Veteran
Juju music maestro, King Sunny Ade will officially become the first Nigerian to
join the Hard Rock Cafe Lagos Music Memorabilia Collection on Wednesday,
November 30th at an induction ceremony in Lagos.
Scheduled
to hold at Hard Rock Cafe, Oniru, KSA as Sunday AdeniyiAdegeye is
fondly called will donate rare items from his collections including a
vintage Fender Guitar, shoes and album cover.
The
first-of-its-kind donation was brokered by leading talent agency and event
management company, Temple Management Company who are also putting together the
highly-publicised grand concert for King Sunny Ade tagged Sunny On
Sunday scheduled for December 11th at Federal Palace Hotel,
Lagos.
To
commemorate the induction, Chivas will present King Sunny Ade with a Chivas
Regal 25 Year Original Blended Whisky; and create a signature drink for KSA,
which will debut, and be served as cocktails at the induction.
Temple
Management Company’s Head of Entertainment, Mark Redguard said, “With the
induction, King Sunny Ade will now rank among other Hard Rock world greats
whose music paraphernalia dots the walls of the franchise business across the
world.”
Other
greats who are on the Hard Rock showcase include, The Beatles, The Rolling
Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Brian Wilson and Elton
John among others.
After he
first encountered music at the age of 12 in 1958 at Osogbo, Osun State, KSA has
risen to global recognition with two Grammy-Award nominations and three
Hollywood movie features and hundreds of recordings, which includes
international collaborations.
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