Heart and Cheap Trick in Concert at PPG Paints Arena (Thurs., 5/23/24)

The classic rock group Heart has a popular song about a “Magic Man,” but how about the magic created by the core of Heart—sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. Ann’s vocals are spellbinding and Nancy is a wizard on the guitar. The sisters were “military brats” as their father was a major in the Marine Corps and was stationed in various locations before retiring to Bellevue, Washington. Their original musical inspiration was seeing The Beatles perform on the “Ed Sullivan Show” in 1964. Heart has been nominated for four Grammy Awards and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013. Top 40 singles for Heart include “Crazy on You,” “Barracuda,” “What About Love,” and “All I want to Do is Make Love to You.” An especially pretty ballad (and 1978 album title) from the band is “Dog & Butterfly.”

Cheap Trick is a quintessential ’70s rock band and a staple on the classic rock touring circuit. They sang “Mommy’s alright, Daddy’s alright, they just seem a little weird, surrender” for their big hit “Surrender.” Other highly successful songs are  “I Want You to Want Me,” and “The Flame.” Cheap Trick formed in Rockford, Illinois, in 1973. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016. Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, and crew’s most recent album is In Another World, released in 2021. 8 p.m. PPG Paints Arena, 1001 Fifth Ave., Uptown. (R.H.)

Heart performs for service members during the 2010 VH1 Divas Salute the Troops concert at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. (Photo: The Marines and Wikipedia)

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