Meet Your 2020 Rock Hall Inductees
• The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has officially announced this year’s inductees: Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G., Whitney Houston, Depeche Mode, The Doobie Brothers, and T. Rex will all join the class of 2020. Additionally, Jon Landau and Irving Azoff, two of the most successful managers in rock history, will be presented with the Ahmet Ertegun Award.
Coming up short in this year’s voting, sadly, was Pat Benatar, as was Dave Matthews Band, Judas Priest, Kraftwerk, MC5, Motörhead, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, Todd Rundgren, Soundgarden, and Thin Lizzy.
The induction ceremony will be held at Cleveland’s Public Hall on May 2 and will air live on HBO and the SiriusXM Rock and Roll Hall of Fame radio station. Tickets go on sale on February 27.
As Rolling Stone notes, The Notorious B.I.G., Whitney Houston, departed Doobies drummers Michael Hossack and Keith Knudsen, and every member of T. Rex except still-living drummer Bill Legend will be inducted posthumously. If tradition holds, Houston, Biggie, and T. Rex will be honored with tribute performances.
