Jan 14 2009
Cheap Trick Close to Las Vegas Hilton Headlining Deal
The Rockblog has seen reports that Cheap Trick could be playing a run at the Las Vegas Hilton. The bad news is Cheap Trick is reported to be performing the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album in its entirety.
According to the Las Vegas Review Journal:
The iconic American rock band Cheap Trick is close to finalizing a headliner deal with the Las Vegas Hilton that would feature the group performing The Beatles‘ epic album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” live with a full orchestra.
Word has it their performances could begin as soon as March and stretch throughout 2009.
Cheap Trick’s original members would be involved in the exclusive agreement with the Hilton.
If Cheap Trick were to take up residence at the Las Vegas Hilton and play their 1978 album Heaven Tonight in its entirety, I would go home tonight and tell Mrs Rockblog that it was time to go to Vegas to renew our wedding vows. After the flights and hotel were booked I would conveniantly “discover” that Cheap Trick were going to be playing there at the same time we were going.
After all, Heaven Tonight is:
A) an album they originally wrote and recorded, and
B) a heck of a lot better than Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Maybe a run playing Sgt Pepper’s will open up the door for Cheap Trick to return at a later date and play THE all-time pop-rock masterpiece - Heaven Tonight.
