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Rod Stewart and Cheap Trick have just rolled out their latest revamped joint tour dates. The summer run was put on hold last year due to the ongoing pandemic, but is now hitting 17 cities, beginning on July 15th in Cincinnati and stretching through August 24th when the leg wraps in Nashville. In addition to their run with Rod, Cheap Truck has their own gigs sprinkled between July and November.
A while back, Rod Stewart explained to us that he's never once considered giving up what he does: “You never outgrow hits, I mean, it's always a big thrill to ya. I'm a committed musician. I love it. I love makin' music, I really love gettin' up and singin' for people. I see the smiling faces and you go home and you think you've sent them all home happy.”
Rick Nielsen told us that Cheap Trick is just one of those bands that was so unhip, they actually became cool: “What we did was the total antithesis of everything, of what was going on. We didn't wanna be like anybody else, but we didn't know what we wanted to be. So, it's like, I was always kind of a jerk and a class clown — so why change into being some charming person? We were being ourselves. At the time, there were so many bands that they tried to look like their mothers and y'know, get their hair done with the same hairspray as their mother's had. And everybody wanted to be the lead singer or the guitar player — look at me — I was never gonna be Jimmy Page or, y'know. . . It was all about the music.”
UPDATED: Rod Stewart / Cheap Trick tour dates (subject to change):
July 15 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
July 17 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
July 18 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
July 21 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 23 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 24 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
July 28 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center
July 30 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
July 31 – Saratoga Springs, NY – SPAC (Rod Stewart only)
August 3 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
August 6 – Atlantic City, NJ – Mark G Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (Rod Stewart only)
August 7 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
August 11 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 13 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
August 14 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
August 17 – Jacksonville, FL – Daily’s Place
August 20 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
August 21 – Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
August 24 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
