2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-meet-the-2013-nominees-20121004
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Meet the 2013 Nominees
October 4, 2012

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-rockhalloffamebre89311c-20121004,0,6110834.story
Fans to vote for 2013 Rock Hall of Famers
October 4, 2012

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced this year's nominees on Thursday including hip-hop pioneers Public Enemy, the late Donna Summer and rock bands Deep Purple and Rush, and it said the public for the first time would be able to vote on who should be inducted.

Music fans will have until December 5 to vote and their ballots for the top five artists will be combined with those from a committee of music experts to decide which artists will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at an April 18 ceremony in Los Angeles.

In the past, that decision has been taken solely by a Hall of Fame committee of some 600 artists, historians and members of the music industry.
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To be eligible for nomination, a band must have released its first single or album at least 25 years before the year of nomination. This year, that meant the band's first recording was no later than 1987.

Music fans can cast their vote starting on Thursday at websites rockhall.com, hbo.com, CNN.com and rollingstone.com.

The April induction ceremony will be broadcast on cable TV channel HBO later in 2013.