MOORHEAD - Everything you need to know about Rick Nielsen can be learned by watching him for a few minutes. The Cheap Trick songwriter is as much a guitarist as he is a showman. He swaps out a series ...

Cheap Trick formed in the mid-'70s in Illinois with a bag of power-pop tricks cribbed from bands like the Beatles and Badfinger. But guitarist Rick Nielsen was also a fan and student of the era's ...

Styx and Cheap Trick will bring their co-headlining tour to the Walmart AMP next spring as part of the 2026 Synchrony Concert ...

Iconic rock band Cheap Trick will help ring in the new year during Nexstar’s Coast to Coast Countdown to 2026, bringing the ...

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 ...

"This is the first time we've been here," proclaimed Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen Thursday night in Plymouth, "and we've been everywhere in the world." Since 1974, Cheap Trick has played round ...

Sega has announced that former Cheap Trick guitarist and founding member Rick Nielsen will provide the music for upcoming Wii shooter The Conduit. The Conduit, which is being developed by High Voltage ...

The bands have a long-standing connection dating back to 1977 when Cheap Trick opened for KISS on their “Love Gun Tour.” ...

Cheap Trick lead singer Robin Zander performs at Metro on July 16, 2023. The veteran band headlined the Wrigleyville venue’s 40th-anniversary celebration finale. Fans watch Cheap Trick perform at ...

Cheap Trick's "I Want You to Want Me" has become a classic-rock staple since it was first released as part of In Color in 1977. But it was hardly a sure thing at the time. Producer Tom Werman had an ...

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 ...

When Robin Taylor Zander was a little kid, he loved spending his summers on the road with his father’s band, Cheap Trick. At night, he’d snuggle up next to his dad, lead singer Robin Wayne Zander, on ...