2022 Rock Hall of Fame is this Saturday

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will induct its 2022 members on Saturday night (November 5th) at L.A.’s Microsoft Theater, with an edited version of the event airing on November 19th on HBO.

This year’s Rock Hall inductees are Duran Duran, Pat Benatar, Eurythmics, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon, and Eminem. 2022’s Musical Excellence Award will go to Judas Priest along with producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

MILAN, ITALY – OCTOBER 25: (L-R) Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor and Roger Taylor of Duran Duran poses in the Winners Room after winning the Video Visionary Award at the MTV EMA’s 2015 at the Mediolanum Forum on October 25, 2015 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Anthony Harvey/Getty Images for MTV)

Early Influence Awards will go to Harry Belafonte and Elizabeth Cotten, with Ahmet Ertegun Awards going to recording engineer, producer, and executive Jimmy Iovine, R&B singer, and Sugar Hill Records founder Sylvia Robinson, and attorney, Allen Grubman.

During a recent chat with Forbes, Rock Hall Chairman John Sykes revealed the event will include appearances and inductions by Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, The Edge, Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette, Pink, Olivia Rodrigo, Maren Morris, and Zac Brown.

TAMPA, FL – FEBRUARY 01: Musician Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform at the Bridgestone halftime show during Super Bowl XLIII between the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers on February 1, 2009 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

The 2022 Rock Hall nominees that did not make the final cut are Beck, Kate Bush, Devo, Fela Kuti, MC5, New York Dolls, A Tribe Called Quest, and Dionne Warwick.

Artists are eligible for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25 years after their debut release. For every handful of acts that enter the Hall each year, there are dozens that never make it past the final ballot and hundreds more who aren’t even in the running.