The Jim Rose Circus is a modern-day version of a circus sideshow. It was founded in Seattle in 1991 by Jim Rose and his wife BeBe Aschard Rose. The sideshow, then called the "Jim Rose Circus Sideshow", came to prominence to an American audience as a second stage show at the 1992 Lollapalooza festival. although they had toured the Northwest and Canada and had several US TV appearances before this time. Rolling Stone magazine called the show an "absolute must-see act" and USA Today termed Rose's troupe "Lollapalooza's word-of-mouth hit attraction".
Tours In 1994, Jim Rose changed the lineup and dropped "sideshow" from the billing. He toured with Nine Inch Nails, Pop Will Eat Itself and Marilyn Manson. His 1997-98 world tours featured female sumo wrestling, Mexican transvestite wrestling, and chainsaw football. These shows were the pinnacle of the circus's touring career.
Performers
Rose himself performs in between acts, mostly comedy but often stunts as well such as attaching paper currency to his forehead with a staple gun, driving a long nail into his nostril and having darts thrown into his back. During the show's final act, he would escape from a straitjacket. His most...
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