If Cheap Trick’s Tom Petersson was ever taught the “traditional” way to approach bass guitar, it didn't take. As a founding member of Illinois's most celebrated rock outfit, he has long been a model ...

Life happens to you when you’re busy making other plans,’ John Lennon once sang. And never in a million years could Cheap Trick have imagined how their career would be transformed as the result of a ...

Rock 'n Roll fans were out in force as the hard-rocking group Cheap Trick took the stage at Brown County Music Center on December 8, 2024. The original band members of Robin Zander (vocals, rhythm ...

There’s always been a wonderfully defiant quality to Cheap Trick beneath the lovable, albeit kooky-weird, wired personas. It was on full display at Cheap Trick’s first ever appearance at the San ...

They’re all alright. Actually, Cheap Trick sounded more than just OK Sunday at a sold-out Metro, where the veteran band headlined the Wrigleyville venue’s 40th-anniversary celebration finale with a ...

Thanks to hits such as “Surrender,” “I Want You to Want Me” and “Dream Police,” Cheap Trick has become one of rock’s generational bands. It’s also become a next-generation affair. While guitarist Rick ...

Cheap Trick is playing Metro to wrap up the music club’s yearlong 40th-anniversary celebrations. According to an announcement Tuesday, Rockford’s own Cheap Trick will perform July 16. Tickets go on ...