The 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held in Los Angeles this fall.
LOS ANGELES — After months of anticipation, the class of 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees will finally be announced this upcoming weekend during Sunday night’s episode of “American Idol.”
The April 27 live reveal comes as the top 14 contestants perform “iconic songs from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legends” with guest mentor James Taylor, who was inducted into the Rock Hall with the class of 2000.
This year’s list features 14 nominees — including eight who have landed on the Rock Hall’s ballot for the first time. Here’s the list of performers nominated for induction with the class of 2025:
- Bad Company (first-time nominee)
- The Black Crowes (first-time nominee)
- Mariah Carey
- Chubby Checker (first-time nominee)
- Joe Cocker (first-time nominee)
- Billy Idol (first-time nominee)
- Joy Division/New Order
- Cyndi Lauper
- Maná (first-time nominee)
- Oasis
- OutKast (first-time nominee)
- Phish (first-time nominee)
- Soundgarden
- The White Stripes
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The 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held in Los Angeles this fall. The event’s date has not yet been announced.
“Artists or bands become eligible for nomination 25 years after releasing their first commercial recording,” according to the Rock Hall.
Nominee ballots are sent to more than 1,200 artists, historians and music industry professionals who decide which performers join the class of 2025.
“The selection criteria includes an artist’s impact on music culture, influence on other musicians that have followed, as well as the scope and longevity of their career and body of work,” according to Rock Hall officials.
