THE STRAY CATS Forced To Cancel Cross-Country Tour Due To Serious Illness
DATE: OCTOBER 28, 2025
FROM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/MARCEE RONDAN/ANDREA FAULK
THE STRAY CATS
FORCED TO CANCEL CROSS-COUNTRY TOUR
DUE TO SERIOUS ILLNESS
THE STRAY CATS have today cancelled their fall cross-country tour due to “serious illness.” Refunds will be available at the point of purchase. The band’s BRIAN SETZER says:
“I’m heartbroken to share, due to serious illness, I am unable to perform and very regrettably have to cancel our Stray Cats tour. I know this affects so many people and I am devastated to have to deliver this news. I’ve been trying everything I can to go on and do these shows, but it is just not possible. I’ve been looking forward so much to being on stage with my band mates again and playing for all of our amazing fans, and I’m gutted.”
Photo credit: Suzie Kaplan
(L-R: Slim Jim Phantom, Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker)
Link to hi-res photo HERE
The cancelled 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 | Del Mar, CA | The Sound |
| 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 are all three original members Brian Setzer (guitar, vocals), Lee Rocker (upright bass, vocals), and Slim Jim Phantom (drums, vocals). They’re 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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