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Singer George Michael performs with Queen at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness, at Wembley Stadium, in London Britain April 20, 1992.Singer George Michael performs with Queen at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness, at Wembley Stadium, in London Britain April 20, 1992.

Singer Kate Bush, heavy metal band Iron Maiden, rock band Rage Against the Machine, rock group Sound garden, R&B vocal group The Spinners and hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest are returning nominees. To be eligible for nomination, artists or bands must have released their first commercial recording at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination.

Parton had initially said she wanted to bow out because she did not feel she had earned a rock-and-roll honor, but then changed her stance and joined other former inductees from the country music world, Hank Williams and Johnny Cash.

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