The Songwriters Hall of Fame 2024 best moments include R.E.M.'s surprise reunion performance, Diane Warren and more. Get the details.
Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe and Bill Berry of R.E.M. attend the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala at New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 13, 2024 in New York City.
The event opened on a sad note with SHOF show committee chairman Evan Lamberg , announcing that SHOF’s president/CEO and the organization’s heartbeat, Linda Moran, was missing her first ceremony in 23 years because she is fighting leukemia. “She is under great care and is pointed in the right direction,” Lamberg said assuringly before filming a video of the audience sending love and cheers Moran’s way.
The performance was preceded by Jason Isbell, who feted the band with a spirited, note-perfect rendition of the tongue-twisting “It’s the End of the World As We Know It ,” a song he said he learned when he was 10. The 15-time Academy Award nominee then got serious about the power of music. “To think that something that I came up with in my little room could touch someone’s heart, make someone feel less alone or just make them feel good for three-and-a-half minutes — or 15 seconds on TikTok — how f—king cool is that?”
Azoff also told a winding tale of planning what was to be the group’s first U.S. tour, which they agreed to after much negotiation. “The tour’s booked, it’s ready to go on sale,” he recalled. “Donald and Walter called me and said, ‘Where’s the first show?’ I said, ‘Detroit.’ They said, ‘OK, just put that one show on sale.’ I said, ‘Well, normally, we put most of the tour up at once.’ They said, ‘No, no, no. Just Detroit. We want to make sure we can sell the tickets.’ We put it on sale.
Last year, Lindsey helped induct her Love Junkies’ songwriting partner Liz Rose. This year, she was inducted herself, and from the first note, Carrie Underwood showed why. Underwood took the stage to perform “Jesus Take the Wheel,” the first single from theseason four champ’s 2005 debut album and the song that showed the world she was much more than a reality-show winner.
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