Pearl Jam, ELO & Yes To Be Inducted Into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

20 December 2016, 16:18 | Updated: 20 December 2016, 16:23

Journey, Joan Baez and the late Tupac Shakur will also receive the honour.

The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame has announced its 2017 inductees.

Pearl Jam, Electric Light Orchestra and Yes are among the artists to receive the honour at a ceremony which will be held next year.

Joan Baez, Journey and the late Tupac Shakur will also be inducted to the Hall Of Fame, with Chic's Nile Rodgers being given a special Award for Musical Excellence.

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Rodgers - whose band Chic have been nominated 11 times, but never seen themselves inducted - told Rolling Stone magazine: "It's sort of bittersweet. I'm quite flattered that they believed that I was worthy, but my band Chic didn't win.

"They plucked me out of the band and said, 'You're better than Chic.' That's wacky to me ... I am flattered and I think it's cool, but I feel like somebody put me in the lifeboat and told my family they can't get in."

All next year's inductees will be honoured with a ceremony held at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn on 7 April 2017.