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The Count Basie Center profile traces Blue Öyster Cult from its Long Island origins to a catalogue that ranges across hard rock, metal and more melodic songs. Three familiar tracks offer a listening guide, not a promised setlist.
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Blue Öyster Cult’s Basie profile makes a case for the band’s range: a group rooted in hard rock whose songs can shift between ominous storytelling, humor and melody. The venue names three well-known tracks as landmarks in that catalogue, but does not confirm what the band will play in Red Bank.
The Count Basie Center describes Blue Öyster Cult as a Long Island band whose work has earned both critical attention and commercial success in hard rock and heavy metal. Its profile also points to the band’s influence on Metallica and its inclusion in a VH1 greatest-hard-rock-bands list.
That standing is only part of the picture. The venue’s account of the band’s early work emphasizes the contrast between weighty music and lyrics that can be provocative, eerie, comic or deliberately ambiguous. For a listener deciding whether the catalogue is familiar territory or a first encounter, that mix is a better guide than a genre label alone.
Further reading: Blue Öyster Cult - Count Basie Center for the Arts ↗
Songkick’s artist biography dates the band’s formation to 1967; the Basie profile identifies it with Long Island, New York. Blue Öyster Cult’s self-titled debut arrived in 1972, establishing the early catalogue that the venue uses to frame the group’s place in rock history.
The profile also reaches forward: THE SYMBOL REMAINS came out in October 2020, and GHOST STORIES followed in April 2024. Those later releases give the band’s story a longer arc than a retrospective built only around its best-known 1970s and early-1980s songs.
Further reading: Blue Öyster Cult - Count Basie Center for the Arts ↗ · Blue Öyster Cult Red Bank Tickets, Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre, Count Basie Center, 25 Nov 2026 – Songkick ↗
The Basie event profile describes Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser, vocalist and lead guitarist, and Eric Bloom, vocalist and rhythm guitarist, as the band’s original core duo. It also names Richie Castellano on guitar and keyboards, Danny Miranda on bass, and Jules Radino on drums.
There is a discrepancy between profiles: Songkick’s separate artist biography names Kasim Sulton on bass instead of Danny Miranda. The Red Bank event bill itself names Blue Öyster Cult, not individual musicians, so the profile rosters should be treated as band context rather than confirmation of everyone appearing on this date.
Further reading: Blue Öyster Cult - Count Basie Center for the Arts ↗ · Blue Öyster Cult Tickets, Tour Dates & Concerts 2027 & 2026 – Songkick ↗ · Blue Öyster Cult Red Bank Tickets, Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre, Count Basie Center, 25 Nov 2026 – Songkick ↗
The Basie event page names Blue Öyster Cult; no additional act appears in the supplied bill. The date and showtime are listed separately.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; showtime is 7:30 p.m. No end time is announced.
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The event page links to Ticketmaster. The supplied event details do not state a ticket price, fees, availability or other purchase conditions; check the ticketing link for current information.
The event information does not state an age policy. Contact the box office if you need to confirm eligibility.
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To request an accessibility service, complete the Count Basie Center’s ADA Request Form, linked from its Accessibility Statement: https://thebasie.org/accessibility/. For questions, additional assistance or an unlisted service, contact the box office at 732-842-9000 or [email protected]. The venue recommends at least three weeks’ notice for ASL, open captioning and audio description. Arrangements may vary by event.
The main entrance has an automatic push-button door at the far-left entrance, and street-level ramps are in the Stillwell Larkin Pavilion Lobby and historic lobby. The lobby and orchestra level are wheelchair accessible. An elevator at the back of the Grand Lobby serves the second-floor bathrooms and balcony; the historic loge and balcony levels are not wheelchair accessible.
Accessible seating is in the orchestra section: rows A, Q and DD on both sides, plus elevated rear-platform row AA′. Each ADA seat has space for a companion seat; contact the box office to reserve. Wheelchair-accessible restroom stalls are in the grand lobby and upstairs near the elevator. A single-stall bathroom with an automatic door is in the downstairs historic theatre lobby near the rear staircase.
Assistive listening devices with over-ear headphones are available on request. Service animals are welcome in the guest’s seating area and must remain leashed or harnessed at all times. Call or email the box office at least a week before the event so the venue can prepare for your arrival.
The event is at Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre, Count Basie Center, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701. NJ Transit riders can take a train on the North Jersey Coast Line to Red Bank; the station is about three blocks west of the Basie.
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The venue lists the Garden State Parkway and Routes 18, 35, 36 and 520 among the regional road approaches. The event information does not specify a parking facility, rates or availability. Use the map links to calculate directions from your own starting point and confirm parking details with the venue.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. on November 25, 2026; showtime is 7:30 p.m. No end time is announced.
No. They are catalogue examples in the Basie profile, not a confirmed Red Bank setlist.
No additional act is listed in the supplied event information.
Blue Öyster Cult - Count Basie Center for the Arts ↗ · Blue Öyster Cult Red Bank Tickets, Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre, Count Basie Center, 25 Nov 2026 – Songkick ↗
Neither is stated in the supplied event details. Check with the box office about age eligibility and the ticketing link for current prices and purchase conditions.
Contact the Count Basie Center box office at 732-842-9000 or [email protected]. The venue recommends at least three weeks’ notice for ASL, open captioning and audio description; arrangements may vary by event.
99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701
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Event, planning and background information checked 2026-11-06 against the linked sources.