Karen told me that Ratt is coming to the Riverside Casino in January, so I looked up how the concert is being marketed. Here's what I found:
RATT’s 2016 Re-Invasion Tour with special guest FireHouse
Performance Date: 01/23/2016, 8:00 pm
Saturday, January 23, 2016 - 8pm show
As the story goes, RATT helped pioneer Hollywood’s legendary Sunset Strip sound and scene in the 1980's.
Signed to Atlantic Records in 1984, the band’s debut album Out of the Cellar went Multi-Platinum behind the hit single "Round & Round". Additional hit singles on the album included "Back for More" and "Wanted Man".
Since 1983 to present, RATT has sold in excess of 15 million records in the US alone. Their first four records went Platinum, and they sold out arenas around the country.
In 2014, RATT celebrated 30 years of keeping Ratt N’ Roll alive.
My jaw is on the floor.
Where does it say, in the above description, that only Bobby Blotzer remains of the five original members?!? I am a drummer, but he's the drummer! The drummer is the only one carrying on the name of Ratt because of all the legal crap going on with members suing each other and touring under a mashup of names that all try to get a piece of the Ratt trap - bassist Juan Crouier and Stephen Pearcy are both out playing songs that were made popular by the members of the band during the "Out of the Cellar" / "Invasion of Your Privacy" / "Dancing Undercover" / "Reach for the Sky" era.
I've yet to do any research as to who is in the current lineup in Firehouse, who are the opening act.
FireHouse has been rockin’ for over a decade. Their music has taken them all over the world and has produced Gold, Platinum and Multi-Platinum records in the United States and countries abroad.
In 1990, their first album, entitled FireHouse, was released. The band released “Don’t Treat Me Bad”, which became their first Top Ten hit. This was followed by “Love of a Lifetime”, which also entered the Top Ten, reaching the #3 spot on the United States charts. This string of hits vaulted their first album to double platinum status in the United States. At the 1991 American Music Awards, FireHouse found themselves standing before the nation accepting the award for Best New Hard Rock/Metal Band, chosen over Nirvana and Alice in Chains.
The band’s second album, Hold Your Fire, was released in 1992. It produced the hits “Reach for the Sky” and “Sleeping with You”. Another Top Ten hit, “When I Look into Your Eyes”, peaked on the United States charts at #5.
And the prices they are charging!?!?
Tickets are $45, $35 & $25 plus tax and an online/phone ticketing fee (this fee is waived when tickets are purchased in the Gift Shop). Tickets in the ADA section are for patrons with mobility disabilities and up to three companions. If companion seating is not available because the ADA section is sold out, RCGR will offer other seats as close as possible to the accessible seat, if available, at the purchase price of the other section. Tickets will go on sale at 8am on Friday, October 23rd in the Gift Shop and online.
Hotel packages will be available by calling 877-677-3456. Packages are $260 and include a one night stay in a deluxe king or double queen room, two tickets to the show and two dinners at Robert's Buffet. There are a limited number of hotel packages available.
Doors open at 7pm for the 8pm show.
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