{"id":791265,"date":"2018-12-13T05:55:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T12:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=767917"},"modified":"2018-12-13T05:55:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T12:55:30","slug":"radiohead-janet-jackson-stevie-nicks-lead-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2019-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/radiohead-janet-jackson-stevie-nicks-lead-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2019-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Radiohead, Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks Lead Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Class"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame<\/a> has officially announced next year\u2019s inductees: Radiohead<\/a>, Janet Jackson<\/a>, Stevie Nicks<\/a>, Def Leppard<\/a>, The Cure<\/a>, Roxy Music<\/a> and the Zombies<\/a> will all join the class of 2019.<\/p>\n

The induction ceremony will be held at Brooklyn\u2019s Barclays Center on March 29th. An edited version of the event will air later on HBO alongside a SiriusXM radio broadcast. Ticket details will be announced in January.<\/p>\n

Artists are eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25 years after the release of their first album or single. Kraftwerk, Todd Rundgren, Rage Against the Machine, Rufus & Chaka Khan, MC5, LL Cool J, John Prine and Devo were all nominated, but failed to make the cut. No newly-eligible acts made it in this year, but this was the first time that Def Leppard and Nicks appeared on the ballot (though Nicks was inducted as a member of Fleetwood Mac in 1998). She will become the only woman to enter the Hall of Fame on two occasions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a lot to say about this,\u201d Nicks says in a statement, \u201cbut I will save those words for later. For now I will just say, I have been in a band since 1968. To be recognized for my solo work makes me take a deep breath and smile. It\u2019s a glorious feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackson also released a statement reacting to the honor. \u201cThank you Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,\u201d she says. \u201cI am truly honored and I am happy to be in there with my brothers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe Elliott of Def Leppard is equally thrilled by the news. \u201cNow we can stop holding our breath,\u201d he tells Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cHow wonderful to be in the same club as the Rolling Stones and the Beatles and the Who and Queen \u2026 It\u2019s a nice badge of honor.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Colin Blunstone of the Zombies \u2013 who have been eligible since 1989 and have appeared on three previous ballots \u2013 this was the result of incredible patience and persistence. \u201cYou do start to doubt that it could happen,\u201d he tells Rolling Stone.<\/em> \u201cI\u2019ve tried to be fairly philosophical about it and tell myself that if we don\u2019t get inducted, it\u2019s just a bit of fun. Don\u2019t take it too seriously. But of course when you\u2019re actually inducted, everything changes. You think, \u2018This is a career-defining [and] life-defining moment.’\u201d<\/p>\n

His longtime bandmate Rod Argent echoed Blunstone\u2019s sentiment. \u201cI know it\u2019s fashionable in some circles to say, \u2018I don\u2019t mind whether I get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or not,’\u201d he tells Rolling Stone.<\/em> \u201cBut\u00a0that is not how I\u2019ve ever felt. When we were first nominated, that felt like a huge honor in its own right. And this time to turn the corner and get inducted, feels fantastic \u2026 I\u2019m just so delighted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many Hall of Fame inductions have wrapped up with an all-star jam where each inductee lets loose on a single song, but finding one that works for all seven inductees might be a challenge. \u201cThat\u2019s a bit of a tricky one, isn\u2019t it?\u201d asks Blunstone. \u201cIf you were to ask me off the top of my head, I\u2019d go with \u2018I Saw Her Standing There\u2019 by the Beatles. Everyone knows that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elliott has a different take. \u201cI suppose older folk would be thinking [Chuck Berry\u2019s] \u2018Johnny B. Goode\u2019 and younger folk would be thinking [David Bowie\u2019s] \u2018Heroes,’\u201d he says. \u201cIt might one of those awkward moments where I\u2019m saying, \u2018I\u2019m uncomfortable. I\u2019m not doing it. Do they really want to play with us? Do we want to play with them?\u2019 I don\u2019t know. It depends on the Kumbaya-ness of the evening.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has officially announced next year\u2019s inductees: Radiohead, Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks, Def Leppard, The Cure, Roxy Music and the Zombies will all join the class of 2019. The induction ceremony will be held at Brooklyn\u2019s Barclays Center on March 29th. An edited version of the event will air […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-791265","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 08:56:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}