Today in Cheap Trick history: 28 Oct - (1984) Cheap Trick performed at the Sunrise Musical Theater in Sunrise, Florida. Their 18 song set included the live rarities “Reach Out” and “Up the Creek”.
Today in Cheap Trick history: 26 Oct ��� (1977) Cheap Trick performed at the Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska, on a bill with Blue Oyster Cult and Black Oak Arkansas.
Today in Cheap Trick history: 25 Oct – (1981) Billed as “The Randy Men” (similar to 12 months earlier), Cheap Trick performed a surprise show at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Today in Cheap Trick history: 24 Oct – (1980) Today was the original date of a show scheduled at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, which was rearranged and took place two weeks later on Nov 5.
Today in Cheap Trick history: 23 Oct - (1995) The band performed at Chicago’s Riviera Theatre, on a bill with the Smashing Pumpkins. Billy Corgan and his bandmates were joined onstage by Cheap Trick for their second encore, which comprised three CT songs – “Baby Loves to Rock”, “If You Want My Love” and “Auf Wiedersehen”. Audio of the 3 tracks can be heard here – https://t.co/SH5mwC1IiD
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Today in Cheap Trick history: 22 Oct – (1976) Cheap Trick performed on the first of two successive nights at the Electric Ballroom in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Today in Cheap Trick history: 21 Oct - (1980) Billed as “The Randy Men”, the band performed a “secret” show at Headliner’s in Madison, Wisconsin. This was the first of 3 Midwest shows under this moniker, and the setlists included songs from the soon-to-be released “All Shook Up” album.
Today in Cheap Trick history: 20 Oct – (2017) Today saw the US release of the “Christmas Christmas” CD. This album of festive tracks included three self-penned songs as well as the band’s interpretations of holiday classics by the likes of the Ramones, The Kinks, Slade and (Roy Wood’s) Wizzard.
Today in Cheap Trick history: 19 Oct (1982) Touring to promote the “One on One” album, Cheap Trick performed at the Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, on a bill with Uriah Heep.
Today in Cheap Trick history: 17 Oct – (1990) During a short promotional trip to Europe to promote the “Busted” album, Cheap Trick performed at SVT Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden. Tracks were recorded for two Swedish TV shows, and footage from the show “Gig” can be seen here: https://t.co/EMfd2pPmV5
Today in Cheap Trick history: 15 Oct – (1977) The band performed at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa, on a bill with Blue Oyster Cult and Ram Jam.
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Today in Cheap Trick history: 30 Sep – (1978) Cheap Trick performed a 9-song set at The Summit in Houston, Texas, at the end of a short run of shows in Texas with Foreigner.
Today in Cheap Trick history: 29 Sep – (2004) The band performed the first of two successive nights at the Canyon Club at Agoura Hills, California. A number of celebrity friends attended the shows, with Olympic gold medal winner Scott Hamilton and Quiet Riot’s Frankie Banali each briefly playing guitar tech to change one of Rick’s guitars during the following night’s show on 30 September.
The Cheap Trick guitarist’s custom 2004 Hamer is going to auction for the first time. But the story of its 1981 predecessor arose from an even crazier idea https://t.co/k8Xrf5WoeC
He'll part with more than 70 instruments, including one of his famous five-neck six-string monsters. "I don't remember it being this f--king heavy," the @cheaptrick guitarist says.
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