Sep 2, 2025 - Music

The battle of the Rock Hall: How Cleveland claimed the crown

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A crowd celebrates in front of a glass pyramid building with colorful red, blue, and pink streamers flying in the air under a partly cloudy blue sky.

Streamers fill the sky over the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as it opens in September 1995. Photo: Kimberley Barth/AFP via Getty Images

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