Arts & Entertainment

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, Joe Perry Among Saturday's Hollywood Bowl Hall Fame Inductees

Singers Patti Austin and John Legend will also be honored.

Aerosmith's lead vocalist Steven Tyler and lead guitarist Joe Perry and singers John Legend and Patti Austin will be inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame at tonight's Opening Night at the Hollywood Bowl.

Following their inductions, each will perform with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, directed by Thomas Wilkins.

Aerosmith is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has sold more than 150 million albums worldwide and won four Grammys, eight American Music Awards and 12 MTV Video Music Awards. The hard rock band first appeared at the Hollywood Bowl in May 1999 and made subsequent appearances in 2002, 2006 and 2012.

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Stevie Wonder, a member of the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame, will induct Legend, a nine-time Grammy winner who first appeared at the Hollywood Bowl in 2006. He joined Kelly Clarkson on the bowl stage last summer for a surprise duet.

Austin won the best jazz vocal album Grammy in 2007 for "Avant Gershwin" and topped the charts in 1981 with her duet with James Ingram "Baby Come to Me." She first performed at the Hollywood Bowl in 1991 and was part of last year's L.A. Phil's Jazz at the Bowl Series.

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The Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame was established in 2000 to pay tribute to artists whose unique achievements embody the spirit of the Hollywood Bowl.

Tonight's inductees will bring the Hall of Fame's membership to 42, including Frank Sinatra, Henry Mancini, Brian Wilson and Liza Minnelli.

Tonight's concert will also include "Glee" cast member Darren Criss performing a song with the John Burroughs High School Powerhouse Show Choir, and 65-70 members of the Youth Orchestra LA performing the conclusion of Stravinsky's "Firebird," conducted by Wilkins.

The concert will conclude with fireworks.

Proceeds from opening night will benefit the Los Angeles Philharmonic and its education programs, which reach more than 120,000 children, teachers and adults every year.


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