On January 30th, Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood Blvd. hosted the 5th Annual Revolver Golden Gods Press Conference. The event was a private, invite-only press conference that included 50 press outlets from Rolling Stone, Fuse, The Hollywood Reporter and the Associated Press, among many others. The press conference included some of the biggest and most iconic…
This Friday, February 1st is National Wear Red Day. Hard Rock Ambassadors at the Hard Rock in San Antonio, TX will be wearing red shirts to show their support of the American Heart Association in its effort to fight heart disease in women. We all have mothers, sisters, daughters and friends who have been touched by heart…
Melaka, Malaysia, January 28, 2013 – Hard Rock continues to spread the message of rock from city to city, and now, the world-famous brand is taking Malaysia by storm! Hard Rock International today announced the opening of its newest cafe location in the heart of Malaysia’s charming city of Melaka. The new Hard Rock Cafe…
01.28: Tying back in to Mr. Van Halen’s b-day two days prior, this day in 1984 saw Van Halen’s 1984 hit the album charts for an impressive run of rock popularity, churning out hits such as “Jump,” “Panama,” and “Hot For Teacher,” which itself spawned one of the best videos to ever impress impressionable young…
Monday January 21, after the Martin Luther King parade, the Honolulu Hard Rockers joined a team of over 2000 peace loving people and the WORLDPEACEPLAN.ORG to set the record for the world’s largest peace sign made of people at Kapiolani park. This was no normal walk in the park. Thousands came out for an afternoon…
01.23: On this day in 1953, Robin Zander, lead singer of the cheapest trick in all the land, Cheap Trick, was born. Actually, they’re not that cheap. They owned the airwaves in 1979, with their still very catchy, and somewhat pleading, song “I Want You To Want Me.” You’ve heard it, you know it, you…
PEACE FIRST – MLK Jr 5 Day Challenge: Nominate 5 Young People for the Peace First Prize With in honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, Peace First will be honoring Dr. King’s legacy and peacemaking work by encouraging everyone to nominate incredible young people for the Peace First Prize. MLK Day has become a nationally…
Hard Rock Cafe New York recently had the extreme honor of hosting the kick-off event for the Light Of Day Foundation’s epic series of concerts to raise money for Parkinson’s research and support of families dealing with this disease. Even better than hosting the event was the fact that the headliner was Gary U.S. Bonds,…
Walk Off The Earth, on of the best bands to viral-invade the YouTube, recently stopped by Hard Rock Cafe Detroit to lay down some sweet jams. Mmmm….sweet jam. In case you don’t know who they are, well we’ll tell ya. They’re a bunch of very talented kids from Burlington, Canada. They got viral-famous very quickly…
01.14: Foo Fighters would not exist without Kurt Cobain’s self-inflicted shotgun blast. Think about it. Would Dave Grohl ever have formed Foo Fighters and gone on to front one of the biggest mainstream rock bands of the last decade? Not in its present iteration, no. Maybe not at all. Things certainly would’ve turned out differently.…
World-class development will create iconic and authentic destination resort property and enhance the area’s event and exhibition industry Unique organizations with strong legacy of philanthropy, entertainment and tourism Major economic program to drive revenue, jobs and impact throughout Western Massachusetts region Orlando, Fla. Jan. 11, 2013 — Hard Rock International – owner of one of…
So, you walk into any Hard Rock Cafe or Hard Rock Hotel, and there are a few things that immediately jump out at you. You might check out, for instance, how awesome the place is, how it’s filled with music and people actually having fun. Or you might head to the Rock Shop to pick…
Dia Frampton, formerly of indie rock band Meg & Dia (with her big sister) and runner-up on American television singing competition The Voice, recently stopped by Hard Rock Cafe Singapore for an intimate show, packed to the rafters with some very dedicated fans. Running through material from Meg & Dia, as well as a bunch…
ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 7, 2013 – Hard Rock International continues its commitment to emerging musicians of tomorrow with this year’s Hard Rock Rising, the world’s largest and most far-reaching battle of the bands competition. Hard Rock Rising supports the musical careers of aspiring artists around the globe by giving one local band the opportunity of…
01.08: What a few coupla days for music-related birthdays! Today, in 1935, The King himself, Mr. Elvis Aaron Presley came into this world in Tupelo, Mississippi. Joining him for a birthday today are The White Duke, David Bowie (1947), and one Mr. Robert Sylvester “R.” Kelly (1969), best known for being trapped in a closet…
Hard Rock Cafe Opens In The Heart of Guatemala City Guatemala City, Guatemala, January 2, 2013 – Hard Rock is continuing to spread the message of rock around the globe, and now the famous brand rocks its way to Guatemala! Hard Rock International today announced the opening of the first Hard Rock Cafe location in…
12.31: Okay, let’s go back in the Way Back Machine. We’re going back to the early ‘80s, a time before the fandangled interweb thingamajiggy, upon which you find yourself this very second, a time when, compared to now, the music business seemed small, almost quaint. It was before the rise of alternative rock, before the…
What a way to bring in the new year! Hard Rock Cafe Budapest showed its support of Imagine There’s No Hunger, Hard Rock’s annual program to raise money and awareness for hunger and poverty worldwide, by hosting the biggest free concert the city had ever seen. It’s cold out? Get over it! With snow on…
Hard Rock International Opens Enrollment for New Global Loyalty Program Orlando, Fla. – Hard Rock International – known as one of the world’s most iconic and beloved brands – today announced the launch of its new global loyalty program, Hard Rock Rewards™, a unified guest affinity program allowing customers to earn points redeemable for rewards…