CANCELLED: Rose Tattoo with opener Steve Ramone
Show Date: Saturday, February 26, 2022
Show Time: 8:30 PM
Doors Open: 7:00 PM
Ticket Price: $25-$30
Show Type: Rock
Restrictions: All Ages
Rose Tattoo, the true rock and roll outlaws and first and last gang in town rumbled into existence in late 1976 with a New Year’s Eve debut at Sydney’s legendary Bondi Lifesaver. On stage, Rose Tattoo look like nothing on earth but Rose Tattoo. They stand out from the mass of bands in satin pants like a raw steak in a vegetarian restaurant. All those words like raw, uncompromising, savage – they all apply, but they’re not enough. Rose Tattoo have something more than that. It´s not only the way they look, although that’s damn riveting. Four tall, gaunt men with unnaturally spiky red hair and the fifth out front stocky and furiously shaven headed aren´t an average sight, even in the realm of Rock´n´Roll excesses. All this, and nothing about their music yet. The music is what makes the looks work. If Rose Tattoo looked like that and didn’t deliver, they´d be ridiculous. As it is, they do deliver; in spades. Together, they turn rose Tattoo into tough, hard driving, full on band that barely gives you time to breathe.
Opener: Steve Ramone
Like many Chicago based Power Pop-Rock musicians before him, Steve Ramone plied his trade in and around the Midwest for many years before signing with a major label in 2020 (Pavement Entertainment). Dealing in sweet but edgy 3-minute pop-anthems that are the hallmark of the South Side music scene, Ramone built a loyal following by delivering high energy, easy to enjoy performances backed by a crack band comprised of some of the best musicians from Chicago and Nashville.
The safe return of live music promises a busy schedule for Ramone in 2021; his first full length release on Pavement, live shows with the Steve Ramone Band and Heroes, session work as an acoustic guitarist and touring commitments as guitarist/vocalist with Frontier Records recording artist Enuff Z’Nuff will have him traveling from coast to coast as well as overseas.
Regardless of the format, it’s worth knowing that he treats them all the same and puts every bit of skill, creativity and love for the arts into everything he does. It shows – you need to hear it and see it for yourself.