Sgt. Pepper Live featuring Cheap Trick at Paris Las Vegas marks 43rd Anniversary of The Beatles groundbreaking album
Posted by: Rock You in Albums, Bands & Artists, News, Songs, The BeatlesTo paraphrase the iconic lyrics “Well it was forty-three years ago today / Sergeant Pepper taught a band to play…” as one of the most influential rock albums of all time, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, was released on June 2, 1967. Given the anniversary date, it is fitting that power pop progenitors Cheap Trick will bring their own interpretation of “Sgt. Pepper Live” to Paris Las Vegas for a limited engagement beginning June 11.
A Bill Edwards Presents Inc. production, the show is Cheap Trick’s live celebration of the iconic and beloved Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album. Geoff Emerick, the renowned engineer of The Beatles’ classic album, will supervise the audio production of “Sgt. Pepper Live.” Emmy-award winning production designer Rene Lagler designed the sets that are evocative of the vivid rock ‘n’ roll era of the 1960s and include a 60′-wide by 12′-high elevated orchestra stage and three turn-table entranceways.
“We have created an energetic and spectacular interpretation of an album that was absolutely groundbreaking when it was released 43 years ago,” said producer Bill Edwards. “These songs are known and loved by millions of people and Cheap Trick has captured the essence of ‘Sgt. Pepper’ in their unique style and recreated one of the most beloved and timeless musical works of modern times.”
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was the eighth studio album released by The Beatles. It took them 129 days to record. The album incorporated musical genres of jazz, rock ‘n’ roll, western classical and traditional Indian music, including the sitar. The Beatles never performed the album in its entirety due to the complex studio technology that was employed in the making of the album. (more…)


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