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Def Leppard - To Be Inducted Into Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame


The 2019 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame class of inductees has just been announced! Out of all the nominees, Def Leppard, The Cure, Radiohead, The Zombies, Roxy Music, Janet Jackson and Stevie Nicks will be inducted. The British hard rockers Def Leppard won the fan vote.

Vocalist Joe Elliott of Def Leppard told Rolling Stone: "Now we can stop holding our breath. How wonderful to be in the same club as the Rolling Stones and the Beatles and the Who and Queen... It's a nice badge of honor."

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.




Def Leppard had 547,647 votes, followed by Stevie Nicks (427,844), Todd Rundgren (365,370), The Zombies (329,052) and The Cure (264,443). According to the Hall's rules, the five top vote-getters in the fan vote are put on a single ballot, which counts no more than a ballot submitted by one of the Hall's 900 or so regular voters, consisting of artists, music historians and music industry insiders.

The induction ceremony will be held at Brooklyn's 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.

Source: rollingstone.com
Band profile: Def Leppard
Posted: 13.12.2018 by BloodTears


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13.12.2018 - 21:40
skelator

What a joke the R&RHOF is. So laughable that it took so long for Deep Purple for example to be inducted.
Hard to believe that there were rap groups inducted way before fathers of hard rock. So I dont care who will be inducted now.
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13.12.2018 - 23:07
Lanthros

Written by skelator on 13.12.2018 at 21:40

What a joke the R&RHOF is. So laughable that it took so long for Deep Purple for example to be inducted.
Hard to believe that there were rap groups inducted way before fathers of hard rock. So I dont care who will be inducted now.

Ive said the exact same thing many times. You cant be taken seriously as a rock n roll hall of fame if youre inducting rappers before legendary rock bands.
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14.12.2018 - 10:17
JoHn Doe

I find Elliot's remark and excitement appalling.

I've never thought I'd see Janet Jackson's name used in the same sentence with The Cure and Roxy Music. Wtf?! But hey, it's the R&RHOF.

Don't remember Stevie Nicks doing something exceptional as a solo artist. Right...
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