I’m sitting in the theater, prepared to witness all the onstage action, while my colleague August Brown is backstage in the press room. Greetings from the Microsoft Theater, where audience members - music-biz VIPs and regular plebes alike - are settling into their seats and HBO camerapeople are scurrying to and fro ahead of what promises to be a very long night of back-slapping.

But The Times’ Mikael Wood, August Brown and Amy Kaufman were in the building and reporting live.ĭolly Parton at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (She later said she’d accept the honor.)Īwards were also bestowed on Judas Priest, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Harry Belafonte, the late Elizabeth Cotton, Allen Grubman, Jimmy Iovine and Sylvia Robinson. The 2022 class of inductees was among the more diverse in the hall’s history, with acts representing hip-hop, country music, R&B, new wave and soft rock the group also included one artist, Parton, who made waves when she asked that her nomination be withdrawn because she felt she hadn’t earned the right to become a member. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has made room for new members.Įminem, Lionel Richie, Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Carly Simon, Eurythmics and the married duo of Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo were among the artists honored on Saturday night during the Rock Hall's 37th annual induction ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Dolly Parton performs at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Microsoft Theater.

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