DU QUOIN, Ill. (AP) – On a day when the Du Quoin State Fair will celebrate what’s “Born, Built and Grown” in Illinois, organizers have found a band to perform on the Grandstand stage that did just that.
In a news release, the fair says that Cheap Trick will take the stage on Aug. 26.
Before the Hall of Fame rock `n’ roll band played 5,000 shows, and sold 20 million records they were a group of buddies who formed a band in Rockford in 1974.
State Fair Manager Luke Sailer says that with southern Illinois being a key part of the Illinois bicentennial celebration, it is fitting that such a successful band mark “such a historic occasion.”
Tickets will go on sale later this spring. More information will be available at here .