New solo album due this fall

Brian Setzer has confirmed a 12-date fall tour coinciding with a new solo album due in the upcoming months via Surfdog Records. Marking his first live shows in over four years, Setzer will embark on the Rockabilly Riot Tour starting September 12th in Red Bank, NJ with stops in nashville, Chicago and others before wrapping in his adopted hometown of Minneapolis.

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For these dates, 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 three-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 Setzer 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.

Brian Setzer Rockabilly Riot 2023 Tour Dates:

Sept 27 – Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Center for the Arts
Sept 29 – Mashantucket, CT @ Foxwoods Resorts Casino – Premier Theater
Sept 30 – Greensburg, PA @ The Palace Theatre
Oct 2 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
Oct 3 – Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
Oct 5 – Nashville, IN @ Brown County Music Center
Oct 6 – Northfield, OH @ MGM Northfield Park
Oct 7 – Waukegan, IL @ The Genesee Theatre
Oct 9 – Madison, WI @ The Orpheum Theater
Oct 10 – Des Moines, IA @ Hoyt Sherman Place
Oct 12 – Davenport, IA @ Adler Theatre
Oct 13 – Minneapolis, MN @ State Theatre