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Cheap Trick, Joan Jett, and Heart at First Niagara

George Archibald

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Review of Cheap Trick, Joan Jett, and Heart at First Niagara on 7/21/2016

By George Archibald

 

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Robin Zander of Cheap Trick

It was a warm sunny afternoon for the Rock Hall Three For All show at Pittsburgh First Niagara Pavilion, that would play host to Heart, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and Cheap Trick. This show was a real treat becsause I got to see three legendary bands in one night. Playing to a packed audience, rock and roll hall of famers Cheap Trick took the stage first.

Lead by singer Robin Zander, Cheap Trick warmed the crowd up playing several hits during the evening. Guitarist Rick Nielsen, played through an array of guitars this night, his famous multi neck guitar and his Rick Jr. guitar made appearances as well as several checkboard printed guitars as the band played through the set. The band also had bass player Tom Petersson, do a bass solo in the middle of the set with his 12 string bass guitar. To wrap up their set Pittsburgh’s Mayor Bill Peduto, joined the band on stage to sing “Surrender” after proclaiming his love for the band.

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Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts started off their set with “Bad Reputation” which really got the crowd moving. Joan was rocking a red jumpsuit through the night as the band played several of their hits and a few covers, including “Cherry Bomb,” “Do You Wanna Touch,” and “Crimson and Clover”.  Joan also played “Light of Day” which Bruce Springsteen penned for the movie of the same title which stared Michael J Fox and Joan Jett. Wrapping up her set, the band ripped through “I Hate Myself for Loving You” before an encore which included Sly and The Family Stone’s “Everyday People”.

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Ann Wilson of Heart

Up next was the iconic Heart. This headliner came out strong playing “Wild Child” and moved right into “Magic Man”. Ann Wilson sounded great as she performed “What About Love” belting out the high notes which made this track a stand out. To wrap up their set, Heart played through “Crazy on You” and “Barracuda” before an encore of two Led Zeppelin songs, “The Immigrant Song” and “Stairway to Heaven”. Overall it was a great night for rock. The crowd was so eager to watch these Hall of Famers do what has made them timeless in music. None of the bands failed to bring the energy and put on an unforgettable performance this night.

 

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Nancy Wilson of Heart

For more photos from the show click below:

Heart Photos

Cheap Trick Photos

 

 

 

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W.A.S.P. Album One Alive 2024 US Tour

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Hollywood, CA (August 20, 2024) — It is 2024, and W.A.S.P. is celebrating 1984! 40 years ago, the landmark debut album from W.A.S.P. was released on August 17, 1984, and the metal world was knocked on their ass!

The W.A.S.P. “Album ONE Alive” Tour celebrates the debut album by playing the album in its entirety, from start to finish.

To give the fans something every week to celebrate W.A.S.P. is giving away…

• 10 pairs of tickets a week for the length of the US tour.

• Silver Award – Blackie is also giving away each week of the tour two personal meet and greets in his dressing room. In HIS dressing room!

• Gold Award – One lucky fan will win Blackie’s personal certified RIAA award for the debut album.

• Platinum Award – And the Grand Prize, one fan and a guest will be provided airfare and a luxury Hollywood hotel to the final show in Los Angeles, meet the band and stay for the after show, end of tour party.

W.A.S.P. can only celebrate 1984 once and they want to do it big!

To enter all you have to do is visit and enter your email address:
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It was recently announced that Armored Saint will be replacing Death Angel on the tour. W.A.S.P. issued the following statement: “W.A.S.P. is pleased to announce that Armored Saint will now be joining the “Album One Alive” Fall 2024 U.S. Tour. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Death Angel will no longer be able to be a part of this tour. We all wish them the best going forward.”

Tickets and VIP packages available at WASPnation.com/tour

THE ALBUM ONE ALIVE WORLD TOUR 2024 DATES:

10/26/24 San Luis Obispo, CA @ Fremont Theater*

10/28/24 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater

10/29/24 Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre

10/30/24 Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre

11/01/24 Calgary, AB The Palace Theatre

11/02/24 Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory

11/03/24 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory

11/04/24 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot

11/05/24 Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre

11/07/24 Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore

11/08/24 St Charles, IL @ The Arcada Theatre

11/09/24 St Charles, IL @ The Arcada Theatre

11/10/24 Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre

11/11/24 Toronto, ON @ History

11/13/24 Montreal, QC @ MTELUS

11/14/24 Quebec City, QC @ Theatre Capitole

11/15/24 Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre

11/16/24 New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom At Manhattan Center

11/17/24 Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall

11/19/24 Cleveland, OH @ The Agora Theater

11/20/24 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE

11/21/24 Stroudsburg, PA @ The Sherman Theater

11/22/24 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore

11/23/24 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore

11/24/24 Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Live

11/26/24 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium

11/27/24 Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern

11/29/24 Houston, TX @ House Of Blues

11/30/24 San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theatre

12/01/24 Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum

12/03/24 Little Rock, AR @ The Hall

12/04/24 Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion

12/06/24 Albuquerque, NM @ REVEL

12/07/24 Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee Theatre

12/09/24 Tucson, AZ @ The Rialto Theatre

12/10/24 San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues

12/11/24 Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort and Casino

12/12/24 Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl

12/13/24 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield

12/14/24 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium

* No support acts.

About W.A.S.P.

Few bands in the history of rock n roll have ever incited the love, the hate, and the raw emotional effect this band has had on the world. From the very beginning, in the small venues of Los Angeles, California, and later to the numerous countries worldwide that banned these Winged Assassins from performing live, the band’s unique style of shock and rock caused religious organizations, local city councils, parliaments, and the Washington D.C. Senate to hold hearings in an effort to bar this group from selling records and trashing stages everywhere they played.

The band’s founding member, frontman Blackie Lawless, has led the group as its lead vocalist and primary songwriter since its beginning. His unique brand of visual, social, and political comment took the group to worldwide heights and sold millions of records alongside a legacy of sold-out shows across the globe for 4 decades.

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Them Damn Kings “Shown With A Fist”

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Them Damn Kings from NJ just released a new single “Shown With a Fist”.
If you like your music in your face with a touch of old school rock and roll this is the band for you. It’s got gritty vocals and pounding drums adding in some killer guitar shreds.
It’s a song that you listen to when you want to get into a bar fight or want to drive your car really fast down the highway.
It’s worth a listen, check out the lyric video below with a little bonus guitar mortal kombat shred off.

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Ashes to Omens “Feed Me More” 

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Ashes To Omens are a band from Georgia who’s latest single “Feed Me More” has a great sound to it. It reminds me of bands around the mid to late 2000s. They have a good mixture of sound. The song is a perfect blend of hard rock and metal with the vocals very crisp and delivered with passion. 

The song “Feed Me More” has a great melody and works well with the bands style and genre of music. It also is a great title to a song because after listening to it I wanted more of the band. 

Some will say that it’s very radio rock/metal and sometimes I do have issues with that but I felt that this song even though it does have that feel to it, isn’t just a radio rock song for the sake of being a radio rock song. I think this single is worth a listen to and could possibly be a track that might make your playlist. 

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