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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bad Company, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, The White Stripes Lead Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2025
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has officially unveiled its 2025 class, confirming Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden and The White Stripes as this year's inductees. Ryan Seacrest announced the inductees on ABC's American Idol on Sunday night, the second year in a row the show revealed the Rock Hall class (ABC parent company Disney has the TV rights to the event). Aside from the performer category, Salt-N-Pepa and Warren Zevon are being honored with the Musical Influence award. Thom Bell, Nicky Hopkins and Carol Kaye are getting the Musical Excellence Award, and Lenny Waronker — the producer and executive best known for his longtime stint as the president of Warner Records — is this year's Ahmet Ertegun Award recipient. More from The Hollywood Reporter Bruce Springsteen Performs With Smokey Robinson, John Fogerty at 2025 American Music Honors Event How New Kids on the Block's Jonathan and Jordan Knight Breathed New Life Into HGTV Global DJ Alok Is Keeping Art Human and Bringing His True Self to the Desert The induction will take place November 8th at the Peacock Theater, and it will stream live on Disney+ that night. A special will air on ABC at a later date. The Rock Hall will announce on-sale information for tickets for the event at a later date. This will be the fourth time the induction will take place in Los Angeles, and the first time since 2022. 'Each of these inductees created their own sound and attitude that had a profound impact on culture and helped to change the course of Rock & Roll forever,' John Sykes Chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, said in a statement. 'Their music gave a voice to generations and influenced countless artists that followed in their footsteps.' The nominees who missed the cut this year are The Black Crowes, Mariah Carey, Billy Idol, Joy Division/New Order, Maná, Oasis and Phish. The Crowes, Idol, Maná and Phish had never been nominated before. Phish handily won this year's Rock Hall fan vote (which counts for one ballot in the actual voting process), while Bad Company took second and Idol came in third. Joy Division/New Order were nominated back in 2023, while Oasis and Carey were both nominated for the first time in 2024. Last year's Rock Hall class included Cher, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy Osbourne and A Tribe Called Quest. Artists become eligible for the Rock Hall 25 years after their first commercial release. Checker, Cocker, Bad Company and Outkast are all getting in on their first nominations. Cocker's induction comes 11 years after the English singer died back in 2014, and eight years after Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell's tragic death in 2017. Lauper and The White Stripes were both previously nominated in 2023, while this was Soundgarden's third time on the ballot after nominations in 2020 and 2023. Checker's waited the longest for an induction out of this year's class, having released his first album back in 1960. Best of The Hollywood Reporter Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2025: Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and More Hollywood's Highest-Profile Harris Endorsements: Taylor Swift, George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen and More Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2024: Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Olivia Rodrigo and More
Perth Now
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Cyndi Lauper, Soundgarden and The White Stripes to join Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Cyndi Lauper, Soundgarden and The White Stripes are among the artists set to join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The inductees for the class of 2025 were announced by Ryan Seacrest on TV talent show 'American Idol' on Sunday night (27.04.25) and they also include Bad Company, Outkast, Chubby Checker and Joe Cocker. John Sykes, Chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, said in a statement: "Each of these inductees created their own sound and attitude that had a profound impact on culture and helped to change the course of Rock and Roll forever. "Their music gave a voice to generations and influenced countless artists that followed in their footsteps." Cyndi Lauper and The White Stripes were both previously nominated for induction back in 2023, while Soundgarden made it through on the third attempt following nominations in 2020 and 2023. The induction comes eight years after the death of the band's frontman Chris Cornell, who passed away in 2017. Bad Company, Outkast, Chubby Checker and Joe Cocker - who died in 2014 - all made it through to induction on their first nomination. The artists will all be inducted in a glitzy ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on November 8 with Salt-N-Pepa and Warren Zevon set to pick up the Musical Influence award. The Musical Excellence Award will go to Thom Bell, Nicky Hopkins and Carol Kaye while producer and former president of Warner Records Lenny Waronker has been named as the recipient of the Ahmet Ertegun Award. The nominees who missed out on induction this year include Oasis and Mariah Carey - both nominated for the first time in 2024 - as well as The Black Crowes, Billy Idol, Joy Division/New Order, Maná and Phish. Last year's class of inductees included Cher, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy Osbourne and A Tribe Called Quest. It comes after Hall of Fame boss Sykes previously insisted there are currently no plans to rename the institution despite the growing diversity of musical genres being inducted. He told Vulture: "Rock and roll is open to all ... I think it's because some people don't understand the meaning of rock and roll. "If you go back to the original sound in the '50s, it was everything. As Missy Elliot calls it, it was a gumbo. It just became known as rock and roll. "So when I hear people say: 'You should just change it to the Music Hall of Fame,' rock and roll has pretty much covered all of that territory. "Rather than throwing the name out, it's doing a better job of communicating to people where rock and roll came from and what it's truly about. Once they hear it that way, they understand."
