TAMPA, FL - JUNE 3: Singer Robin Zander (R) and guitarist Rick Nielson of Cheap Trick perform before the Calgary Flames take on the Tampa Bay Lightning in game five of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals on June 3, 2004 at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
Losing out on all these great shows this summer has been a real drag. And we were especially looking forward to seeing Cheap Trick outdoors.
Alas, there will be no five-necked guitars and twelve-stringed basses at the Xfinity Center this August. So to scratch our Cheap Trick itch, we’ve found a killer bootleg. Listen to the band headline the Orpheum Theatre on December 15, 1978. Then for an encore, watch them at Great Woods in 1997. You can dive into the rest of the Virtual Summer Concert Series here.