The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Induction debuted Saturday, November, 7 (8:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO and to stream on HBO Max.
The special presentation honored this year’s inductees: Depeche Mode, The Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G., T.Rex, and Ahmet Ertegun Award honorees Jon Landau and Irving Azoff. This special event is in lieu of the live Induction Ceremony originally scheduled for May 2 of this year.
The special featured guests including Luke Bryan, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Miley Cyrus, Billy Gibbons, Dave Grohl, Don Henley, Jennifer Hudson, Billy Idol, Iggy Pop, Alicia Keys, Adam Levine, Chris Martin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Brad Paisley, Bruce Springsteen, St. Vincent, Ringo Starr, Gwen Stefani, Charlize Theron, Nancy Wilson and more, all highlighting the importance and influence of the 2020 Inductees.
Dave Grohl kicked off the show with a heartfelt introduction to this year’s class of inductees, and the special guests will speak further on how the 2020 Inductees impacted their personal and professional careers.
T.Rex were honored. Inducted from the band included Marc Bolan, Steve Currie, Mickey Finn and Bill Legend.
A video played which included all about their career in the business, clips of past performances and interviews with Marc Bolan and David Bowie. Footage of Elton John Ringo Starr speaking about Marc performance style.
Accepting for the band was Marc Bolan’s son Rolan Bolan. He thanked the fans, the other members of T Rex and the Rock Hall for the introduction.
He also discussed how he grew up learning about his father and his influence from his mom Gloria Jones who performed with T-Rex. How he saw Slash wearing a hat that reminded him of his father plus watching MTV and seeing the music video for Def Leppard’s “Rocket” which had footage of his dad in it. That was his daily hello to his dad.
