Kirsten Cohen On June 7 and 8, Big Head Todd and the Monsters returned to Morrison, Colo.’s hallowed Red Rocks Amphitheatre ...

The Flame' may well have been Cheap Trick's biggest hit, but it was almost handed over to Chicago to record instead.

Amphitheater at Las Colonias Park Big Head Todd and The Monsters, and Cheap Trick, June 5, 7-10 p.m. Approaching nearly four ...

Hear the first track off “Algebra for Broken Hearts,” due July 25 and featuring the quartet’s original lineup.

And while The Phaetons morphed into The Grim Reapers (where Nielsen first met future bass-playing bandmate Tom Petersson), the guitarist’s trip to Cheap Trick included a brief stint replacing ...

Even before his first 12-string notes rang through the group’s explosive live shows, he infused Cheap Trick with bright and ... School from their 1977 debut album). Note how he packs the verses ...

All dates are here. Kim Deal‘s first-ever solo album, Nobody Loves You More, is out this week, and she’s announced a spring tour in support. No word on who will be in her band, but the tour ...

And yes, I did play AC/DC on that first guitar." Cheap Trick, formed in 1973 in Rockford ... "What would follow were countless platinum albums. gold albums and arguably one of the best live ...

In 2018, Cheap Trick brought me on stage to sing ... by The Clash because that’s how diverse they were. The first Pretenders album mesmerized us young Evanston kids. Chrissie in her red ...

Illinois-born rock band Cheap Trick first started releasing music in the 1970s, when their debut self-titled album came out. By the 1980s, songs like “I Want You to Want Me” (originally ...

And while The Phaetons morphed into The Grim Reapers (where Nielsen first met future bass-playing bandmate Tom Petersson), the guitarist’s trip to Cheap Trick included a brief stint replacing Todd ...

Rick Nielsen, left, with the rest of Cheap Trick.Credit: Cheap Trick first became a sensation when a 1978 live album became a hit around the world. But it all went by in a blur, Nielsen says.