For its first episode of the New Year, the award-winning PBS television series AUSTIN CITY LIMITS welcomes famed American rockers Cheap Trick to the Studio 6A stage for a new, hour-long episode. The performance marks the iconic band’s first appearance on the show, and it premieres on PBS stations nationwide on January 1, 2011.

Performing classics like “I Want You to Want Me,” “Surrender,” and “Dream Police” plus tunes from its more recent body of work, veteran rockers Cheap Trick show ACL viewers that they’re still going strong, more than 30 years after forming in Rockford, IL in the early 1970’s.

“Moving confidently into the future while remaining convincingly rooted in the past? Now that’s a neat trick,” said The New Yorker of the band’s 2009 release, The Latest.

“Cheap Trick is timeless!’ exclaimed series executive producer Terry Lickona. “Actually, the band started at almost exactly the same time as Austin City Limits, so after 36 years it’s about time they finally hit our stage. And they are still at the top of their game!”


In addition to the release of The Latest, Cheap Trick has recently written and performed the theme song to Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report. In its wildly successful history, the band has performed more than 5,000 concerts and has sold more than 20 million records worldwide.

Season 36 celebrates an exciting time in the history of AUSTIN CITY LIMITS, as the show tapes its last season in its original studio, which was designated last year as an historic rock and roll landmark by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. In early 2011, the show will move to its new home in the heart of downtown Austin at ACL Live the Moody Theater, a full-time music venue and state of the art production facility.

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HDNET CONCERT SERIES PRESENTS THE EXCLUSIVE DEBUT OF
“CHEAP TRICK:  THE LATEST LIVE @ SXSW®”

Join HDNet and Cheap Trick for their performance from SXSW® in Austin, TX Sunday, November 21 at 8:00 p.m. ET

With more than 5,000 performances, 20 million records sold, 29 movie soundtracks and 40 gold and platinum recording awards, Cheap Trick headline the famed South By Southwest Music festival in front of a crowd of 20,000.

In this electric performance filmed by HDNet cameras, the band plays their own energetic and melodic sound from 36 years of music, including monster hits like “Surrender,” “I Want You to Want Me,” “The Flame,” “Dream Police” and more!

Don’t miss this special exclusive presentation of “Cheap Trick: The Latest Live @ SXSW®,” Sunday, November 21 at 8:00 p.m. ET only on HDNet!

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