Cheap Trick Hopes You Will Enjoy The Show

In a city of knockoffs and impersonations,  how do you go
about reinterpreting a great piece of music without being tainted
as a copycat? Well, it helps if you’re already a legendary rock
band in your own right behind you, too. That’s how Cheap Trick’s
doing it anyway, landing at the Las Vegas Hilton for nine
performances of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
before a full orchestra and assisted by such other pop stars as
Joan Osbourne. Cheap Trick’s guitarist and vocalist Rick Nielsen
joins us this hour to talk about the band’s relationship with the
Beatles, about growing up in Rockford, Ill., and whether this swing
of shows could portend a resident Vegas gig of some form
soon.

In banter: Mindy Kaling gets Vegas whiners whining, Terry Fator
puts puppets on cabs, Amy gets a Vegas welcome on her European
cruise, Top Chef's been good to Hubert Keller and more.

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