Sgt. Pepper Live
Introduction '''''Sgt. Pepper Live''''' is a performance by the American rock band Cheap Trick with a full orchestra, released on August 25, 2009, in commemoration of the 42nd anniversary of the release of the historic album ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' by the Beatles. Both a live album and a companion DVD of the performance were released. The album was engineered by Geoff Emerick. Cheap Trick performed the "Sgt. Pepper Live" show  at the Las Vegas Hilton for two weeks in September 2009.
Cheap Trick members performing * Robin Zander: lead vocals, rhythm guitar* Rick Nielsen: lead guitar, backing vocals* Tom Petersson: bass, backing vocals* Bun E. Carlos: drums, percussion* w/ Magic Cristian: keyboards, backing vocals* Danny Louis from Gov't Mule: special guest keyboardist
Special guests (at Las Vegas Hilton 9/09) * Joan Osborne lead vocal on "Lovely Rita"* Ian Ball lead vocal on "When I'm Sixty-Four"* Bill Lloyd* Rob Laufer
Band (at Las Vegas Hilton 9/09) *Todd Youth: bass*Karl Rosqvist: drums
Orchestra members performing on the album ''(as listed in the album credits)''Steve Armour, Laura Bontrager, Dibyarka Chatterjee, Tom Christiansen, Nicenovia Cummins, Stephanie Cummins, Glen Drewes, Netanel Druiblate, Eric Fraser, Prateek Haldar, Craig Johnson, Chris Komer, Bill Lloyd, David Mann, John Miller, Jeff Nelson, Chris Parker, Patrick Pridemore, John Putnam, Maxine Roach, Glen Roven, Dave Sharma, Samita Sinha, Liah-Wen Ting, Una Tone & Belinda Whitney
Track listing "Sgt. Pepper Live" concerts included the band performing a few of their own biggest hits live as well, including "Dream Police" and "I Want You To Want Me". Also, a number of the live performances (particularly the later ones at the Paris Las Vegas) did not feature Bun E. Carlos on drums; instead, they featured Rick Nielsen's son Daxx.
Chart performance Chart (2009)PeakpositionTotalweeksU.S. Billboard 200831U.S. Independent Albums Chart73U.S. Rock Albums Chart301
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