Rock Hall reveals induction pairings

Rock goddess Stevie Nickswill be ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for a second time on March 29 by former One Direction heartthrob Harry Styles, while David Byrne will handle the welcoming in of English rock band Radiohead and Queen’s Brian May will do the same for English heavy metal band Def Leppard at the ceremony in Brooklyn.

In addition, Janelle Monaeis on tap to give the induction speech for Janet Jackson, Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor will do the honours for the Cure, Duran Duran’s John Taylor and Simon LeBon will deliver the speech for Roxy Music, and the Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs will bring in the Zombies.

Nicks is being inducted again for her solo career, one of a small number of artists inducted more than once and the first female artist elected to the hall twice.

The annual induction dinner and ceremony will be taped, and highlights of the speeches and accompanying performances will be compiled in an HBO special slated to premiere on April 27.

If the pairing of Nicks with Styles seems odd, it’s worth remembering that when Styles played a solo show in 2017 in West Hollywood, Nicks joined him for a duet of her song “Landslide.”