The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced that in addition to the inductees performances, Aretha Franklin will perform a special tribute to Rock Hall founding member Ahmet Ertegun, who died in December. The official press release can be found here.

After you read the press release, check out the new and improved Rock Hall website. Or if you're into this sort of thing, they have a MySpace page.

On their "Downloads" page, they have desktop images of certain artists' shoes available for download. It's interesting to note that of the seven artists, five are current Hall of Famers. The other two? Alice Cooper and Run DMC -- perhaps a sign of things to come in the future.