The next class of inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will be announced live on American Idol on Sunday, April 27.
Host Ryan Seacrest will reveal the artists who will join receive the honor this year. James Taylor will serve as a guest mentor for the themed episode, which will feature this season’s 14 top contestants performing songs associated with previous Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees.
Nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame‘s Class of 2024, which were announced in February, include Mariah Carey, Phish, Outkast, Oasis, Billy Idol, Cyndi Lauper, Joy Division/New Order, Soundgarden, the White Stripes, Joe Cocker, Bad Company, Black Crowes, Chubby Checker, and Maná.
To qualify for this year’s ballot, each nominee’s first single or album had to have been released in 2000 or earlier. Eight of the 14 nominees (Bad Company, The Black Crowes, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Billy Idol, Maná, Outkast, and Phish) are on the ballot for the first time. They’ve all been eligible in prior years. (Chubby Checker has been eligible for the longest at 41 years.) This is the third nomination for Soundgarden, and the second for Oasis, Mariah Carey, Cyndi Lauper, White Stripes, and Joy Division/New Order.
The annual induction ceremony will take place in Los Angeles in the fall. A date for the ceremony has yet to be announced, but it typically takes place in October or November.
The unlikely combination of American Idol and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is sure to thrill Oasis’ Liam Gallagher, who recently declared, “RNR hall of fame is for WANKERS.” The musician also told The Sunday Times that the Rock Hall didn’t seem to reflect rock and roll.
“As much as I love Mariah Carey and all that, I want to say: do me a favor and fuck off,” he said. “It’s like putting me in the rap hall of fame, and I don’t want to be part of anything that mentally disturbed. Besides, I’ve done more for rock n’ roll than half of them clowns on that board, so it’s all a load of bollocks.”
