Squeeze Tickets

Cheap trick was amazing (five stars), and played a set list that rocked. There were only three major hits played, the other 16 songs were for long standing fans. Squeeze played their greatest hits, was good, and tight, but so mellow that it slowed the bullet train Cheap Trick launched into a slow moving freight train.

Too much Cheap Trick and not enough Squeeze. Loved Squeezed! It's been close to 30 years since I've seen them. In those days I saw them at least 6 times, possibly more. Glen and Chris are still great. I felt like a kid again.

Squeeze was fun, engaged, made an effort, and are so talented. They saved an otherwise dying evening of Cheap Trick basically "mailing it in" ....... sad.

Cheap Trick and Squeeze show that the old timers still know how to rock out with the best of them

squeeze was terrific, tillbrook's voice still amazing and keyboards were awesome. too much bass at start of show but then toned it down cheap trick stunk! music was not mixed well, they were not entertaining at all and too much bass for whole show - my whole body was vibrating!

Hi, This is easily one of the worst shows I've ever seen. I thought it was a greatest hits show, as the ads stated. Cheap Trick played unknown, boring material. I went to the lobby close to the end of there set. The music was long and tedious. They were playing for themselves, and not the audience. Then Squeeze comes on, they start out by playing three classics, the entire audience was on there feet. Then into the unknown. The audience sat down for the next four tunes. This is how there whole show went. They extended many songs, I don't need to here Squeeze jam, there not that type of band. I'm not looking for the guitar solos in Squeeze songs. Couldn't wait for the show to end, left before the encore. Save your money, not worth $100 a seat.

I could not believe how great these guy's sounded and they're as tight a band as they were in the 80's.

An eclectic bunch turned up at NYC's Radio City Music Hall for the mismatched tour of Squeeze and Cheap Trick. Cheap Trick opened well with 'I Want You To Want Me'...Then an insufferable hour ensued with a set list of unknown B-Sides or worse, a cover of the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour (the Beatles were infinitely better with their own material then Cheap Trick will ever be with theirs). My friend escaped to the ladies and from there she texted me to join her to await Squeeze. Squeeze, was an entirely different and fabulous situation. Tight, great voices still in tact, genuinely happy to be performing, and the set list rocked the house. With Cheap Trick we knew two songs, with Squeeze we didn't know two songs. Bottom line, if you love Squeeze pray they open or you'll endure an hour of hell watching Cheap Trick.

Cheap Trick was too loud. Now I don't usually complain about a band playing too loudly, but in this case the loudness caused too much distortion in the sound quality. I sat there thinking that I never complained about the sound quality in Radio City Mucic Hall before. Squeeze was very good and sounded fine while they were playing. However, they only played for one hour and twenty minutes. A headliner should never play less than 2 hours. I happen to think 2 hours is also too short, but I could put up with it . I will never spend money to see Squeeze again after being there for such a short show !!!

...a good mix of old and new...the band is great and their voices are still fantastic!

I completely enjoyed both performances but Cheap Trick was definitely a hard act to follow. The manic energy of Rick Nielson brought the crowd to a nice energetic buzz and that led to some of the crowd being so amped up that they couldn't quiet down so that I could enjoy the broader dynamic and the quieter passages of some of Squeeze's songs. Having seen Cheap Trick several times spanning 28 years (my first time was with UFO right here at Radio City) this may have been their best performance overall. The first time it seemed that they played for us, which ordinarily is a great thing, but last night they played for themselves because they still seem to enjoy it after all these years...and that leads to a different type of performance. Rick's bow tie and ball cap have reappeared and Robin's voice hasn't lost anything after all these years. While I enjoyed it that they pulled out a song from the first record ("Ballad of TV Violence") I have always thought that the song gets bogged down by '70s excess and indulgence by its middle third; a better song from the same album would have been "He's a Whore", or maybe "Hot Love". A special treat for me was to experience "Baby Loves to Rock" again in the same venue that I first heard it on that night in 1982. I was an avid Squeeze fan for the first three records and gradually lost interest after the arrival of Paul Carrack (which is strange, because I like him), so all I really know from 1981 forward are the hits. It was obvious that Glenn was enjoying himself, and Chris seemed very proud to bring his songs on the road again and took great satisfaction from watching the fans eat it all up. If not for some boorish people in the audience who must not have realized they were at a concert and not a football game (it was difficult to hear some of the softer stuff over the shouting to each other and sidebar conversations and fist-bumping and high-fiving) I would have to say that every nuance that could have been wrung from the songs was, which is a testament to their musicianship, showmanship, and the production quality of the show overall. I was especially impressed by how hard they rocked on "Slap and Tickle", bringing a fervor that I never heard on the vinyl. Lastly, I can think of no better venue to see a show, this was a top-notch night in almost every single way.

