Melissa Etheridge

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee also tells UCR about jamming with Chuck Berry and playing "Thunder Road" with Bruce Springsteen.

Kiss star can't relate to their music, adding: "I don't come from the ghetto."

Here's who should get in, and who we think will actually get the nods.

More than half of the 17 artists have been nominated for the first time.

Ticket sales for these highly anticipated shows in Des Moines open on December 1st, promising a thrilling musical extravaganza for fair attendees.