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Here Are The BottleRock Napa Valley Set Times For 2023

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A weekend in Napa Valley sounds relaxing, but fans attending the 2023 BottleRock Napa Valley festival won’t have a second to themselves if they want to catch all the dynamic acts. This year’s headliners are Post Malone and The Smashing Pumpkins on Friday, May 26, followed by Lizzo and Duran Duran on Saturday, May 27, and capped off by Red Hot Chili Peppers and Lil Nas X on Sunday, May 28.

BottleRock shared its full three-day schedule on May 11. (All times are local.)

The festival, which also promises “food, wine, and brew,” will feature four stages: JaM Cellars, Verizon, Allianz, and Truly. Posty’s Friday headlining set will be on the JaM Cellars Stage beginning at 8:30 p.m., just after The Smashing Pumpkins’ 8:05 p.m. start on the Verizon Stage. Earlier in the day, options include Yung Gravy (4:45 p.m.) Bastille (5 p.m.), and KennyHoopla (7:15 p.m.).

Lizzo’s Saturday headlining perform is penciled in for an 8:15 p.m. start on the JaM Cellars Stage. Duran Duran will go on at 8:20 p.m. on the Verizon Stage. The day’s slate also boasts the likes of Lupe Fiasco (3:45 p.m.), Sudan Archives (4:15 p.m.), Carly Rae Jepsen (4:45 p.m.), Leon Bridges (6:15 p.m.), Tove Lo (6:45 p.m.), and more.

It all wraps on Sunday with Red Hot Chili Peppers, 8:15 p.m. on JaM, and Lil Nas X, 8: 15 p.m. on Verizon, with the soon-to-be-Rock-And-Roll-Hall-Of-Fame-inductee Sheryl Crow (3:30 p.m.), Teddy Swims (3:15 p.m.), Quinn XCII (4:45 p.m.) appearing earlier in the afternoon, and Warren G (Silent Disco) locked in at 8:45 p.m. on the Truly Stage.

See the full BottleRock lineup below, and find everything you need to know here.

Some of the artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

2022 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees React To Being Selected

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This morning, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame announced its class of 2022 inductees, which features Eminem, Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Lionel Richie, Pat Benatar, Eurythmics, and Carly Simon. As the news has made the rounds, some of the honorees have taken to social media to offer reactions.

Shortly after the news was shared, Ritchie wrote, “Being elected to @rockhall is an incredible honor. I would like to say THANK YOU to all of the voters, to all of my wonderful fans and to everyone at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Congratulations to all of my fellow 2022 inductees! #RockHall2022.” Duran Duran also shared a video filmed shortly after being informed of their induction, in which they express how “honored and thrilled and happy” they are.

Benatar, alongside husband and longtime musical partner Neil Giraldo, also offered a statement, writing, “We are thrilled and humbled to become part of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame family. Thank you to everyone who voted especially the fans and congratulations to all the other inductees.” Annie Lennox of Eurythmics has yet to offer a reaction of her own but she did retweet some, including a message from an apparently official (but not Twitter-verified) Eurythmics account.

Parton has yet to offer a reaction, but a few days ago, after previously rejecting her nomination, she did note what she’d do if she did get inducted, saying, “Well, I’ll accept gracefully. I would just say thanks and I would accept it because the fans vote. But when I said that, it was always my belief that the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame was for the people in rock music. I have found out lately that it’s not necessarily that, but if they can’t go there to be recognized, where do they go? So I just felt like I would be taking away from someone that maybe deserved it, certainly more than me, since I never considered myself a rock artist. But obviously, there’s more to it than that.”

The induction ceremony is scheduled to take place on November 5 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles before airing on HBO and streaming on HBO Max at a later date.

Eminem, Dolly Parton, And Others Will Be Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

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The list of 2022 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame nominees was revealed back in February. Since then, the voting process has started and finished, and now, the 2022 induction class has been finalized, the Hall announced this morning that set to be inducted are Eminem, Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Lionel Richie, Pat Benatar, Eurythmics, and Carly Simon.

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Duran Duran, Eminem, And Dolly Parton All Made The Fan-Voted Rock Hall Of Fame 2022 Ballot

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This year’s Rock Hall of Fame ballot has seen quite a lot of drama already — because of Dolly Parton? It’s true! In another act of grandiose, self-aware grace, the country singer tried to decline her nomination to the historical hall because she felt that lots of other more “rock” oriented groups should get in before her. Unfortunately for Dolly, pretty much everyone on the planet disagreed. First of all, she’s a songwriting icon, and second of all, her constant decisions to put the good of other people first is so metal that it supersedes any genre distinction — she’s rock and roll, whether she likes it or not. Luckily, she accepted.

Anyway, voters definitely agreed, because after the Hall made it clear they were keeping Dolly on the ballot for the fan voted sections. She made the top five spots quite easily, following up Duran Duran, Eminem, Pat Benatar, and Eurythmics. Those who finished just outside those top five slots include Judas Priest, Carly Simon and Lionel Richie, so they won’t be nabbing one of the fan selected spots this year. Those votes from fans are taken into final consideration, but don’t necessarily guarantee an artist makes it into the hall: The top five artists, as selected by the public, will comprise a ‘fans’ ballot’ that will be tallied along with the other ballots to choose the 2022 inductees,” said the Rock Hall said of these selections.

Congratulations to Duran Duran, Em, Pat, Eurythmics and Dolly for the vote of confidence. The final announcement will come in May, with the induction ceremony coming shortly after.