This weekend, bands like the Moody Blues, The Cars, and Nina Simone found themselves inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. None of them, however, received an induction speech like Bon Jovi, who chose shock jock Howard Stern to usher them in, with Jon Bon Jovi saying that “nobody knows not only me but the…

When the public was informed of Prince’s untimely death, people immediately took to sharing videos of their favorite live performances to showcase what a singular talent the man was. One of the most shared videos was Prince’s 2004 appearance at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, where he joined Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and…

As the third planet from the sun completes another rotation of its orbit, so too does another celestial body finally burn bright with the illuminating glare that can only come from an online vote. That body, of course, belongs to Jon “Bon Bon” Bon Jovi. (That’s his nickname, right?)

One of this summer’s many nostalgia tours involved Tears For Fears opening up for Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductees Daryl Hall and John Oates. In the show some of us saw when the tour hit Chicago, TFF, frankly, wiped the floor with the famous blue-eyed soul duo, as Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal were obviously…

Pearl Jam has never been a band that shied away from speaking its mind, waging open war against Ticketmaster in the 1990s, and putting the Jeremys of the world on blast pretty much forever. So it’s no surprise that when the band’s bassist, Jeff Ament, took the stage at last night’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame…

Dave Letterman made a rare post-retirement public appearance last night, taking the stage at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony in honor of his old friends in Pearl Jam. The ceremony will be broadcast later this month on HBO, but some industrious camera person managed to wade through the crowd of…

Tonight marked the annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction ceremony, where the luminaries of the musical world get together to celebrate, toast, and occasionally even play some music. Although the ceremony won’t be broadcast until later this month (on HBO) plenty of highlights are already leaking out onto the…

Swapping out one irascible, iconoclastic genius for another, Rolling Stone reports that David Letterman will take over for Neil Young as the guy inducting Pearl Jam into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame later this week. (Young had to cancel his presentation to his long-time collaborators due to illness.)

HBO released the new slate of stuff coming to its streaming services HBO Go and HBO Now today, and, per usual, it’s a mix of older films and the network’s own stuff, out the same day it airs on cable. The biggest name on that latter list is April 22’s The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks, which stars Oprah Winfrey as…

Getting into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is a big honor all on its own, but one of the unsung benefits of being included is that you get to show off your famous friends at the annual induction ceremony. We previously reported that Pearl Jam will be inducted by the band’s communal best buddy Neil Young, and now …

Uproxx reports that the members of Pearl Jam have invited all of their former drummers to join them for their induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. The news comes a few months after former band member Dave Abbruzzese publicly called the group out for his lack of inclusion in the ceremony, despite the fact…

We’re getting closer to April 7, when the annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony—and the subsequent annual fights about the merits and worth of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame—are slated to take place. But despite its much-argued flaws, the Hall does occasionally nail a match-up of inductor and inductee, with …

The voting body of the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame has been accused of being composed of out-of-touch baby boomers, old guys with a single earring who can’t sit in beanbag chairs anymore because of their backs but still have blacklight posters on their walls. And that’s probably true—they inducted Yes this year, after…

When the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame announced yesterday that grunge mainstay Pearl Jam was nominated for admission into its semi-august halls, the organization listed six people as potential inductees: Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, and drummers Dave Krusen and Matt Cameron. (Krusen was the…

Chuck Berry, the man whose very name John Lennon suggested as a synonym for rock ’n’ roll, is celebrating his 90th birthday today with the surprise announcement of a new album. Scheduled for release in 2017 on the Nashville-based Dualtone Records label, Chuck will be “comprised primarily of new, original songs…

Fans of rock and/or roll and/or stiffly formal ceremonies have reason to celebrate today, as the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has released its list of 2017 candidates for possible induction. The roster boasts plenty of first-timers, including Pearl Jam, Depeche Mode, Bad Brains, Jane’s Addiction, Journey, Electric Light…

Summer’s on its way, and with it, all the sensory stimuli we associate with that most relaxing of seasons: The taste of a cold beer, the sight of kids playing in the warm, welcome sun, and, of course, the sweet sound of aging musicians passive-aggressively debating semiotics on Twitter. Because even thought it’s…

Katie Rife: My musical tastes have always leaned on the “middle-aged record store clerk” side (thus my undying affection for The Replacements), but for some reason it took me until recently to get into Cheap Trick. Now that they’re being inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, they’ve got a little more cachet.…