Cheap Trick played Irving Plaza (pics, setlist), rewrote song for Superbowl commercial, performed Sgt Pepper, tour dates
photos by Paul Birman
Audi of America today announced that it will advertise during Super Bowl XLIV, the brand’s third consecutive time in the Super Bowl. The spot will highlight the Audi A3 TDI, recently named by Green Car Journal as the 2010 “Green Car of the Year” and will have a fun, tongue-in-cheek environmental theme. Rock legends Cheap Trick will reinterpret one of their classic pieces as the soundtrack to the commercial.
Returning to the Super Bowl after a nearly 20-year hiatus, the 2008 Audi spot delivered a parody of the movie “The Godfather” and signaled that the brand was ready to challenge the perceived luxury leaders. The 2009 effort featured actor Jason Statham in a series of high-speed chase scenes involving recent luxury models, sending the dual message that some things are best left in the past and luxury is evolving, with Audi at the forefront. This year, Audi will demonstrate its leadership position within the luxury segment with a brand spot that delivers the message that being environmentally conscious might not be easy, but the Audi A3 TDI clean diesel is now a proven environmental solution. [press release]
Not counting a ‘Best of’, Cheap Trick‘s latest release is a live CD & DVD from a show where they performed the Beatles‘ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band track for track with “the New York Philharmonic orchestra, an Indian music ensemble and an array of several very special guests”. It was released in 2009 just a couple of months after they also put out a new album of their own material (called “The Latest”).
Monday night (1/25), Cheap Trick played a show at The Fillmore at Irving Plaza here in NYC (they also played a private/taped shows at St Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn the night after that). More pictures from Irving along with the setlist and all future tour dates (they have a gig coming in Atlantic City soon), below…
Jason Falkner
Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick setlist
Way of the World
Come On Come On
If You Want My Love
I Want You to Want Me
These Days
Baby Loves to Rock
Sleep Forever
Heaven Tonight
Miss Tomorrow
Miracle
Just Got Back
Sick Man of Europe
Closer -The Ballad of Burt & Linda
Surrender
Dream Police
Auf Wiedersehen
He’s A Whore
Good Night
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Cheap Trick – 2010 Tour Dates
1/29/10 – Atlantic City, NJ – Harrahs – CT on at 9pm – tix on sale 12/5/09 – available at harrahs.com or ticketmaster.com
1/30/10 – Boston, MA – House of Blues. Tix on sale 11/20/09. livenation.com
2/4/10 – Toronto, ONT Canada – The Sound Academy. CT on at 8:30pm. Tix on sale 12/14/09 through ticketmaster.ca
2/5/10 – Windsor, ONT – The Colosseum at Caesar’s Windsor. CT on at 8pm. Tix available at: ticketmaster.com – TIX ON SALE 12/4/09
2/25/10 – Los Angeles, CA – House of Blues – CT on at 9:15p. Tix on sale 12/5/09 available at www.ticketmaster.com
2/26/10 – Rancho Mirage, CA – Agua Caliente Casino – CT on at 8pm. Tix on sale 1/9/10 available at hotwatercasino.com/theshow
3/2/10 + 3/3/10 – Milwaukee WI – Potawatomi Casino – CT on at 8pm. Tix on sale Jan 9
3/5/10 – Kansas City, MO – Ameristar Casino – CT on at 8pm. Tix on sale 11/30/09 available at tickets.com
3/19/10 – Austin, TX – Auditorium Shores – More information at www.sxsw.com
3/20/10 – Durant, OK – Choctaw Events Center – CT on at 8:00p. Tix info at starticketsplus.com
3/26/10 – Enoch, AB Canada – River Cree Casino – CT on at 8pm. Tix on sale 1/29/10 at www.ticketmaster.ca
3/28/10 – Tacoma, WA – Emerald Queen Casino – CT on at 7pm
4/24/10 – Laughlin, NV – Laughlin River Run/Aquarius Casino Resort – CT on at 9pm
5/1/10 – Cary, NC – Booth Amphitheater – CT on at 9:30pm. Tix on sale January 2010 through ticketmaster.com
NEW! 6/5/10 – Peachtree City, GA – Fred Amphitheater – CT on at 9:00pm. Tix on sale 3/6/10 at www.amphitheater.org
