“Sometimes it takes a major moment like Willie’s 90th birthday or, in the case of Kate Bush, music being played in ‘Stranger Things’ to shine a light on them for a lot of younger people who didn’t know who she was in 1985 they probably weren’t even born yet.” “She’s been nominated many times, so the nominating committee was very happy that the general ballot voted Kate in this year,” John Sykes, chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, tells Variety. Although Bush has refrained from being in the public eye for years, her name was on music lovers’ lips for months as a sync placement on the TV series “Stranger Things” resulted in “Running Up That Hill” become a major resurgent hit. Nelson’s headlines came just this past weekend, as he celebrated turning 90 on Saturday with a two-night all-star birthday salute at the Hollywood Bowl. Nelson and Bush are especially topical picks, both having been in the news cycle in the last year. A media partner is expected to be named soon, since the hall’s contract with HBO has expired.įor anyone keeping score of the artists who don’t make it in, the seven nominees on the general ballot who missed the cut with voters this go-round (surely the hall would prefer no one call them “snubs”) are A Tribe Called Quest, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, Cyndi Lauper, Soundgarden, the White Stripes and Warren Zevon. These 13 honorees will be celebrated in an induction ceremony and concert to take place Nov.
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