ROCK'S BIG NIGHT

U2, The Pretenders Inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

At the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City on Monday, March 14th, the inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for 2005 celebrated and performed. Among this year's inductees were modern rock pioneers The Pretenders and U2 (PRS) as well as blues great Buddy Guy.

Many ASCAP members were also on hand to participate and help induct this year's honorees, including past inductee Bruce Springsteen, who inducted and also performed with U2; past inductee Rod Stewart, who inducted Percy Sledge; past inductee Neil Young, who inducted and performed with The Pretenders; past inductee Robbie Robertson, who performed with Jerry Lee Lewis and Bo Diddley; Justin Timberlake, who inducted The OJays; Ice-T, who inducted recording industry legend Seymour Stein; Steven Van Zandt (in character as The Sopranos' Silvio Dante) who inducted the founder/President of the Premier Talent Agency Frank Barsalona The ceremony was filmed and later broadcast on VH1.

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