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The Stray Cats Are Taking Their Legendary Rockabilly Show Back Across America This Summer

Mar 10, 2026

The Stray Cats are hitting the road. Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker, and Slim Jim Phantom announce a month-long, cross-country summer tour kicking off July 24 in Las Vegas and wrapping with three New York-area performances in mid-August. All three original members are back, and the setlist delivers exactly what the faithful want: “Stray Cat Strut,” “Rock This Town,” “Runaway Boys,” “(She’s) Sexy + 17,” and more. Fan club presales are live now through Thursday, March 12, with general on-sale beginning Friday, March 13 at 10AM local time.

“There’s something about the unique sound of The Stray Cats that keeps drawing me in,” says Setzer. “The Gretsch guitar, the acoustic bass, and the stand-up drums still sound pure and fresh today.” Rocker and Phantom echo that energy. “No one can do it like us Cats,” Rocker says, “nobody comes close.” Slim Jim adds that there is “always some extra magic around the summertime shows,” and this run looks to deliver exactly that.

The tour follows the release of two new tracks via Surfdog Records, their first new music in six years. “Stampede,” written by Setzer alongside Peter B. Antonio, Wally Zober, Bert Salmirs, and Mike Himelstein, and a cover of Eddie Cochran’s “Teenage Heaven,” penned by Cochran and Jerry Capehart, were both produced by the band, mixed by Chris Lord-Alge, and recorded at The Terrarium in Minneapolis and Laguna Sound in Laguna Beach. Both tracks are out now.

Formed in Massapequa, NY in 1979, The Stray Cats put rockabilly back on the charts in the early 1980s with a striking visual style and genuine musical chops. More than four decades later, they remain the gold standard of the genre.

Tour Dates:

Jul 24, The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas, NV

Jul 25, Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZ

Jul 26, The Sound, Del Mar, CA

Jul 28, Yaamava’ Theater, Highland, CA

Jul 29, Yaamava’ Theater, Highland, CA

Jul 31, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, CA

Aug 1, The Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA

Aug 2, Hard Rock Live, Wheatland, CA

Aug 4, Sandy Amphitheater, Sandy, UT

Aug 5, Pikes Peak Center, Colorado Springs, CO

Aug 8, Uptown Theater, Kansas City, MO