CHEAP TRICK To Play Hard Rock Cafe Make-Over Gig In Chicago
May 6, 2008, 16 years ago
According to Thomas Conner from Suntimes.com, CHEAP TRICK played a show when the Hard Rock Cafe Chicago opened in 1986, and the Rockford rockers perform again this week to celebrate the rock-themed restaurant's redecoration - new trash, new treasures.
"They're kind of the house band of Hard Rock," says Don Bernstine, manager of acquisitions and artist relations for Hard Rock cafes.
Hard Rock's reshuffle their memorabilia every seven years. For this, Chicago's third redo, the display cases at 63 W. Ontario now include a handwritten letter by JOHN LENNON to a fan, one of BO DIDDLEY's custom-made Funk Box guitars, even a Hamer Checkerboard guitar from Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick. Nielsen will officially present the guitar during Wednesday night's show - open only to the winners of tickets on WLUP-FM (97.9).
