12/19/2023 0 Comments Simon le bon 2022![]() ![]() Personally, that’s what I think it should be.” ![]() I think it’s about people who have done something meaningful in contemporary music. “Rock n’ roll is such a broad term these days. I think Dolly Parton made some very interesting points when she said, ‘Don’t vote for me’ I got the feeling that what she was really saying was, ‘There are other people who need this accolade more than I do.’ But she got voted in, and she deserves it every bit, I think. “Some people think it should just be there for, like, blues artists, guitar bands and ‘rock and rollers,’ and I just don’t think that’s realistic, personally,” he explains. ![]() He acknowledges the various debates about this year’s inductees and who belongs in a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but he takes a broad view of what the distinction entails. 5 ceremony in Los Angeles, as well as Dolly Parton. Le Bon says he’s particularly looking forward to meeting fellow Birmingham, Englanders Judas Priest at the Nov. I am so grateful to all those people for doing that because it’s shone a light on us … that catches in the mind of all the people who are voting.” 1 slot for almost the entirety of the public vote. “I was blown away by the dedication and the application and the sheer determination of our fans and everybody else who voted for us, keeping us in that No. 1,” says Le Bon, who along with bassist John Taylor inducted Roxy Music into the Rock Hall in 2019. “That’s one place you really want to be No. “It’s another chapter in an incredible story that is called Duran Duran.”ĭuran Duran was also the top vote-getter in this year’s public fan voting its tally of 934,880 nearly 300,000 more than second-place Eminem. We live in the moment, and this is something that’s happening now. Generally we’re not a grudge-bearing bunch of people. He adds that “there is a faction, some people who felt we should’ve been up for it years before,” given that Duran Duran has been eligible since 2007 but never nominated until this year, “and that the Foundation had ignored us and maybe bear a grudge about that. It’s the closest thing you’re ever gonna get to a rock n’ roll knighthood,” Le Bon tells Billboard by Zoom from Sicily, where the band is playing the next concert of its world tour supporting 2021’s Future Past album. “We are so excited and honored to be recognized in this way. Two days after Duran Duran‘s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was announced, frontman Simon Le Bon is still buzzing over the news. ![]()
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