A downtown Rockford storefront that most recently housed an art shop is being turned into a live music venue with ties to rock band Cheap Trick. The Music Box, at 218 E. State St., the former home ...

Cheap Trick was formed in Rockford in 1973 by Robin Zander, guitarist Rick Nielsen, bassist Tom Petersson, and drummer Bun E.

Hard Rock Casino Rockford is part ultra modern casino, part entertainment mecca and a love letter to the city's favorite son and Cheap Trick legend Rick Nielsen. Not only does a 63-foot tall ...

It’s summer and that means Cheap Trick is touring. It’s something the veteran act has done on a consistent annual basis ever since forming in Rockford, Illinois, in 1973. But the year-and-a-half in ...

Aug. 31—ROCKFORD — Cheap Trick's mega hit "I Want You to Want Me" rang true Thursday as hundreds of people waited to get inside the brand-new multimillion-dollar Hard Rock Casino Rockford.

Thirty years since the idea was conceived and after two years of construction, Rockford’s $300 million Hard Rock Casino is a ...

As someone who's proudly called Rockford home for the past 30 years, I can tell you firsthand that it's a city full of ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Rick Nielsen attended the official lighting of the replica Cheap Trick guitar monument that adorns the entryway to the new Hard Rock Casino Rockford on Thursday morning.

A replica of Rockford legend and Cheap Trick Hall of Fame guitarist Rick Nielsen's signature Hamer checkerboard guitar marks the entrance to the casino. It stands 62-feet, 10-inches tall and 38 ...

Cheap Trick formed in the mid-'70s in Illinois with a bag of power-pop tricks cribbed from bands like the Beatles and Badfinger. But guitarist Rick Nielsen was also a fan and student of the era's ...

Aug. 31—ROCKFORD — Cheap Trick's mega hit "I Want You to Want Me" rang true Thursday as hundreds of people waited to get inside the brand-new multimillion-dollar Hard Rock Casino Rockford. "I am ...