when will the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees be announced?

[i***@gmail.com]

Does anyone know when the list of who is inducted will be announced?

[MarkF]

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Does anyone know when the list of who is inducted will be announced?

Last year the announcement was on December 11.

[MarkF]

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Post by i***@gmail.com
Does anyone know when the list of who is inducted
will be announced?

Last year the announcement was on December 11.

It's taking longer this year because Jann Wenner has to
go through each individual ballot submitted and discard
all the ones that had a vote for Yes on them.

[Rob Allen]

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Post by MarkF

Post by i***@gmail.com
Does anyone know when the list of who is inducted
will be announced?

Last year the announcement was on December 11.

It's taking longer this year because Jann Wenner has to
go through each individual ballot submitted and discard
all the ones that had a vote for Yes on them.
--
Mark "in particular, that pesky fan ballot" F

lol, so he'll be keeping all of my votes.


Rob "even if only one of the acts I voted for will get in" Allen

[MarkF]

Post by Rob Allen
Rob "even if only one of the acts I voted for
will get in" Allen

N.W.A.? :-)

Someone suggested that the Union line-up would
be the most logical to invite on stage for the
ceremony should Yes get inducted this year.

It would be amusing if the current line-up is on
'Cruise To The Edge 2014' on the same April date
as the induction ceremony...

... leaving Anderson/Wakeman/Rabin/Bruford/Kaye
from the Union line-up?

[MarkF]

Post by MarkF
It would be amusing if the current line-up is on
'Cruise To The Edge 2014' on the same April date
as the induction ceremony...

... and yes, they would have been! The date and city of the induction
ceremony has been announced as April 10th in Brooklyn, and the current
line-up are booked for the cruise until April 12th.

To me, all that cheerleading about the importance of online fan voting
seemed (and will continue to seem) kind of futile. The "fan ballot" is
only one of about 600-700 ballots cast for induction. As it happened, 3
of the 5 nominees voted onto this year's fan ballot WERE inducted...
just not the TOP 3 of the 5. Deep Purple fans are probably even more bummed.

[Kevin Caffrey]

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Post by MarkF
It would be amusing if the current line-up is on
'Cruise To The Edge 2014' on the same April date
as the induction ceremony...

... and yes, they would have been! The date and city of the induction
ceremony has been announced as April 10th in Brooklyn, and the current
line-up are booked for the cruise until April 12th.
To me, all that cheerleading about the importance of online fan voting
seemed (and will continue to seem) kind of futile. The "fan ballot" is
only one of about 600-700 ballots cast for induction. As it happened, 3
of the 5 nominees voted onto this year's fan ballot WERE inducted...
just not the TOP 3 of the 5. Deep Purple fans are probably even more bummed.
--
Mark "Rick Wakeman did play on that Cat Stevens song, though" F
Tales From TopBLOGraphic Oceans
<http://markf-yeselpkrimson.blogspot.com/>

Interestingly, in an interview done with Rolling Stone after it was announced that he was inducted, Peter Gabriel made mention of the fact that Tony Levin would be a on a prog cruise that night and that he would have to see if they could "steal" him for the night to perform at the ceremony.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/peter-gabriel-on-rock-hall-of-fame-induction-this-time-ill-go-20131216

Kevin
http://www.facebook.com/kevincaffreymusic

[MarkF]

Post by Kevin Caffrey
Interestingly, in an interview done with Rolling Stone after
it was announced that he was inducted, Peter Gabriel made mention
of the fact that Tony Levin would be a on a prog cruise that night
and that he would have to see if they could "steal" him for the
night to perform at the ceremony.

"Q: WILL THE ARTISTS BE ONBOARD FOR THE WHOLE CRUISE?
A: Yes. All of our artists will be joining you for the full
cruise, and performing onboard the ship. However, there may be
some cases where an artist needs to join us during the cruise
or depart early due to a scheduling conflict or other family commitment."

i.e., no, all of our artists WON'T be joining you for the full
cruise.

[Kevin Caffrey]

Post by MarkF

Post by Kevin Caffrey
Interestingly, in an interview done with Rolling Stone after
it was announced that he was inducted, Peter Gabriel made mention
of the fact that Tony Levin would be a on a prog cruise that night
and that he would have to see if they could "steal" him for the
night to perform at the ceremony.

"Q: WILL THE ARTISTS BE ONBOARD FOR THE WHOLE CRUISE?
A: Yes. All of our artists will be joining you for the full
cruise, and performing onboard the ship. However, there may be
some cases where an artist needs to join us during the cruise
or depart early due to a scheduling conflict or other family commitment."
i.e., no, all of our artists WON'T be joining you for the full
cruise.
--
Mark "articulate announcements, it's only talk" F
Tales From TopBLOGraphic Oceans

I was thinking about this today -- I wonder if Yes' commitment to this cruise might've caused them to not get nominated this year. Just a thought -- but I wonder if the RRHoF reaches out to artists before they're inducted to gauge likelihood of performing. I'd imagine it would've been a logistical nightmare for Yes to cancel a performance on a cruise that they organized and are headlining.

Kevin
http://www.facebook.com/kevincaffreymusic

[Rob Allen]

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Post by MarkF

Post by Kevin Caffrey
Interestingly, in an interview done with Rolling Stone after
it was announced that he was inducted, Peter Gabriel made mention
of the fact that Tony Levin would be a on a prog cruise that night
and that he would have to see if they could "steal" him for the
night to perform at the ceremony.

"Q: WILL THE ARTISTS BE ONBOARD FOR THE WHOLE CRUISE?
A: Yes. All of our artists will be joining you for the full
cruise, and performing onboard the ship. However, there may be
some cases where an artist needs to join us during the cruise
or depart early due to a scheduling conflict or other family commitment."
i.e., no, all of our artists WON'T be joining you for the full
cruise.
--
Mark "articulate announcements, it's only talk" F
Tales From TopBLOGraphic Oceans

I was thinking about this today -- I wonder if Yes' commitment to this cruise might've caused them to not get nominated this year. Just a thought -- but I wonder if the RRHoF reaches out to artists before they're inducted to gauge likelihood of performing. I'd imagine it would've been a logistical nightmare for Yes to cancel a performance on a cruise that they organized and are headlining.

I got a buck that sez Squire would have quickly abbreviated SHWes' participation on the cruise to run off to the HoF event. No doubt the vast majority of _true_ *SHWesfans* would have been happy to get stiffed on the deal because they understand that it's not realistic for what's left of the paying customers to be any sort of priority.


Rob "somehow I don't think the HoF intended to be gracious" Allen