I give Squeeze 5 stars and Cheap Trick 2 stars. Cheap Trick vocals were overpowered by the volume of the instruments and even the 3 songs from their earlier days were hard to follow and came across as a lot of noise. Squeeze on the other was much more balanced in volume.

One song encore for a headliner? Pretty lame. The house lights came up after one song obviously planned. Cheap Trick was great as usual.

Cheap Trick was really good and I would give them 4 stars, but Squeeze was the big disappointment. Squeeze sounded like they had a 12 year old running the board, the bass drum sounded like a loose tom tom, I couldn't hear the bass player's notes and the keyboard player's bass was too boomy. maybe the soundman lost his bass frequencies somewhere in the 80's, but it was unbearable to listen to. Myself and my 3 friends left early because of the bad sound. We all couldn't believe it, we thought the sound would be fixed by the beginning of the next song, but it never happened, torture I tell you. The performers were good, but the drummer played too fast, not emulating my favorite Squeeze hits accurately.

Great sets put on by the openers (Cheap Trick) who seemed timeless in sound and appearance (at least from the 3rd Mezz). Forgot how great a guitar band Cheap Trick really is -- Rick N can rip on a guitar, or two or three or four...constantly changing pieces - and thru in a 5 neck for the finale... Squeeze looking generally dignified and age appropriate followed with an even stronger set - like listening to a greatest hits album - but only stronger vocals/sound live. Though the crowd was certainly a bit older - everyone smiling and rocking out to hits of their youth. Sound in Radio City was great and enjoyed the perspective from 3rd Mez for the first time... Highly recommend the tour combo.

Squeeze and Cheap Trick together. Can't get a better show! Excellent!

CHEAP TRICK PERFORMANCE: I have never seen the band live. They were very entertaining and energetic. I was disappointed that Bun E. Carlos was not playing the drums. Don't get me wrong, his replacement was very good. I thought the sound system was a little muddy. The vocals were not very clear. Over all, I enjoyed the show. SQUEEZE PERFORMANCE: Teriffic band. Their music is complicated but at the same time easy to liston to. I have seen Squeeze before with the original members. This current group are excelllent musicians. I enjoyed them very much.

I dont know who was at the mixing board last night but they should be fired. What I thought would be a night of great music from 2 fantastic bands turned out to be so horrible I left before the squeeze show ended. I thought cheap trick would just pour out its hits through the decades and they did to a degree. Ofter they played obscure songs that sounded as if they wanted to show that they could play modern heavy metal music. They cant, the roaring drums and the screeching vocals ruined the sound, It was horrible waiting for poor song after poor song to end. The mixer must enjoy the bass because of all the instruments thats the one heard most prominently. Squeeze came out at 945, the bass was so loud it drouned out the guitar and alot of the vocal. After an hour of boom boom boom i walked out. I will never see these bands again and would avoid rock shows at radio city. I saw ringo there last week and the sound was fantastic but lastnight the mixer was out of it

A great, great show. The boys were in fine form, their voices strong, the band incredibly tight and light on its feet. The tunes crisp. So many great songs - they were a real songwriting phenom. Audience was on its feet almost the entire show. An awesome, awesome night of 80's classic power-pop, new wave, brit-pop muzak!

I have been a fan of Squeeze forever, and I always wanted to see them in concert. I was not dissapointed. They are great. HOWEVER_ whoever put Cheap Trick as the opening act has to have his head examined. They couldnt be more different in musical styles. They were very loud and played way too long.