Broadcast journalist Diane Sawyer turns 80 and musician Rick Nielsen turns 77, among the famous birthdays for Dec. 22.

Rockford's finest Cheap Trick have never made any secret of their adoration for The Beatles. Right from their debut album, which fused Beatlesesque melodies with spiky rock and power pop, guitarist ...

Cheap Trick is responsible for many of your favorite karaoke staples: "The Flame." "Ghost Town." "Dream Police." "I Want You to Want Me." But Rick Nielsen – the band's co-founder, guitarist and chief ...

MOORHEAD - Everything you need to know about Rick Nielsen can be learned by watching him for a few minutes. The Cheap Trick songwriter is as much a guitarist as he is a showman. He swaps out a series ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Rick Nielsen apparently doesn’t like to waste a lot of energy talking. Seems he prefers to save his oomph for the stage. That’s a good thing for fans who will be at Jacobs Pavilion ...

"American Pickers" premiered on the History Channel in 2010, and quickly gained popularity as a new genre exploded on that network and similarly situated channels: Examining history through the lens ...

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Rick Nielsen doesn’t call himself a superintendent. “I loved being a school teacher and I still call myself a teacher,” Nielsen said. “When people ask me what I am, I most often say I am a teacher or ...

Cheap Trick are once again keeping it in the family, as guitarist Rick Nielsen will be stepping away from the road for this coming week due to undergoing "a minor procedure." But in his place will be ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. Guitarist Rick Nielsen of the legendary rock band Cheap Trick would ...

Cheap Trick announced that guitarist Rick Nielsen has undergone a minor medical procedure and that he’ll miss some shows as a result. The band has a run of North American tour dates in early November ...

Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen revealed that a friend of his parents put the wheels in motion to have the band's classic live album Cheap Trick at Budokan added to the U.S. Library of Congress’ ...