Cheap Trick and Tom Petersson Reveal 21st Album “All Washed Up” With First Single
Cheap Trick has been around for over five decades, and after playing for that long, they’ve gotten a sense of humor about their career. The iconic rock trio has announced their 21st studio album, and they’re calling All Washed Up.
“Just one more great album from the best rock band in the world,” says lead singer/guitarist Robin Zander.
The announcement came with the first single, introduced by bassist Tom Petersson.
“Our newest single release, ‘Twelve Gates,’ from the 2025 LP All Washed Up, is one of our best yet,” he says. “I really love how this song came out. It’s one of my favorites on the album.”
The song features Petersson’s monstrous 12-string sound, going from simple reinforcement of the root to some stellar melodic lines.
All Washed Up was produced by the band with Julian Raymond, and it was mixed by Chris Lord Alge. It’ll be released on November 14th on CD, vinyl and as a digital download (Apple Music, and Amazon Music).
Until then, the band will be on tour from New York to Tokyo. See below for their tour dates.
Cheap Trick 2025 Tour Dates:
| Date | Location | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 9/19 | Menlo Park, CA | The Guild Theatre |
| 9/20 | Napa, CA | Blue Note Napa Summer Sessions at Meritage Resort |
| 9/29 | Osaka, JP | Grand Cube |
| 10/1 | Tokyo, JP | Budokan |
| 10/11 | Miramar Beach, FL | Seascape Resort Golf Club & Tennis Resort |
| 10/12 | Oxford, AL | Oxford Performing Arts Center * |
| 10/21 | Huntington, NY | The Paramount * |
| 10/22 | Bethlehem, PA | Wind Creek Bethlehem - Wind Creek Event Center * |
| 10/24 | Atlantic City, NJ | Hard Rock Live* |
| 10/25 | Lynn, MA | Lynn Memorial Auditorium * |
| 11/9 | Chandler, AZ | Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino - The Showroom * |
| 11/11 | Monterey, CA | Golden State Theatre * |
| 11/14 | Reno, NV | Grand Sierra Resort and Casino * |
| 11/16 | Turlock, CA | Turlock Community Theatre * |
| 11/18 | Anaheim, CA | HONDA Center + |
| 11/23 | Seattle, WA | Climate Pledge Arena + |
| 12/2 | Omaha, NE | Baxter Arena + |
| 12/4 | Green Bay, WI | Reach Center + |
| 12/5 | Madison, WI | The Sylvee * |
| 12/7 | Waukee, IA | Vibrant Music Hall * |
* Newly Announced Date
+ with Heart
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I am and always have been a Cheap Trick fan.
I named one of my bands One Night Stand in the 1960’s, but would have used Cheap Trick if I would have been smart enough to think of it at the time since that is what I was going for.
Sadly, saw them live in a smallish outdoor venue in WPB, FL, a couple of years ago. Cheap Trick, Joan Jett, Heart, three of my fav acts. Joan’s sound was PERFECT. Both Cheap Trick and Heart, a VOCALIST band, were walls of noise with no discernible ability to identify either the songs or any of the words.
The bad part was that Joan was on in the middle of the other two.
It is disheartening in these days of advanced electronics that this occurred. I have no idea why, but that is what happened.
For reference, I saw Ray Charles, The Stones, Dick Clark’s 1964 Cavalcade of Stars in 1963-’64 when live sound was, shall we say, in its infancy. ALL of these shows had EXCELLENT sound, and the Dick Clark show was OUTSIDE at a gigantic fairgrounds in Raleigh, NC, and, if you don’t know what this was, it was 15 of the most popular acts singing one or two of their hits one after another. Imagine that today–the sound people would go crazy since the Shirelles and Gene Pitney, to name two, have TOTALLY different sounds, etc.
I can’t explain it, but it seems as if the bands or their management don’t care. Otherwise, why would they let this happen?