Courtney Love says Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame can “go to hell in a handbag” unless it honours more female and Black artists

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Courtney Love has reiterated her call for more female acts to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, while highlighting that there are also “few” past inductees of Black origin.The Hole vocalist recently took to social media to respond to an article titled ‘Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame celebrates women who rock’, which had been shared by author and journalist Jessica Hopper.“Do they tho?” Hopper wrote. “719 inductees to the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, only 61 are women.

That’s 8.48 per cent. C’mon @rockhall, it’s FUCKING GRIM BRO when yr doing worse than women-artists-on-country radio numbers (10 per cent) and women headliners at major music festivals (13 per cent).” She went on to share a host of supporting evidence in a lengthy thread of tweets.Love subsequently quote-tweeted Hopper’s post, writing: “[Hopper] DOES THE MATH!

37 years in existence & women make up 8.48 per cent of inductees out of 719.”The singer attached a screenshot of a text she had sent Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl about his own induction to the Rock Hall, and how he should “hold the seats of Tina Turner and Carole King, both who have been eligible for over 30!

years each”. Grohl has been inducted into the hall twice: with Nirvana in 2013 and Foo Fighters in 2021.“ELIGIBILITY is 25 years after 1st release,” Love added, noting how Foo Fighters “were nominated 4 secs later”.Today (March 17), the Guardian published an article written by Love titled ‘Why are women so marginalised by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?’, in which the star expanded on her issues with the hall.Recalling the first Rock Hall in 1983, she explained how Black singer Sister Rosetta was omitted from the list of inductees that year, and how there was “not a woman in sight”.