A Digital Collection of Rockford, Illinois History
Tina Turner performed at the MetroCentre in Rockford on Saturday, January 22, 1983.
Enjoy these newspaper advertisements, photographs, and an article of the event.
Source: Rockford Register Star, January 21, 1983, page 22.
Source: Rockford Register Star, January 23, 1983, page 6. Photography by Brad Burt.
Source: Rockford Register Star, January 24, 1983, page 2. Photography by Brad Burt.
Source: Pat Cunningham, Rockford Register Star, January 26, 1983, page 9.
Source: Morning Star July 31, 1972 p.3
Source: As yet undated photo of the Rockford High School band (formed in 1907) An article in the Rockford Daily Register-Gazette, January 18, 1908 refers to the “natty red uniforms.”
Source: Rockford Register Star, Feb. 9, 2019.
Sources: Color photo; Rockford Register Star, October 23, 1985
Source: Morning Star April 21,1935 pg.24
Source: Ebay Image
Source: Rockford Register Star, Oct. 10, 2019.
Source: Rockford Register Star, July 18, 2020.
Source: Rockford Register Star, Mar. 29, 2019.
Source: Rockford Register Star, Apr. 27, 2019.
