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| Guns N’ Roses, Chili Peppers inducted in Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Posted: 08 Dec 2011 05:48 AM PST  US singer Anthony Kiedis (R) and US drummer Chad Smith perform with Red Hot Chili Peppers during a concert in Cologne, western Germany, on August 30, 2011. – AFP pic Representing two different eras, the LA-based rockers GNR and the Chili Peppers join New York-based rap act Beastie Boys from the 1980s-90s. Singer-songwriters Donovan ("Mellow Yellow," "Sunshine Superman") and the late Laura Nyro ("Wedding Bell Blues," "Stoned Soul Picnic"), plus the British pop-rock group also known as The Faces ("Itchycoo Park") hail from the 1960s-70s. Both singer Rod Stewart and the Rolling Stones' guitarist Ron Wood, who were members of The Faces (known earlier as The Small Faces), were previously inducted. Also, special honours go to blues musician Freddie King for his early influence, while producers Tom Dowd (Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding) and Glyn Johns (Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin) will be inducted as non-performers. These musicians were voted in from a longer list that included The Cure, Heart, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Donna Summer, the Spinners and War. The 27th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, which is open to the public, is scheduled for April 14 in Cleveland. A telecast of the event will air on HBO in May. – Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Underworld to mastermind London Olympics’ opening ceremony music Posted: 08 Dec 2011 03:27 AM PST  Underworld singer Karl Hyde. Underworld – Karl Hyde and keyboard player Rick Smith – will team up again with Danny Boyle for the London 2012 opening ceremony. – AFP pic The duo – vocalist Karl Hyde and keyboard player Rick Smith – will team up again with Oscar-winning film director Danny Boyle, who is the showpiece ceremony's artistic director. Underworld's hit "Born Slippy" featured in Boyle's 1996 cult film "Trainspotting" about a group of heroin addicts in Edinburgh. They also provided music for Boyle's films "The Beach" (2000), starring Leonardo DiCaprio, and "A Life Less Ordinary" (1997). Electronic group Underworld will mastermind all the music in the three-hour ceremony on July 27 in the 80,000-seater Olympic Stadium in Stratford, east London. "We want to leave people with a musical memory of the show rather than a purely visual one," Hyde said. "It's a great honour to be asked to do this and one we're taking very seriously." Boyle added: "Appointing Underworld to direct the music in the Olympic opening ceremony is the final piece of the jigsaw for the team of leading British creatives who will deliver the ceremonies. "What's interesting about working with them is how much broader their taste is than you might imagine." Around 20,000 performers are set to take part in the four events, which are expected to net billions in advertising revenue. British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday agreed to double the budget for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic ceremonies after he was shown the initial plans. Organisers will now have £81 million (RM396.05 million) to spend on the opening and closing ceremonies, which are expected to be watched by a combined total of four billion global television viewers. "We decided to go in at the higher figure for the benefit of the country," explained Sports Minister Hugh Robertson. "We hope it's an impression that people will say 'we want to come back here, do business and spend tourism money'," he added. The Games' security budget has also doubled, a government report out Monday showed, with plans to recruit almost 14,000 extra personnel. – AFP Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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