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Article: From Icon to icon: Local band opens for Loverboy.
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- Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN)
- Article date:
- August 17, 2007
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Byline: Christina Killion Valdez
Aug. 17--The Rochester-based band Icon opens the final Down by the Riverside concert for 1980s rock icons Loverboy.
Yes, Loverboy, the red leather pants and bandanna-clad band that put out hit after hit from 1980 to 1987.
"Turn Me Loose,""The Kid Is Hot Tonite,""Working for the Weekend,""When It's Over,""Hot Girls In Love,""Queen of the Broken Hearts,""Lovin' Every Minute Of It,""This Could Be The Night,""Notorious,""Heaven in Your Eyes" from the "Top Gun" soundtrack and "Almost Paradise" from the "Footloose" soundtrack.
The rock anthems and party songs of a generation would be dream cover-band ...