DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 28, 2023) — Iconic guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and three-time Grammy award-winner Brian Setzer has confirmed a twelve-date fall tour, including a stop at Adler Theatre on Thursday, October 12, 2023, 8PM. =
Marking his first live shows in over four years, the “Rockabilly Riot” tour will kick off September 27 at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey. For this tour, Setzer will be joined by, in his words, an “international rockabilly band, Chris D’Rozario from Melbourne, Australia and Juan Laurios from Mexico City.”
“I’ve had a pretty long break, and I needed it. I’m renewed and really want to play live again. I want to just get out on the road with this kick-ass little 3-piece band and start playing.”
The shows will be highlighted by Setzer’s guitar assault and rockin’ style on the most electrifying songs from his 40-year career as a solo artist, leader of The Brian Setzer Orchestra and as a Stray Cat. He adds, “I think fans can always expect that I’m going to play the hits. I also want to play some solo guitar and little things I’ve worked out by myself. I’ve never really gotten to do that, so it's going to be something new.”
His set-lists will include “some of the favorite covers I’m doing now. I haven’t recorded it, but I really like playing my version of ‘Georgia on My Mind.’ And then with the band, I want to play a new song ‘Girl On The Billboard’ because it tells a fun story.”
These shows come as Brian is preparing to release a new solo album due in the fall, his first since 2021’s Gotta Have the Rumble. Additional details about the forthcoming album will be announced in the coming weeks.
On Sale Tickets on Sale Friday, June 30 @ 10AM CST
Who: Brian Setzer Rockabilly Riot Tour
Date and Time: October 12, 2023 @ 8PM
Where: Adler Theatre (Davenport, Iowa)
Ticket Prices: $82.00, $67.00, $55.00, $45.00. (Additional fees may apply.) Tickets are available online at Ticketmaster.com. More Details can be found at adlertheatre.com.
About RiverCenter Adler Theatre
The RiverCenter Adler Theatre, a City of Davenport facility managed by VenuWorks, is a 100,000-square-foot multiple-use facility that includes two large exhibit halls, ten break-out rooms, an executive boardroom, and the historic Art-Deco Adler Theatre.
About VenuWorks
VenuWorks provides customized management solutions for arenas, stadiums, theatres and convention centers throughout the country with services that include operations, catering, concessions, along with the booking and marketing of sports and entertainment events.
About Brian Setzer
Iconic guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, and three-time Grammy award-winner Brian Setzer has achieved one career milestone after another. He’s sold millions of albums and is a "Musician's Musician," credited with continually taking chances with innovative and daring musical styles. Setzer is widely credited for taking two forgotten genres, rockabilly and swing, adding his own blend of gunpowder and rockin’ style, and completely reinventing and single-handedly resurrecting them in the process. Along the way, he has scored chart-topping hits, sold thirteen million records, and received the Orville H Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award throughout his decorated career as founder/leader of the Stray Cats, his nineteen-piece Brian Setzer Orchestra, and as a solo artist. He is consistently cited as one of the world’s greatest living guitarists, and has a best-selling, extensive line of elite Gretsch signature model guitars bearing his name. Setzer is also, fittingly, in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. On the live front, Setzer has headlined venues and festivals worldwide, including a 1983 headlining slot on the iconic US Festival in California, The Playboy Jazz Festival, a three-night, sold-out headlining run at the Hollywood Bowl with the 98-piece Philharmonic Orchestra, Woodstock ’99, and in front of more than 150,000 people as headliner of the Montreal Jazz Festival. His reach also includes films and TV, where his roles include portraying rockabilly pioneer Eddie Cochran in the 1987 film La Bamba, Fox’s Beverly Hills 90210, among many others, and he is one of the few musicians to be animated in an episode of The Simpsons in 2002. That same year, Setzer was personally requested to induct Chet Atkins into the 17th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Setzer had the honor of being invited in 2006 to perform at the White House for the President of the United States. Also in 2006, he was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame with the Stray Cats. In 2014, Setzer received the distinct honor of being asked by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC to donate a replica of his original 1959 Gretsch 6120 “Stray Cat” guitar, joining an elite collection of iconic treasures at the museum.
About Surfdog/DKM
Surfdog/DKM is an entertainment company, founded in 1985 and located in Encinitas, California, which includes DKM Management, Surfdog Records, Surfdog and Surfmutt Music Publishing, and Surfdog’s Java Hut Cafe. Surfdog/DKM has a diverse and acclaimed roster and, since its inception, has worked with a number of legendary and iconic artists, including Brian Setzer, Eric Clapton, UB40, Sublime, Dave Stewart (of Eurythmics), Glen Campbell, Joss Stone, Stray Cats, Butthole Surfers, Dan Hicks, Slightly Stoopid, and many others. Surfdog/DKM is involved with several environmental charities, including Oceana, Surfrider Foundation, Sea Shepherd, among many others, and is proud that our Encinitas offices are GreenPoint Rated and operate as a certified California Green Business and remain a member in good standing with 1% for The Planet.
