Cheap Trick to bring 'Sgt. Pepper' to Las Vegas
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Cheap Trick will interpret The Beatles' classic 1967 album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" during a September Las Vegas engagement.
The band will kick off the performances, complete with a full symphony orchestra, Sept. 13 at the Las Vegas Hilton. The showcase will run over nine nights and will feature "special musical guests to be announced later," according to promoters.
"We are going to make rock 'n' roll history by incorporating this legendary American rock group with the music of The Beatles," said Bill Edwards, the show's producer, in a press statement. "This is a groundbreaking performance that everyone said couldn't be done live, but Cheap Trick has perfected it."
The shows, which will be priced more affordably than the typical Vegas revue, with seats starting at $65 apiece, will take place at the Hilton Theater, where Elvis Presley held an 837-night engagement in the early '70s, according to a press release.
Audio production of the show will be overseen by Geoff Emerick, who was the original audio engineer on "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," working alongside producer George Martin. The production's stage will be constructed by veteran set designer Rene Lagler.
Cheap Trick's latest album, appropriately titled "The Latest," is due in stores June 23. The set, produced by Julian Raymond, follows 2006's "Rockford," which the band released on its own Cheap Trick Unlimited/Big3 Records label. "Rockford," the group's first set since 2003's "Special One," was hailed by fans and critics alike as a return to form for the veteran rockers.
Before hitting Vegas, the band will head out on the road for a lengthy tour this summer with Def Leppard and Poison. The 40-city trek kicks off June 23 in Camden, NJ.
Cheap Trick--frontman Robin Zander, guitarist Rick Nielsen, bassist Tom Petersson and drummer Bun E. Carlos--formed in the early '70s and released its self-titled debut album in 1977. The band's most commercially successful release is 1979's "Live at Budokan," which spawned the hit "I Want You to Want Me."
"Sgt. Pepper Live," featuring Cheap Trick
September 2009
13-15 - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Hilton
17-19 - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Hilton
21-23 - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Hilton
Cheap Trick w/ Def Leppard and Poison
June 2009
23 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center
25 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center
26 - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
28 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
30 - Mansfield, MA - Comcast Center
July 2009
1 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
3 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center
4 - Toronto, Ontario - The Molson Amphitheatre
7 - Hartford, CT - New England Dodge Music Center
8 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
10 - Burgettstown, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion
11 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
12 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge
15 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
17 - Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
18 - Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheater
20 - Maryland Heights, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St. Louis
21 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
23 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
24 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 2009
7 - Raleigh, NC - Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
8 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
10 - Nashville, TN - Sommet Center
11 - Pelham, AL - Verizon Wireless Center Birmingham
13 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre
14 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre at State Fairgrounds
15 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre
18 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Arena
19 - The Woodlands, TX - The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
21 - Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center
22 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center
24 - Englewood, CO - Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
25 - Salt Lake City, UT - Usana Amphitheatre
28 - Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
29 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Wireless Pavilion
30 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
September 2009
2 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
3 - Wheatland, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre
5 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena
6 - Devore, CA - San Manuel Amphitheater
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