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 Adeniyi Adegeye 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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