LAS VEGAS, NV (July 6, 2010) – Getting by with a little help from thousands of their friends, Paris Las Vegas today announced that “Sgt. Pepper Live” featuring Cheap Trick will extend its limited engagement with performances through September 2010. Tickets are now on sale for 16 additional shows, with Cheap Trick and the 32-piece […]
Ken Miller Photo: Tom Donoghue/www.donoghuephotography.com I came for Sgt. Pepper, but stayed for Cheap Trick. The band who gave us one of rock’s greatest live albums (Live at Budokan) rendered a completely yeoman’s effort at reproducing the Beatles’ game-changing 1967 album at Le Theatre des Arts at Paris Las Vegas, ably assisted by a small orchestra perched […]
By John Katsilometes · June 13, 2010 · 12:18 PM Questions you might have, and I know I did, as Cheap Trick’s “Sgt. Pepper Live” returns to Las Vegas at Paris Theatre: Where’s Bun E.? At the hop! (That is a joke ripped off from John Lennon, actually, when he recorded “I’m Losing You” with Cheap Trick.) In […]
By Jerry Shriver, USA TODAY The mini-movement of rockers playing iconic albums in concert is gaining momentum at festivals and in Vegas this summer and embracing more bells and whistles and musical genres. On Friday at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn., the Flaming Lips will stage their dramatic reworking of Pink Floyd’s Dark […]
Leila Navidi Robin Zander sings during “Sgt. Pepper Live” featuring Cheap Trick Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009 at the Las Vegas Hilton. By John Katsilometes · June 7, 2010 · 5:05 PM The question is so simple: Does the dry climate in Las Vegas affect your voice? But somehow, in a phone interview from Atlanta with Cheap Trick’s Robin Zander, […]
By Bob Whitby | June 10th, 2010 | More The highlights of this week in your city. Thur. 10 Attention theater geeks and wannabe thespians: Cats is swinging through town for a three-night stand at Planet Hollywood’s Theatre for the Performing Arts (785‑5555) starting tonight. Tickets are $44-$120, but you can get up close and personal with the cats for […]
Sgt. Pepper Live is the latest chapter to Cheap Trick’s enduring legacy By Chris Carney Paris 8 p.m. June 22–23 & 25–26, $75-$125 plus tax and fee. 888.727.4758 There is a long held maxim in the music world that the truly great bands make their mark on the stage and not in the studio. Whether […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (May 24, 2010) – Beginning June 11, “Sgt. Pepper Live” featuring Cheap Trick will debut at Paris Las Vegas. Experience Cheap Trick as they perform a live interpretation of one of the most beloved rock albums in history during a limited engagement only at the Paris Las Vegas Theater. Tickets are now available at […]
May 10, 2010 (St. Petersburg FL) Patients at All Children’s Hospital will enjoy the healing benefits of music and expanded entertainment options, thanks to the generosity of a St. Petersburg entrepreneur and music mogul. Bill Edwards, founder of Bill Edwards Presents, Inc., Big 3 Entertainment and Chairman/CEO of Mortgage Investors Corporation, is donating $2.5-million to All […]
LAS VEGAS, NV (April 27, 2010) – “Sgt. Pepper Live” featuring Cheap Trick, a dazzling musical experience featuring world-famous rock stars, the Sgt. Pepper Symphony Orchestra and a live interpretation of one of the most beloved rock albums in history, will take the stage for a limited engagement beginning June 11 at the Paris Las […]