John Waite, singer of 1984 hit ‘Missing You,’ to perform at Hard Rock Live

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — “Missing You” and “When I See You Smile” singer-songwriter John Waite will be performing at Hard Rock Live in Rockford in September.

Waite’s “Missing You” became a smash hit in 1984, dethroning Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” from the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

His hit singles also included “Straight to Your Heart” and “Change,” and also performed “If Anybody Had a Heart” for the movie About Last Night, and “Deal for Life” for the film Days of Thunder.

Waite joined the supergroup Bad English and released the hit “When I See You Smile” in 1988, which also produced the Top 10 hit “Price of Love.”

Waite will take the stage at Hard Rock Live, located inside the Hard Rock Casino Rockford, at 7 p.m. on Saturday, September 20th.

Tickets go on sale April 18th at 10 a.m. on Ticketmaster and at the Hard Rock Live box office.