In 2024, at the end of the last Stray Cats tour, guitarist Brian Setzer had a health scare. He was feeling no pain, but he could no longer play the guitar. He learned he had an autoimmune disease that made his hands feel like gloves.
He couldn't strum, and, at times, he couldn't even tie his shoes. He sought medical assistance and mentioned on social media in February 2025, the Mayo Clinic would play a part in his hopeful road to recovery.
Whatever the medical process was, it seems to have worked. This week, Setzer and the Stray Cats announced a run of dates for October and November that will see the band play 20 shows. If you live in the American South, you're out of luck, though. Nearly anywhere else, you should be able to go to a show near you.
Brian Setzer and the Stray Cats announce Fall tour
The Stray Cats bill themselves partly as the best rockabilly band in the world. That is difficult to argue with. The trio's 1982 compilation album, Built for Speed, hit number two on the Billboard charts (the record was a combination of songs from the Stray Cats' first two albums released in the UK), and featured top-10 singles, "Stray Cat Strut" and "Rock This Town."
The band had another top-10 hit in 1983 with "(She's) Sexy + 17," which seems a little creepy nowadays. That was not the band's intention, though.
As far as the tour dates, here is where the Stray Cats will be:
- October 25 - Mount Pleasant, MI - Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
- October 26 - Rockford, IL - Hard Rock Casino
- October 28 - Louisville, KY - The Louisville Palace
- October 29 - Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
- October 31 - Columbus, OH - Mershon Auditorium
- November 1 - Gary, IN - Hard Rock Casino
- November 2 - Northfield, OH - MGM Northfield Park - Center Stage
- November 4 - Morristown, NJ - Mayo Performing Arts Center
- November 5 - Westbury, NY - Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair
- November 7 - Mashantucket, CT - Foxwoods Resort Casino
- November 8 - Verona, NY - The Event Center at Turning Stone Resort Casino
- November 9 - Port Chester, NY - The Capitol Theatre
- November 11 - Cincinnati, OH - Taft Theatre
- November 13 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater
- November 15 - Albuquerque, NM - Route 66 Casino Hotel - Legends Theater
- November 16 - Phoenix, AZ - Celebrity Theatre
- November 18 - Highland, CA - Yaamava' Resort & Casino at San Manuel
- November 19 - Las Vegas, NV - The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
- November 22 - Santa Rosa, CA - Ruth Finley Person Theater
- November 23 - Wheatland, CA - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino