RETURN TO LATE NIGHT TELEVISION WITH

AUGUST 18

THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON

PERFORMANCE

MARKS GROUP’S FIRST LATE-NIGHT TV PERFORMANCE

IN OVER 35 YEARS

FALL 2026 DATES

KICK OFF

NOVEMBER 9

THE STRAY CATS—all three original members Brian Setzer (guitar, vocals), Lee Rocker (upright bass, vocals), and Slim Jim Phantom (drums, vocals)—will wrap the summer leg of their 2026 tour with an August 18 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon performing one of the legendary group’s iconic hits. This marks the group’s first live late night television performance in more than 35 years. Their last performance was in 1990 on The Late Show with David Letterman. Later this year the band will return to the road with a month of fall dates kicking off November 9 in Grand Prairie, TX with stops in Nashville, Charlotte, Orlando, Atlanta and more, before wrapping December 6 at Foxwoods in CT. 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 group’s ongoing 2026 tour dates are below.   Photo credit: Suzie Kaplan(L-R: Slim Jim Phantom, Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker) 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 and pre-order 7-inch “old school” 45 RPM vinyl record, available July 24. 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, August 14Westbury, NY Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair Saturday, August 15Atlantic City, NJ Ocean Casino Resort Sunday, August 16Morristown, NJ Mayo Performing Arts Center Monday, November 9Grand Prairie, TX Texas Trust CU Theatre Tuesday, November 10San Antonio, TX Majestic Theatre Thursday, November 12Sugar Land, TX Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land Friday, November 13Biloxi, MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Sunday, November 15Memphis, TN Orpheum Theatre Tuesday, November 17Louisville, KY The Louisville Palace Wednesday, November 18Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium Friday, November 20Charlotte, NC Ovens Auditorium Saturday, November 21Danville, VA Caesars Virginia Monday, November 23Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live Orlando Tuesday, November 24Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall Wednesday, November 25Jacksonville, FL Florida Theatre Friday, November 27Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre Saturday, November 28Cherokee, NC Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort Sunday, November 29Virginia Beach, VA The Dome by Rutter Mills Tuesday, December 1Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Center for the Arts Wednesday, December 2Greensburg, PA The Palace Theatre Friday, December 4Bethlehem, PA The Wind Creek Event Center Sunday, December 6Mashantucket, CT Premier Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino

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: Official Website | Facebook