Year-end concerts begin

Year-end concerts begin

JAKARTA (JP): Local rock group Dewa 19, pop band Bragi and
foreign group Michael Learns to Rock will end the year with a
bang in A Mild Cigarette Concert Tour sponsored by cigarette
company PT H.M. Sampoerna.

Sampoerna's special events manager Minaryuliawati said Monday
that Dewa 19 and Bragi concerts will be held in 21 and 37 cities
respectively.

Dewa 19's tour began Monday at Bekasi Stadium in Bekasi, West
Java, and is scheduled to end on Dec. 23 at the Juang Building in
Manado, North Sulawesi.

"They (Dewa 19's band members) will sing 17 songs from their
four albums at the concerts," she said.

"It will include their hits Kangen (Missing), Cukup Siti
Nurbaya (Enough Of Siti Nurbaya), Kirana (Beautiful) and Kamu
Satu-Satunya (You Are the Only One)."

Ticket prices for Dewa 19's concerts will range from Rp 5,000
to Rp 10,000. Information on dates, venues and ticket prices can
be collected from the Sampoerna office in Bappindo Plaza, Jl.
Sudirman Kav. 54, she said.

Dewa 19 -- comprising vocalist Ari Lasso, drummer Wong Aksan,
bassist Erwin Prasetya, guitarist Andra Junaedi and keyboard
player Dhani Manaf -- has won several music awards, including the
1995 BASF Music Award for best Indonesian rock group, best
arrangement and best recording for their third album Terbaik,
Terbaik (The Best, The Best).

Their latest album Pandawa Lima, released in January, has sold
900,000 copies to date.

Bragi -- comprising Renaldi, Rendi, Reza and Erwin -- will
begin its promotional tour of 37 cities (in Java and Bali) in
Yogyakarta on Nov. 15 and is scheduled to end in Sukawati, Bali
on Nov. 23.

Denmark band Michael Learns to Rock, known for its songs The
Actor, Sleeping Child, and Out of the Blue, will promote its
fourth album Nothing to Lose with concerts at Bengkel
discotheque, Jakarta, on Dec. 19 and the Eldorado stadium in
Bandung, Dec. 20. (02)