3/09/2026

THE STRAY CATS Return To The Road For 2026 Cross-Country Summer Tour


THE STRAY CATS

RETURN TO THE ROAD FOR 2026

CROSS-COUNTRY SUMMER TOUR

 

DATES KICK OFF

JULY 24 IN LAS VEGAS

 

TICKETS ON SALE

FRIDAY, MARCH 13





THE STRAY CATS—all three original members Brian Setzer (guitar, vocals), Lee Rocker (upright bass, vocals), and Slim Jim Phantom (drums, vocals)—will return to the road in 2026 with a month-long, cross-country summer tour. Kicking off July 24 in Las Vegas, THE STRAY CATS will bring their legendary explosive live show and red-hot rock & roll to audiences nationwide including multiple stops throughout California before wrapping with three NY-area performances. The group’s setlists will be highlighted by some of the iconic multi-million selling band’s massive hits including "Stray Cat Strut,” "Rock This Town," “Runaway Boys," "(She's) Sexy + 17," and much more. The initial tour dates are below with more to be announced soon.


Tickets go on sale Friday, March 13 at 10:00 AM (local time). An artist fan club presale kicks off Tuesday, March 10 at 10:00 AM-Thursday, March 12 at 10:00 PM (local time); sign up for the band newsletter HERE to get access.

Photo credit: Suzie Kaplan

(L-R: Slim Jim Phantom, Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker)




BRIAN SETZER: "It's good to be healthy and strong again. There’s something about the unique sound of The Stray Cats that keeps drawing me in. The Gretsch guitar, the acoustic bass, and the stand-up drums still sound pure and fresh today. Come on out and have some fun with us this summer.”


LEE ROCKER“The Stray Cats are back and ready to blast off! It’s an amazing feeling to join up with Brian and Slim, hit the stage and Rock across America. No one can do it like us Cats, …….nobody comes close”

 

SLIM JIM PHANTOM: “With The Stray Cats, there’s always some extra magic around the summertime shows. It’s the perfect time for the Cats & Kittens to get dolled up, put the top down & cruise to the greatest Rockabilly show on earth!"


Last year, the iconic multi-million selling band released two new tracks via Surfdog Records: the loud, upbeat “Stampede” which is unmistakably The STRAY CATS and their cover of Eddie Cochran’s “Teenage Heaven.” These songs mark the first new music in six years, listen HERE. Both “Stampede” and “Teenage Heaven” were produced by The Stray Cats, mixed by Chris Lord-Alge, and recorded at The Terrarium in Minneapolis, MN & Laguna Sound in Laguna Beach, CA. “Stampede” was written by Brian Setzer, Peter B. Antonio, Wally Zober, Bert Salmirs, and Mike Himelstein, while “Teenage Heaven” was penned by Jerry Capehart and Eddie Cochran.



THE STRAY CATS 2026 dates are as follows:


DATE

LOCATION

VENUE

Friday, July 24

Las Vegas, NV

The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan

Saturday, July 25

Phoenix, AZ

Celebrity Theatre

Sunday, July 26

Del Mar, CA

The Sound

Tuesday, July 28

Highland, CA

Yaamava' Theater

Wednesday, July 29

Highland, CA

Yaamava' Theater

Friday, July 31

Santa Rosa, CA

Luther Burbank Center for the Arts

**Saturday, August 1

Saratoga, CA

The Mountain Winery

Sunday, August 2

Wheatland, CA

Hard Rock Live

Tuesday, August 4

Sandy, UT

Sandy Amphitheater

Wednesday, August 5

Colorado Springs, CO

Pikes Peak Center

Friday, August 7

TBA

TBA

Saturday, August 8

Kansas City, MO

Uptown Theater

Monday, August 10

Huber Heights, OH

Rose Music Center at The Heights

Tuesday, August 11

TBA

TBA

Wednesday, August 12

Northfield, OH

MGM Northfield Park

Friday, August 14

Westbury, NY

Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair

Saturday, August 15

Atlantic City, NJ

Ocean Casino Resort

Sunday, August 16

Morristown, NJ

Mayo Performing Arts Center

** The Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA announce and on sale TBD

 

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."


 

For more information on The STRAY CATS, visit:

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THE STRAY CATS Return To The Road For 2026 Cross-Country Summer Tour

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