Rock Hall announces presenters for 2008 ceremony

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recently announced the celebrities who will present each of 2008's inductees to the museum:

Lou Reed will induct Leonard Cohen; Billy Joel will induct John Mellencamp; Tom Hanks will induct The Dave Clark Five; Justin Timberlake will induct Madonna; Jerry Butler will induct Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff; John Fogerty will induct The Ventures; and Ben Harper will induct Little Walter.

Six hundred voters of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation chose the 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees from a list of eligible artists (meaning it has been 25 years since their first release). In addition to being honored at the ceremony on March 10, the Rock Hall will commemorate each inductee within the I.M. Pei-designed museum in Cleveland, Ohio.

The museum will host an exhibit of artifacts from this year’s inductees as well as films with highlights from each artist’s career for an entire year and their glass-inscribed signatures will join those of hundreds of other Rock Hall members.

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