Newsletter Issue #41 - Nov 2003
Welcome to the forty first "UNOFFICIAL"
Cheap Trick newsletter! This includes a review of the California dates in early October {Review
2003_cal.htm} as well as of two weekend shows
recently in Texas {Review texas_03.htm }. I
hope you find both reviews of interest.
The following live dates are currently announced on the official CT website as at 20th
November:
31 Dec 2003 - Orlando FL; 2 Jan 2004 - Clearwater FL; 3
- West Palm Beach FL; 12 Feb - Sanford FL; 14 - Hallandale FL.
As always, dates are subject to confirmation and change, please check before travelling.
Along with several other bands, Cheap Trick played a number of shows in September right
across the USA, supporting Cake's "Unlimited Sunshine Tour". Cheap Trick have
then had their own multi-band run of shows during November, with one of the two support
acts being long time friend and MC5 member, Wayne Kramer. During a few of these shows,
Rick has joined Wayne and his band on "Kick Out the Jams" whilst Cheap Trick
played the MC5's "Ramblin' Rose" in New Orleans.
The second single from the new CD was "Too Much" and was released to radio in
mid October, but was superceded two weeks later by "My Obsession".
As well as touring, the band have made a number of TV and radio appearences over the past
couple of months, including:
- On October 1st, Robin and Tom appeared on the US radio show "Loveline". An
audio version of the broadcast can be downloaded from
http://idisk.mac.com/blikum1/Public/Audio/lline.mp3 (though be warned, it's an extremely
large file );
- The "Live From the Sky Church" show on the US version of VH-1 was broadcast
several times from mid October, and featured the band playing at Seattle's Experience
Music Project in August;
- The band briefly featured in the US show "I Love the 80's Strikes Back"
broadcast in mid October;
- A long radio station interview with Rick, broadcast on 3 November can be downloaded from
http://archive.wfmu.org:5555/archive/JS/js031103.mp3 but again note that it's a very large
file;
- The band recorded "Sessions@AOL" for the online media giant around
August/September and this has been archived for AOL members to watch online (using
keywords "Sessions"). The tracks played were "Words", "I Want You
to Want Me", "Surrender", "Pop Drone", "Scent of a
Woman", "Too Much", "My Obsession" and "If I Could". In
addition, there is also a short audio interview.
The "Live in Australia" DVD was finally released in the UK (and Europe?) in
October, over 5 years after its release in the USA. Surprisingly I found both a UK and an
Australian copy in my local HMV in Leeds, and it is interesting to note that despite the
same track listing, the Australian version is listed as running for 8 minutes less! Some
of the cover artwork is different too, so worth looking out for by the collectors amongst
us.
This isn't news as such, but I have recently added a new page to my website which relates
to Cheap Trick and the Hard Rock Cafe chain. The band have played in a few HRC's, pieces
of CT memorabilia can be found in many Cafe's around the world, and there are even some
collectible pins inspired by the band or some of Rick's guitars. I've attempted to start
to compile as much information as I can find onto this page. It's a work in progress, so
I'd welcome any comments, information and photographs. The page can be viewed at hardrock.htm
The rest of my archive website can be found at www.ctnewseurope.co.uk All past issues of
this newsletter, interviews, reviews and photos are archived there. The official website
is (as always) at www.cheaptrick.com and has gradually been upgrading various pages over
the summer. Official merchandise can be found online at via the official website, and I
understand that some new items will shortly be added to the range available there.
I hope you've found this issue informative. If you receive this by paper mail, I'd be
grateful you could send a sae (or more) or IRC for the next issue. If you (or any other
Trick fans you know) would prefer to receive this newsletter by e-mail in future, please
write to or e-mail me. The next newsletter is planned for early in the new year, either
January or February (depending on news). And to end up, may I take this opportunity to
once again wish everyone a Happy Christmas and a good new year ahead!
