According to Billboard, legendary music producer George Martin will be inducted into the UK Music Hall Of Fame later this year. He will be awarded this year's honorary member trophy which goes to people who work backstage in the music business, or who work in the music media - past winners were Island Records founder Chris Blackwell and the late Radio 1 DJ John Peel.
This will be the third year of the UK's version of the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame. Artists to be added will be selected by a steering group of 80 odd artists, journalists, broadcasters and record label executives. Artist inducted at the past two events include The Beatles, Madonna, Bob Marley, Queen, Elvis Presley, Pink Floyd, Eurythmics and The Kinks.
Channel 4 will again screen the Hall Of Fame event in the UK, with VH1 screening it in the US. Talks are reportedly ongoing regarding staging the event at the Millennium Dome, and also to house a permanent exhibition there paying tribute to those artists already inducted.