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Rock Hall of Fame Inductees Unveiled: Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, White Stripes, Chubby Checker, Warren Zevon and More to Join Class of 2025
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's class of 2025 will include Cyndi Lauper, the White Stripes and Chubby Checker. Phish and Mariah missed the cut.
Three other musicians are getting in via the Musical Excellence Award, as also selected by the board: producer Thom Bell; pianist Nicky Hopkins, a frequent Rolling Stones sideman back in the day; and bassist Carole Kaye, a famous member of the session players’ ensemble the Wrecking Crew. From the official ballot, the six nominees who failed to make the cut this time were Phish, Oasis, Mariah Carey, Billy Idol, Joy Division + New Order and the Latin rock group Maná. Ryan Seacrest announced the inductees during a live ABC prime-time broadcast of “American Idol.” That show’s entire Sunday episode was Rock Hall of Fame-themed, with James Taylor coming in as a guest mentor.
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