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Friday, December 19, 2014
Green Day, Reed, Starr into rock hall NEW YORK — The punk trio Green Day, poet of the New York underground Lou Reed and “Lean on Me” singer Bill Withers will lead a new class of inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year. The hall announced Tuesday that it will also welcome Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, who famously sang about loving rock ‘n’ roll, and make Ringo Starr the fourth ex-Beatle enshrined as an individual. Besides Reed, the class includes other posthumous inductees Paul Butterfield and Stevie Ray Vaughan. The 30th annual induction ceremony will be held at Cleveland, Ohio’s Public Hall next April 18. Public tickets go on sale Thursday. Green Day made it in the group’s first year of eligibility. The Bay Area band led by Billie Joe Armstrong made the 1990s slackers anthem “Dookie” and hit a peak with the politicallythemed concept disc “American Idiot” a decade later. Armstrong also starred in a Broadway musical based on “American Idiot.” Reed, who died in October 2013 following complications from a liver transplant, is already in the hall as a member of the Velvet Underground. He was at his best exploring the underside of his home city, in the hit “Walk on the Wild Side” and fierce crack-era album “New York.” Withers brought a jazz and funk touch to 1970s era singersongwriter material like “Ain’t No Sunshine,” ‘’Use Me” and “Just the Two of Us.” He hasn’t released new music in nearly three decades. Jett emerged from the allfemale punk-era pioneers the Runaways to lead a band of men with punchy hits, none bigger than the declaration “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll.” “I’m still collecting my thoughts, but the feeling is surreal. I’ve always focused on making music for the art of it, and its ability to reach others,”
Jett said in a written statement. “I am truly honored that my music has been recognized by the great rock and roll community that voted me in.” The Paul Butterfield Blues Band married blues and rock during the 1960s, led by its leader’s harmonica and the lead guitar of Mike Bloomfield. Blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan was a 1980s prodigy for his work with band Double Trouble on songs like “Pride and Joy” and “Texas
The “5’’ Royales will be inducted in the early influence category. The former gospel group recorded the original version of “Dedicated to the One I Love,” which became a hit later for the Shirelles and the Mamas & the Papas. Inductees are chosen by a vote of more than 700 artists, historians and music industry representatives. An artist needed to have first released material no later than 1989. The Rock Hall of Fame, which is based in Cleveland, will open a new exhibit dedicated to the 2015 inductees. (ap)
Flood.” Like hero Jimi Hendrix his life was cut short, dying in a 1990 plane crash. Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is being given a special award for musical excellence. He anchored the Beatles’ sound and had a productive solo career, even beating his former mates to the top of the charts. He continues to record and tour with a revolving All-Starr Band. The Beatles are already in the hall, as are John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison as solo artists.
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Friday, December 19, 2014
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Triggered by low season and room growth
Hotel occupancy rate in Bali slumps
MANGUPURA - The arrival of foreign travelers early December, according to tourism players especially those getting involved in hospitality, is still sluggish. They still restraint from spending holidays to the Island of the Gods until the middle of this month, other than caused by the uncontrolled growth in the number of hotel rooms.
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“Earlier this month (Dec—Ed) is low season, so that travelers still refrain from coming to Bali. By and large, their arrival will jump on the second or third week before Christmas and New Year holidays,” said Secretary General of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Bali Chapter, Ferry Markus, in Kuta. According to him, the low tourist arrivals could be seen from the
average occupancy rate or occupancy of rooms in Bali amounting to less than 50 percent. “I estimate the room occupancy rate in Bali is now averagely less than 50 percent for star hotels. Probably, for hotels in Badung are higher than that number, but averagely they are still low,” he said. Even though it was unlike in previous years, Ferry Markus predicted that tourist arrivals to
Bali to celebrate the end of the year would surge. The drop of room occupancy rate every year was triggered by the uncontrolled growth of hotel rooms. “Our forecast for Bali in general, there will be definitely a surge at that time (yearend celebration—Ed), although it will not happen like a couple of years ago because too many hotel rooms are available. In the past, we
scrambled because many travelers came, while hotel rooms was still limited. On the contrary, the current number of hotel room is a lot compared to the incoming travelers,” he said. Such conditions, admitted Ferry Markus, had an impact on the price of hotel room, where entrepreneurs could not raise the price during peak season. “In the past, there was a price increase during high season, commonly known as high season surcharge. Now, it is difficult to raise the price due to tight competition among many hotels. Similarly, many new ho-
tels emerge, so that it is difficult to raise the room rate, let alone approach the normal price. Even, many discounted rates are widely offered today,” he complained. He argued that to increase occupancy rates, the number of travelers coming to Bali should be increased. “The key is how to bring in more travelers continuously so that the existing rooms can be filled. The moratorium is too far because many hotels have been heavily established,” he said.
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NEW YORK - Heartthrob couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are expecting their first child, Timberlake’s former bandmate says.
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In this Sunday, April 7, 2013, file photo, Billy Joe Armstrong performs during a Green Day concert at the Barclays Center, in New York.
Joey Fatone, who performed with Timberlake in the b o y band ‘NSync, confirmed Biel’s long-rumored pregnancy in an interview to be released Wednesday. “He told me a while ago, and I kept my mouth shut,” Fatone told In Touch Weekly. “Jessica is awesome, and Justin is a
kid at heart,” he was quoted as telling the magazine. Timberlake, 33, made his start as a child television star before joining ‘NSync. He more recently has become one of the music industry’s most popular solo singers and has starred in movies including the Facebook-themed drama “The Social Network.” Timberlake in 2012 married Biel, 32, who has found success both on television and in film. (afp)
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Tourists surfing at Balangan Beach, Badung Regency, Bali Island recently. The arrival of foreign travelers early December, according to tourism players especially those getting involved in hospitality, is still sluggish.