunday, November 9 Port Chester, NY The Capitol Theatre
Tuesday, November 11 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre
Thursday, November 13 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater
Saturday, November 15 Albuquerque, NM Route 66 Casino Hotel – Legends Theater
Sunday, November 16 Phoenix, AZ Celebrity Theatre
Tuesday, November 18 Highland, CA Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel
Wednesday, November 19 Las Vegas, NV The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
Thursday, November 20 TBA TBA
Saturday, November 22 Santa Rosa, CA Ruth Finley Person Theater
Sunday, November 23 Wheatland, CA Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
About the STRAY CATS:
The STRAY CATS, the band that put Rockabilly music back on the record charts in the early ’80s, scored several big hits on both sides of the Atlantic thanks to a striking visual 1950’s style brought “up to date” with exaggerated pompadours and colorful tattoos and as well as genuine musical chops that evoked the best players of rockabilly’s original heyday. Formed by guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer, upright bass player Lee Rocker and drummer Slim Jim Phantom in the Long Island town of Massapequa, NY, in 1979, the trio shared a love for Rockabilly music. After banging around New York for a few months, in the summer of 1980, and seeing a pompadoured kid on the cover of UK magazine NME, they hopped a plane to London where a rockabilly revival movement was just beginning to emerge. Their massive hits and videos include “Runaway Boys,” “Rock This Town,” “Stray Cat Strut” “(She’s) Sexy + 17,” and “I Won’t Stand in Your Way.”
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