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NEWS ABOUT: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame stories: 10 news summaries
OPINION

 Hit 'Pause' on 
 Rock and Roll 
 Hall of Fame 

Clueless cabal turns landmark into a joke

Nov 6, 09 2:45 PM CST
(Newser) - If you’re a music critic trying to fill out your Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot, like Patrick Goldstein , you’re facing some pretty slim pickings this year. The nominees: ABBA, the Chantels, Jimmy Cliff, Genesis, the Hollies, KISS, LL Cool J, Darlene Love, Laura Nyro, the Red... More »

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music • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Nation's Top Museums
Free Tomorrow

Smithsonian Museum Day offers free online passes  for 1,200 sites

Sep 25, 09 3:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Admission to over 1,200 museums across America will be free tomorrow as part of the Smithsonian's annual "Museum Day." The event is aimed at promoting culture and removing  "any  economic barrier" keeping people from enjoying museums, a Smithsonian exec tells USA Today. Museum-goers will need a ... More »

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museum • museums • Smithsonian • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • Smithsonian Institute

NY Exhibit Features
Lennon's Bloody Death Duds

Memorabilia displayed in city he loved

May 13, 09 3:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new exhibit of John Lennon memorabilia includes a bloodied hospital bag holding the clothes he wore the night he was shot to death, reports the Guardian. The bag is the most jolting display of the new show launched by Lennon's widow at the Manhattan annex of the Rock and... More »

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entertainment • music • New York City • Yoko Ono • John Lennon • rock and roll • Beatles • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • the Dakota

(Newser) - Run-DMC and Metallica will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, MTV.com reports. The two groups—along with Jeff Beck, Bobby Womack, and Wanda Jackson—will receive rock’s highest accolade in a ceremony April 4 in Cleveland. The two headlining picks may be... More »

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hip-hop • Metallica • heavy metal • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • rock music • Run-DMC

Metallica Tops List of Rock Hall Nominees

Run-DMC, Stooges, Bobby Womack, War also in the running

Sep 22, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The nominees for next year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction were announced today, with rockers Metallica and rappers Run-DMC nominated for the first time, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Artists are eligible for induction 25 years after their first recording is released; just five acts are admitted... More »

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nominee • Metallica • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • ceremony • Iggy and the Stooges • Bobby Womack • Run-DMC

Cleveland Rocks, But NY Rocks More

Struggling Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to open annex in Soho

Aug 14, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cleveland lobbied to be the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to bring tourists to town, but a dip in visitors has led the museum's worried organizers to turn to New York for help. Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined singer Billy Joel yesterday to announce the opening of... More »

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New York City • Cleveland • tourism • Michael Bloomberg • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • Soho • Billy Joel

Music Review

 Madonna's
 Candy Not
 So Sweet 

Hard Candy lacks a key ingredient: the pop diva herself

Apr 30, 08 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - There is something noticeably absent in Madonna’s new record, writes Rashod Ollison in The Baltimore Sun: Madonna. Her 11th studio album, Hard Candy, “is a mostly stale piece of self-consciously fluffy pop” in which the superstar “plays it safe.” Enlisting younger hit makers like Justin Timberlake,... More »

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pop music • album release • Madonna • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • dance music

 Leonard Cohen to Tour 

Gloomy balladeer hits road for first time in 15 years

Mar 19, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The man Lou Reed called “one of the most important songwriters of our time” will hit the road this summer. Leonard Cohen, 73, will kick off his first tour in 15 years in his native Canada and then head to Europe, the Independent reports. So far, there are no... More »

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music • Europe • Canada • tour • musician • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • Leonard Cohen

Madonna Joins Rock Hall

Mellencamp, Cohen inducted as well

Mar 11, 08 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - With a wink and a nod, Madonna became a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer last night, along with John Mellencamp and Leonard Cohen, Billboard reports. Madonna got top billing, with Justin Timberlake giving her an innuendo-laden induction speech, and Iggy and the Stooges performing punked-up covers of “Burning... More »

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New York City • John Mellencamp • Justin Timberlake • Madonna • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • Leonard Cohen • Billy Joel • Dave Clark Five

Rock Hall of Fame Taps Madonna

John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen also among 2008 inductees

Dec 13, 07 2:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Madonna will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year, the Associated Press reports. The shape-shifting pop star will formally enter the Hall at the annual ceremony on March 10 in New York, along with fellow inductees John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, the Ventures and the Dave... More »

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John Mellencamp • Madonna • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • Leonard Cohen

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