Past Event
Friday, May 4, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
The Fratellis and Blood Red Shoes
2891 University Avenue, San Diego, 92104
Just as Joey, Dee Dee, Johnny, and Tommy were not really Ramones, Jon, Barry, and Mince Fratelli aren’t related, and they aren’t Fratellis. It’s an inside joke. Remember the bad guys in The Goonies? That’s who John Lawler, Barry Wallace, and Gordon McRory took the surname from. The Fratellis are a Scottish trio; fourth man Will Foster tours with the band as keyboardist. The band grabbed ears almost as soon as they launched in 2005. Radio play and a record deal followed, with an EP out in April 2006. Their debut full-length Costello Music was released five months later. On the strength of how long those songs lasted on various music industry charts, the Fratellis were named the British Breakthrough Act of 2007.