Review: Rod Stewart, Cheap Trick delight fans with double dose of classic rock
Two of the biggest highlights came back-to-back fairly early in the set — and they both were cover songs.
The quintet then moved right into its best-known cover, “Ain’t That a Shame,” a charged-up take on the soulful ’50s classic that its original vocalist — Fats Domino — reportedly adored. The Cheap Trick rendition remains one of the best updates of an early rock tune, just a notch or two below what ELO did in reimagining Chuck Berry’s “Roll Over Beethoven.”
Having opened their set with “Hello There,” Cheap Trick would complete the musical arch by bidding fans adieu in two languages — with “Auf Wiedersehen” and “Goodnight.”Following a short break, Stewart opened his approximately two-hour set with the first of his many covers of the night, as the belted out Robert Palmer’s iconic ’80s number “Addicted to Love.”
Stewart, who has sold some 120 millions during a career that stretches back to the ’60s, also sounded pretty amazing as he moved through such well-crafted pop gems as “You Wear It Well,” “Tonight I’m Yours ,” “Young Turks” and “Forever Young.”He also benefitted from being backed by a tremendous 11-piece band, which included six female dancers/singers/multi-instrumentalists.
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