Back in 1998, rock and roll institution and Illinois natives Cheap Trick held a four-night residency at Metro. The occasion? To commemorate the re-releases of four of the most beloved Cheap Trick albums: Cheap Trick at Budokan, their self titled Cheap Trick, In Color, and Heaven Tonight. The band would open with a set dedicated to these albums in their entirety, and then another with their more recent material and fan favorites. What’s more is that on this four-night residency, local bands Local H, Smashing Pumpkins, Smoking Popes and tripl3fastaction opened the shows for each respective night. These four nights would become a moumental event and sold out almost immediately. For their respective place and time in music, the opening bands were already successful in their own right. Cheap Trick saw renewed relevance with the reissues of these classic albums and the crowds came out in droves. These raucous four nights would later be immortalized as a concert DVD ironically titled Music for Hangovers. The four nights became more than just a celebration of music, but of hometown Chicago pride.
Setlist for Cheap Trick on May 1st 1998 courtesy of setlist.fm
Elo Kiddies
Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School
Taxman, Mr. Thief
Cry, Cry
Oh, Candy
Hot Love
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
He’s a Whore
Mandocello
Ballad of TV Violence
So Good to See You
Borderline
Hard to Tell
If You Want My Love
I Want You to Want Me
Voices
Dream Police
Goodnight
