MTV.co.uk News — Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominations announced... more info

New York Post — The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame can't nominate Madonna again (she got in last year), so it had to settle on Jeff Beck, Chic, Wanda Jackson, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Metallica, Run-DMC, the Stooges, War and Bobby Womack as nominees for the... more info

All About Jazz — THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR 2009 INDUCTION Jeff Beck The nominations for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum were announced today. The nine nominees are: Jeff Beck, Chic, Wanda Jackson, Li... more info

Yahoo! Music — Reuters - Hip Hop group Run-DMC, heavy metal band Metallica and musician/songwriter Bobby Womack are among nine nominees announced on Monday vying for five spots in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Guitarist Jeff Beck, disco and R&B band Chic, rock an... more info

Yahoo! Music — Reuters - Hip Hop group Run-DMC, heavy metal band Metallica and musician/songwriter Bobby Womack are among nine nominees announced on Monday vying for five spots in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. more info

NME — Metallica have been nominated for induction into to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009, along with Run DMC, The Stooges, the Hall announced today (September 22). more info

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Rolling Stone — One of the more tragic aspects of the Metallica documentary Some Kind of Monster was watching guitarist Kirk Hammett quietly panic while he watches the band he had given over two decades to fall apart. “I was ready to start working on a solo album,... more info

Topix — Run-D.M.C. could "Walk This Way" into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The 1980s rap act, along with Metallica and the Stooges are among the nine nominees for next year's hall of fame class, the Rock and Roll ... more info

Wired - Listening Post — Listening Post received nearly 500 comments after asking, as Colbert did, whether or not Rush deserves to go to Cleveland. But this year's nominations for 2009 induction are in, and Metallica made the list. Wired Nation, start your difference engines... more info