TOM PETTY: Remembered in a memorial service on Monday
The family and friends of Tom Petty remembered the leader of the Heartbreakers in a private service on Monday in Pacific Palisades, California, not far from his home in Malibu.
AnnaKim Violette Petty, one of his daughters, broke the news of the ceremony, held at the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine, by sharing some photos from the event on Instagram. The temple, shrine and meditation garden, which is a short walk away from the beach, is also where a memorial service for Petty's Traveling Wilburys bandmate George Harrison was held in 2001.
Going by the handle inviteloveinvitelove, the 35-year-old AnnaKim Violette posted a photo of a black-and-white photograph of her father with a guitar, displayed on an easel about white flowers, with the caption, featuring some lyrics from the song "The Dark of the Sun" from Petty's 1991 album, Into the Great Wide Open.
She also shared a photo of her and her sister, Adria Petty, along with the caption, "We care about each other and love our bad ass father" and a purple heart emoji.
Petty died on October 2nd in Los Angeles after going into cardiac arrest. He was 66.
THE CARS: Ric Ocasek talks about The Cars' chances of making the Rock Hall
Ric Ocasek isn't confident that The Cars will be elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. They've been nominated for a third time this year.
The singer of such classic songs as "Shake It Up" and "You Might Think" tells New York's Daily News, "It has a lot to do with the TV aspect now. Now, it's an HBO thing or whatever it is… they’re thinking which bands can we program here to do the live thing." Ocasek is actually surprised that "some other bands from our era" have gotten in.
Ocasek will host an exhibit of his artwork Saturday at at the Wentworth Gallery in Short Hills, New Jersey.
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: Bon Jovi and The Moody Blues are leading
Fan voting for the 19 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees sees Bon Jovi closing in on 250,000 votes, with The Moody Blues heading for 200,000.
The rest of the order has remained the same since last Monday, with only the Top 5 garnering more than 100,000 votes each.
- Bon Jovi - 243,456
- Moody Blues - 189,027
- Dire Straits - 157,087
- The Cars - 134,920
- Eurythmics - 106,567
- Judas Priest - 94,984
- Depeche Mode - 84,823
- J. Geils Band - 80,341
- The Zombies - 79,160
- Radiohead - 53,901
- Nina Simone - 52,160
- Rage Against the Machine - 47,748
- Kate Bush - 41,053
- LL Cool J - 34,241
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe - 27,398
- The MC5 - 25,796
- Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - 22,888
- Link Wray - 21,925
- The Meters - 16,970
Votes can be cast until 10:59 p.m. (Central) on December 5th to place your vote at RockHall.com/Vote. The Top 5 artists, as selected by the public, will comprise a “fans’ ballot” that will be tallied along with the other ballots to choose the 2018 inductees. You'll need to login with a Facebook account or E-mail to vote. Voting is capped at one ballot per day.
The 2018 inductees -- the five to seven acts chosen -- will be announced in December, with the 33rd annual induction ceremony set for April 14th at Public Auditorium in Cleveland. HBO will once again air the ceremony, with details to be announced later.