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The following tickets are on sale beginning September 25, 2009: The Cranberries: What: Tour dates for North American tour When : November - December Tixs: Price varies depending on location Buy: Ticketmaster.com at 10:00 am EDT Def Leppard (w/ Cheap Trick): What: Tour dates for North American tour [...]
If you are all caught up in this latest wave of Beatlemania, may I suggest a bit of a dark horse entry - Cheap Trick covering Sgt. Pepper in it's entirety, accompanied by the New York Philharmonic.
I remember as a kid watching the various award shows on TV. My mom would always point-out when someone received a standing ovation. Apparently standing ovations didn't happen very often back then. Living in Las Vegas I've seen my share of shitty shows and performances. It never ceases to amaze me that no matter how pitiful the show, some people insist on a standing ovation. This nauseates me. I've deduced that these people are visiting from Arkansas and it's their first time beyond their state's borders. On occasion I've participated in standing ovations when [...]
Yesterday I highlight a live album in my weekly Blast from the Past and that got me thinking about other live records that have impacted my listening over the years. There's been so many great ones that this record was honestly a chore to compile. I think I did a good job of mixing the new with the old and putting together a list that truly highlights my musical maturation via the live album. A lot of times these were the records that introduced me to band, much the way greatest hits records do, and they served as a gateway [...]
While bassists can sometimes get lost in the spotlight of frontmen and guitar heroes, one in particular is familiar to plenty of rock fans: John Entwistle. The Who 's orginal bassist, Entwistle took up the instrument at a time when the bass guitar had few pioneers and went on to have one of rock's first bass solos with his jaw-dropping performance on 'My Generation.' Seven years after his death, fans still continue to mourn his loss and rock critics continue to increase the importance of his legacy. Perhaps the best way to gauge Entwistle's influence on [...]
It's been over two months since Dirty Projectors released their masterpiece, Bitte Orca , and with each repeated listen, it is getting safer and safer to declare it the album of the year. African guitar lines, three different soulful singers, and the undescribable songwriting style of Dave Longstreth make it a must have for any music lover. The New York quartet is getting ready to embark upon a massive tour in support of Bitte Orca (and a newly announced EP coming by [...]
STREAM: Selections from Big Star - "Keep an Eye on the Sky" On Sept. 15th, Rhino is issuing the definitive Big Star collection with a 98-track 4CD box set entitled Keep an Eye on the Sky . In advance of the box set, a limited edition vinyl single which will be available on Sept. 5th for Record Store Day. The vinyl 7" is limited to 3,500 copies and contains the tracks "Feel" (Alternate Mix) and "Mod Lang" (Unissued Single Remix). The box [...]
It's a so-so week on the whole, but for Seattle acts, it's a pretty good one. It sees the release of an EP from Blue Scholars, and the second album from The Maldives. Arctic Monkeys release their third, but we covered that a few weeks ago , and Matisyahu yesterday , and beyond that there's also releases from Imogen Heap, Soulsavers, Still Life Still, EPs from Blitzen Trapper and Asobi Seksu along with a live album from Cheap Trick. Playlist: New Releases 08.25.09 [...]
pppp MUSIC NEWS - With the release of the Beatles catalog remastered p and Beatles Rock Band video games nearing,ppop rockers, Cheap Trick phave today put out their Sgt. Pepper Live CD and DVD today in celebration of their sold-out Vegas concerts honoring the 40th anniversary of The Beatles' album and leading up to CT's "Sgt. Pepper Live" shows (at the Las Vegas Hilton Sept. 13-15, 17-19 and 21-23). Sgt. Pepper Live [...]
or, How an Unplanned Trip to Dollar General Made My Night On the way home from work tonite, the fiance announced that we needed to stop by Dollar General to pick up a couple of things. A couple of things turned into several things, and we ended up being there much longer than planned (in fairness, we had planned to be there for two minutes, so fifteen minutes wasn't that long). It wasn't the way I envisioned kicking off my Monday evening, but in wandering the aisles, I [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , Television As Cheap Trick 's summer-long opening duties on the Def Leppard tour draw to a close, the veteran power pop group heads to Los Angeles, Sept. 1, to perform its killer new single 'Sick Man of Europe' on ' The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien .' "He's a fan," Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen reveals to Spinner about the chat show host. In June, O'Brien co-opted Cheap Trick's classic 'Surrender' for his new show's hilarious introductory skit, which documented [...]
Brendan Benson . Jack White . Raconteurs . Fame. So now that's out of the way. On his fourth solo album, Benson continues trying to escape cult hero status and graduate to indie (if not mainstream) stardom on his own terms, evident in his choice employment of producer Gil Norton ( Pixies, Echo and The Bunnymen , but also Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional ) to give him his most accessible sound yet. But asides from MOFF sounding noticeably smoother than his previous work, it's business [...]
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Video: Cheap Trick "Sick Man of Europe"
THIS is GREAT. Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen and band archivist Bun E. Carlos just keep bringing excellent clips out of the archives for fans worldwide. Here's two newly released clips (Aug 3) of the band playing UK's Reading Festival in 1979 (hmmmm...about 30 year ago this month!). Here's the band playing below soundboard versions of 'On Top of the World" and "Stiff Competition". Excellent quality, absolutely crystal clear and brilliantly played. ENJOY! Cheap Trick also has a new CD called " The Latest " and a new video of their song "Sick [...]
Filed under: News , Video , Exclusive 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 [...]
Whenever I listen to Big Drill Car I always find myself wondering how it happened that they didn't end up being the biggest band in the world. Their songs are beyond catchy, they rock but aren't so heavy as to scare off the masses, and their live shows are a steamroller of rock and roll.
Back in March at South By Southwest , our Joshua got to sit down in a downtown Austin coffeeshop and chat up the lovely and uber-talented Anya Marina , whose become a Popwreckoning favorite since the very first listen of A Slow and Steady Seduction: Phase II (still one of our most listened to albums!). Joshua, PopWreckoning: I know you wanted a fun interview, but I have to ask you at least two musical questions. Anya Marina: No problem. OK. [...]
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