Speakers for the 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony have been introduced. Presenters for this 12 months’s inductees embody David Byrne (for Radiohead), Trent Reznor (for the Cure), Janelle Monáe (for Janet Jackson), Harry Styles (for Stevie Nicks), Duran Duran’s John Taylor and Simon Le Bon (for Roxy Music), Queen’s Brian May (for Def Leppard), and the Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs (for the Zombies).
Byrne was inducted into the Rock Hall with Talking Heads in 2002, and May was inducted with Queen in 2001. Nine Inch Nails have been nominated on the lengthy record for induction consideration twice, however haven’t been inducted. (When asked last year about being snubbed by the Rock Hall, Reznor replied, “I don’t give a fuck.”) Duran Duran and the Bangles have been eligible for the Rock Hall since 2006, however neither band has been nominated.
Last 12 months, Radiohead have been nominated for the Rock Hall of their first 12 months of eligibility. Thom Yorke does not plan to attend this 12 months’s ceremony.
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