The iconic keyboard riff to "The Final Countdown" is cheesy pop-metal perfection, but John Norum's fiery guitar solo gives the song some much-needed muscle. Built around a simple-but-memorable pattern ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Rick Nielsen attended the official lighting of the replica Cheap Trick guitar monument that adorns the entryway to the new Hard Rock Casino Rockford on Thursday morning.

As tourists snapped final selfies Saturday, no explanation was given for the closure of the Hard Rock Cafe, at 63 W. Ontario ...