Sweet at Tupelo Music Hall
When: Sunday, July 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Price: $45
Details: British rock band “The Sweet “aka “Sweet” rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s as one of the top three “Glam Rock Acts” of its era. This movement carved out a decade of new style & horizons for both music and fashion which in turn helped fuel a new sexual revolution embracing an anything goes attitude into western society. “The Sweet’s” influence has been touted & revered across many genres, from Boy George to Kiss, to Poison to Guns & Roses. Yes “Sweet” a leading architect that did change music and fashion forever.
The band achieved huge success with 39 #1 singles around the globe including “Ballroom Blitz,” “Fox On the Run” “Love Is Like Oxygen,” “Little Willy,” “Blockbuster,” “Action,” “Teenage Rampage,” and “AC/DC,” among many more…
Many decades later the late great founder Steve Priest came out of retirement to put together his version of how he wanted his legacy to be presented, represented, and preserved into the future. After hearing drummer Richie Onori & keyboardist Stevie Stewart, he was sold that he had finally found the perfect chemistry to forge ahead respectively and in honor of his fallen comrades. The three of them enlisted two more top caliber musicians that could equally capture & deliver with the same intensity and prowess that his original line-up did. They were off to the races performing hundreds of shows around the globe.
Currently, Stevie & Richie’s talented line-up proudly features the amazing Patrick Alan Stone on lead vocals, blazing guitarist Jimmy Burkhard and the Keyboard wizardry of Dave Shultz “The Sweet” is poised to capture the hearts & minds for a whole new generation of fans with the upcoming release “Little Miracle”.
The groups live show boasts the massive iconic hits that additionally are being continuously placed in blockbuster movies such as, “Guardians of the Galaxy 2”, Suicide Squad, & the “Black Phone” to name a few among countless TV series & commercials. These hits are indelibly interjected into the subconscious minds which bolsters the group’s ongoing popularity. Just look up Ballroom Blitz on Tik- Tok.
The group is dedicated to carry on the legacy & tradition of “The Sweet” well into the 21st century, most importantly adding on to the brands heritage with thrilling new music that respects the integrity of the sound, quality, and energy of the early group. It is an extension of the same alluring eminence that the band always projected. No two songs ever really sounding the same adds to the groups mystical and enduring sound and originality.
It’s anybody’s guess how long this iconic brand and band will delight music fans across both generational and society divides but, as Axl Rose, (lead singer for Guns & Roses) put it on the Jimmy Kimmel show interview, he gave credit to two bands that influenced him the most growing up.
“Sweet” & “Queen” That says it all doesn’t it? "
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