Cheap Trick News

Nick Mason, drummer of legendary rock band Pink Floyd, will make an appearance at 3:30 p.m. today at Henry Ford Museum.

Cheap Trick formed thirty-five years ago. Most of their contemporaries have long ago burned out or faded away and yet, here is Cheap Trick, not simply still going, but actually in the midst of one of their most generative years yet, with a major soundtrack cut, new album, tour and an ambitious stint in Vegas doing S gt.

Still one of the hardest working bands in show business when it comes to relentless gigging 35 years into their storied career, Rockford's own Cheap Trick haven't garnered as much attention for recent recordings, though they've been reconnecting with their muse in the studio of late after the relatively disappointing output of the '90s. In between ...

Sugar poured? Check. Roses inspected for thorns? Yup. Flame produced? Oh, yeah. Def Leppard, Poison, and Cheap Trick made for a mostly hot, sticky sweet triple bill last night at the Comcast Center.

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Concert Review: Def Leppard Def Leppard's frontman Joe Elliott. "Don't need nothin' but a good time," goes that old rock chesnut by '80s glam-metal outfit Poison.

Poison's Rikki Rockett fired back, challenging Elliott to a bare-knuckles fight.

Cheap Trick brings back the 8-track Robin Zander, right, and Thomas Petersson, left, of U.S. rock group Cheap Trick perform at the Stravinski stage during the 'Rock Summit Night' of the 38th Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland, Sunday evening, July 4, 2004.

Def Leppard's Joe Elliot and Phil Collen on July 2 at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel Photos: Remember that scene in "The Wrestler" when Marisa Tomei's gold-hearted stripper recalls the good-time glory days of '80s hair metal? "'90s sucked," she and Mickey Rourke concluded.

At the end of Def Leppard's show Tuesday night, lead singer Joe Elliott offered the audience at the Susquehanna Bank Center a deal: "Don't forget about us, and we won't forget about you." It was a moment of unusual vulnerability for a band whose most fervent pronouncements generally involve the word rock .

Regina Spektor has always been hard to pin down lyrically, with her literary references and heavily detailed stories.

Def Leppard Despite these stadium-filling rockers having combined album sales of 100 million, the biggest draw here might be reality TV star Bret Michaels, thanks to his "Rock of Love" dating shows on VH1.

Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick will play the Ford Ampitheater Friday, August 14.

The house that Elvis built will play host to the music of one of his biggest competitors, The Beatles, later this year.

Published: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 3:53 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 3:53 p.m. Cheap Trick "The Latest" Maybe it's Red Bull, or maybe they just took a dip in that pool from the movie "Cocoon," but Cheap Trick has got its youthful energy and exuberance back again.

"The Latest" In September, Cheap Trick will perform the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album backed by an orchestra during a string of shows in Las Vegas.

The alt-rock singer/songwriter is finally set to release his fourth studio album, which follows 2006's "Nightcrawler." "Back and Fourth" marks a production shift for Yorn, who played virtually all of the instruments on his first three albums, but worked with drummer Joey Waronker , pianist/arranger Nate Wolcott , bassist Joe Karnes , backing ...

Construction has officially stopped at Fontainebleau, the north-Strip megaresort that's embroiled in a dispute with its lenders and recently saw its CEO resign.

Montage Mountain will surely be rocking Sunday as three legendary bands unite for one memorable evening.

When a band marks its 35th anniversary, it is usually either as a massive stadium act , or as an oldies act content to milk the casino circuit until the day they're given their gold watch and severance check .