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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony moved to November

This combination photo shows Notorious B.I.G., who won rap artist and rap single of the year, during the annual Billboard Music Awards in New York on Dec. 6, 1995, left, and singer Whitney Houston at the BET Honors in Washington on Jan. 17, 2009. The pair will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 2020 class. (AP Photo)
This combination photo shows Notorious B.I.G., who won rap artist and rap single of the year, during the annual Billboard Music Awards in New York on Dec. 6, 1995, left, and singer Whitney Houston at the BET Honors in Washington on Jan. 17, 2009. The pair will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 2020 class. (AP Photo)

Atlanta Music Scene | March 24, 2020
By Melissa Ruggieri, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony has a new date: Nov. 7.

The show will air live on HBO at 8 p.m. from Public Auditorium in Cleveland.

This year’s ceremony will honor Depeche Mode, The Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G., T-Rex and Ahmet Ertegun Award recipients Irving Azoff and Jon Landau.

The ceremony was original set for May 2, but postponed due to coronavirus concerns.

The Rock Hall is also currently providing free online materials about rock & roll that can be used in virtual classrooms. They can be accessed here.

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Melissa Ruggieri

Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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