Olivia Rodrigo Added to Lineup for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ...
Olivia Rodrigo has been announced as a performer for the upcoming Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony this Nov. 3 in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.
The Rock Hall announced Rodrigo’s appearance early Wednesday morning on social media with an official performance poster and added that she would be joined by “one of her heroes.” Rodrigo performed at the induction ceremony last year as a solo act after Alanis Morissette dropped out as her on-stage partner citing “an overarching anti-woman sentiment” in the industry, seemingly blaming an interaction she had with the telecast’s production team, per her social media post.
Although the Rock Hall is choosing to keep Rodrigo’s co-performer under wraps, the chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, John Sykes, was quoted telling The New York Times that she would be playing with “Sheryl Crow this year. It’s this mutual admiration that connects the past with the present.”
Crow was voted into the hall’s class of 2023 earlier this spring and is set to be inducted alongside Willie Nelson, Kate Bush, Missy Elliott, the Spinners, George Michael and Rage Against the Machine, whom Rodrigo has spoken highly of before.
Also set to attend and perform are Elton John, Stevie Nicks, St. Vincent, Brandi Carlile, Common, Ice-T, LL Cool J, Miguel, Queen Latifah, Sia, Chris Stapleton, Dave Matthews, H.E.R., and New Edition. This year’s Musical Influence Awards will go to hip-hop artist DJ Kool Herc and the late Link Wray; the Musical Excellence Award winners are Chaka Khan, Al Kooper, and songwriter Bernie Taupin. The Ahmet Ertegun Award will be posthumously awarded to Don Cornelius of Soul Train.
The event will stream live on Disney+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 PT and there will be a delayed and condensed version put together for traditional broadcast, with ABC set to air a three-hour special of highlights on Jan. 1 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
See the Rock Hall’s post below.