It was interesting to watch Dolly Parton go from unsure about getting in to saying she was OK with it. Some more than others, but I won’t like to go into details. You’re going to be inducted alongside Carly Simon, Eminem, Dolly Parton, Eurythmics, Pat Benatar … are you fans of these people? It did seem for a very long time to be the preserve of guitar bands and blues and rock artists alone. The fact that we were nominated in the first place is indicative of that. I do feel that a new guard has taken over. They came of age in the Sixties and Seventies and anything with synthesizers and flashy videos on MTV just turned them off. Some fans were upset that it took so many years, but I think it’s because some parts of the rock-critical establishment were stuck in the past for a while. They don’t want me to turn into some rock-star egomaniac, which they’re a bit late, to be honest with you. And I live with a family and they will not allow me to get big-headed or anything like that. who realize how important this is, in the U.K. It’s only the people in the music industry in the U.K. But I don’t spend all that much of my time in America. In America, this means a lot, a lot, a lot. What does this mean for you on a personal level? It’s a cup of tea for them and a glass of champagne for Nick and I. Then she said, “You can’t tell anybody until Wednesday.” Can you hear the sea smashing against the rocks? We spoke to Le Bon about his reaction to the honor, their plans for the big night, why he’s confident they’ll reunite with former guitarists Andy Taylor and Warren Cuccurullo, and what he hopes the group can achieve in the coming years. The band kicks off a European tour later this month and they’re headed to America in August, but right now they are in celebration mode. And we looked over the list of names and thought we didn’t really have a hope in hell.” We’re always the bridesmaid, never the bride. “I was in shock and disbelief,” he tells Rolling Stone via Zoom from Italy. Duran Duran won the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame fan vote by an extremely healthy margin, but Simon Le Bon was skeptical they’d actually make it in until the day he learned it was official.
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