Stevie Nicks, Carrie Underwood, LL Cool J Added To Rock Hall Presenters/Performers List

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has beefed up their guest list for their upcoming induction ceremony.  This morning, they announced that new presenters and performers will include Stevie Nicks, Carrie Underwood, LL Cool J, Adam Levine of Maroon 5, Common, Ice-T, Miguel, Queen Latifah and Sia. They join previously announced presenters/performers Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Chris Stapleton, Dave Matthews, H.E.R., New Edition and St. Vincent.

Per the Rock Hall's Instagram account, Sia, Miguel, Common, Carrie Underwood, Adam Levine and Stevie Nicks are performing. Queen Latifah, Ice-T and LL Cool J are presenting. Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Chris Stapleton, Dave Matthews, H.E.R., New Edition and St. Vincent are also listed as performers.

This year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees include Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, George Michael, Willie Nelson, Rage Against the Machine and the Spinners. Other honorees include DJ Kool Herc, Link Wray, Chaka Khan, Al Kooper, Bernie Taupin and Don Cornelius. The Rock Hall's Instagram indicates that Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson and Chaka Khan will perform. There's no word on whether or not Kate Bush, Rage Against the Machine or any current or former members of the Spinners will be in attendance.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place on Nov.3, 2023, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. If you can't make it to Brooklyn, the show will be broadcast live 8:00 p.m. ET on Disney+. It will be available to stream following the ceremony. ABC will air a primetime special, “2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony,” featuring performance highlights and standout moments on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024 from 8:00-11:00 p.m. EST. That abridged special will be available the next day on Hulu and Disney+. At press time, tickets to the event were still available at Ticketmaster.

From May 2011 to February 2012, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame featured an exhibit called "Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power." From September 2012 to August 2014, the exhibit traveled around to various museums in the United States. It made its final stop at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. While at that museum, I was given a private tour of the collection of over 70 different performers. These performers ranged from Janis Joplin and Tina Turner to Chrissie Hynde and Stevie Nicks.

The exhibit's artifacts dated back to the 1920s and traveled through to the present day. My tour guide made sure to point out that one "unusual" woman was responsible for the exhibit’s existence. On a visit to the Rock Hall, Cyndi Lauper took a tour of the museum, and she noticed that something was missing. "She very simply said, ‘Where the women at?!," said my tour guide, and that was the impetus for that exhibit.

Frankly, the same question can be posed about the Rock Hall inductees in general.

Rock Hall's chairman John Sykes has made a point in a number of interviews to point out how the Rock Hall needs to evolve. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Sykes said, "...it’s time to take the Hall to 2.0. That means a more diverse board, that means more women, people of color, people who reflect the kind of music that’s now being inducted. We have to look and feel like the artists that come into our Hall. That’s just the natural transition."

Eventually, we’d like to see the ten women artists in the gallery below inducted. They all more than deserve it, and there are plenty of others that still do. Truth be told, this list could be even longer than just ten. Howver, we'll save our extended rambling on this matter for another day.