CT TO PERFORM ON CONAN – TUESDAY SEPT. 1
SET YOUR DVR! CHEAP TRICK TO PERFORM “SICK MAN OF EUROPE” ON THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O’BRIEN – TUES., SEPT. 1, 2009
UPDATED: Here’s the link to the full episode @ Hulu:
Archive for August, 2009
Cheap Trick on “World Cafe” Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Link updated: CLICK HERE FOR THE NPR STORY & AUDIO
National Public Radio’s World Cafe with host David Dye can be heard on nearly 200 stations nationwide. Fans can find their local station by scrolling to the bottom & choosing their state under “Find a Program Broadcast Time” at the following link: http://www.npr.org/templates/stations/schedule/?prgId9
…or worldwide they can listen online to the WXPN/Philadelphia stream Monday through Friday, 2pm to 4pm Eastern Standard Time by going to: http://www.xpn.org/listen-live/listen-live
DVD/CD to Benefit Prostate Cancer Research out now
On December 12th, 2007 Cheap Trick Performed Sgt. Pepper Live at the The Waldorf Astoria in New York City for the Michael Milken Prostate Cancer Foundation Charity Concert & Auction. All artist proceeds from sales of this release will benefit the Prostate Cancer Foundation.
“Cheap Trick, in a reprisal of their wildly successful sold-out concerts, salute the 40th anniversary of the Beatles’ seminal Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album with a dynamic track-by-track rendition that features a full orchestra, an Indian music ensemble and an array of several very special guests. At the helm is none other that the legendary Goeff Emerick, who engineered the Fab Four’s definitive album in 1967, and brings and exciting authenticity to the celebration. Cheap Trick genuinely infuse their brand of Beatlesque power pop into a live tribute that pays homage to their musical influences, by capturing the essence of an album that changed music history.
Never before performed live in its entirety by the Beatles, this footage is an exclusive opportunity to hear the complete Sgt. Pepper album performed live by Cheap Trick, bringing the band full-circle in a chilling tribute to their musical heroes.”
“Tinted Trick” – Photo by CARLA DRAGOTTI
Taylor Hanson visited the band at the Tulsa show on 8/22/09. Rick calls this photo “Tinted Trick.”
Photo by CARLA DRAGOTTI
Cheap Trick in the news – press & links for late August 2009
Ultimate Guitar - feature
Houston Press - preview
Creative Loafing Tampa - live review
Miami Herald - live review
Times Picayune (New Orleans) - live review
Vintage Rock - album review
WFAA, Dallas - 8-track piece
Deseret News (SLC) - feature preview
Salt Lake Tribune – preview
Dallas Morning News – live review
Dallas Observer – live review
Spinner – Conan post
Innocent Words – review
Arizona Republic – feature preview
San Francisco Examiner – feature preview
Salt Lake Tribune - live review
The Griffin Blog - Rick’s custom iPhone case
Classic Rock Revisited -Review
KTVU -Rick Interview
The Daily Swarm - feature
KTVU.com - feature
Examiner (Phoenix) - live review
PopMatters - album review
Billboard - Chart Beat Thursday
Spinner.com ‘Sick Man of Europe’ — Video Premiere
from Spinner.com: Cheap Trick’s new single, ‘Sick Man of Europe,’ which is taken from the band’s just-released album, ‘The Latest,’ is a lean slice of hard-hitting power pop, bristling with the kind of edgy vitality usually credited to a young band with a reputation to make. But, then, that’s exactly what the song is about. Sick Man of Europe was actually the name for a nascent Cheap Trick, formed around 1971, and numbering guitarist Rick Nielsen, drummer Bun E. Carlos, bassist Tom Petersson and singer Stewkey from the Nazz. “It’s a bit of our history,” Nielsen tells Spinner. “Tom and I were living in Europe, after leaving the American pop scene, of which there was none.”
“It was such an intriguing set of words,” he says of the band name. “To me, ‘Sick Man of Europe’ conjures up stuff, but no one else thought so much of it. Every time people asked ‘What’s the name of your band?’ it’d be ‘What?’ How can you take the world’s worst band name and turn it into something?”
Somehow, 37 years later, that’s what they did. While the song tells of a young band struggling against the odds to find its place in rock ‘n’ roll, the video splices retro clips of go-go dancers and swinging London — including the iconic original Biba clothing store — with career-spanning Cheap Trick shots.
But how did they come up with that odd sounding name? “We were traveling around Europe and saw the Herald Tribune one day and they were referring to Turkey or Italy, I forget which, as the sick man of Europe, dragging the rest of Europe down,” Nielsen says. According to some critics, this young band wasn’t so hot either. “We did one show with the Mahavishnu Orchestra,” Nielsen recalls, “and someone wrote, ‘Wherever they’re from, they should go back.’”
Watch the exclusive video premiere of ‘Sick Man of Europe’ here.
NASHVILLE AND BIRMINGHAM SHOWS POSTPONED
Def Leppard’s Monday, August 10th and Tuesday, August 11th performances in Nashville and Birmingham, respectively, have been postponed due to the circumstances surrounding a band member’s bereavement. No further specifics concerning the matter are expected to be released. Ticket holders are asked to hold their tickets, pending further details of the concert’s rescheduling.
“We were looking forward to returning to Nashville and Birmingham,” said the band in a joint statement. “So we’re going to do all that we can to get back there soon.”
News & Links for early August, 2009
The Sunday Paper (Atlanta) – album review
Baton Rouge Advocate – feature preview
Orlando Sentinel – live review
Blender.com – 8-track charting
Revelationz.net – album review
Popshifter.com – “Cheap Trick on YouTube” – channel review
The Advocate (LA) – album review
The Oklahoman – album review
Pop Shifter – album review
Popmatters – album review
Examiner (Memphis) – album review
Culture Catch – album review
BabySue – album review
Ft. Worth Business Press – 8-track story
Time Out Chicago – album review
Shepherd Express – album review
Eight Forty-Eight – radio
Journal & Courier – feature preview
Chicago Public Radio – blog
Wired - 8-track blog
Gizmodo – 8-track blog
CNET – 8-track blog
Examiner (SF) – 8-track blog
Gapers Block – blog
Slippery Brick – 8-track blog
Pittsburgh Post Gazette – feature preview
Observer-Reporter (PA) – feature preview
BoingBoing – 8 track
Dallas Observer – blog on 8 track
Rock in Review – album review
RoughEdge.com album review
Tech Dirt – 8 track coverage
Raleigh News & Observer (NC) – feature preview
If Magazine - album review
Nashville Scene – preview
Independent Weekly (NC) – preview
Arizona Daily Star – time capsule picture from 1979
Here is CT on the cover of “JQ” – a magazine for exchange programs between the US and Japan.
