Radiohead, Stevie Nicks and the Cure among 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has revealed the list of nominees for induction into its 2019 cohort. Def Leppard, Devo, Janet Jackson, John Prine, Kraftwerk, LL Cool J, MC5, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Roxy Music, Stevie Nicks, the Cure, Todd Rundgren, Rufus and Chaka Khan and the Zombies are all in consideration for the historic honour.

Artists become eligible for selection 25 years after the release of their first record. An international voting committee of more than 1,000 artists, historians and members of the music industry will select five or six of these acts for induction into the Hall of Fame. Fans are also eligible to vote: the top five artists selected by the public will be tallied along with the committee’s votes.

Radiohead were among 2018’s potential inductees, but declined to attend the ceremony. The band’s guitarist, Ed O’Brien, said at the time: "As a British band, it’s one of those things that it’s very lovely to be nominated, but we don’t quite culturally understand it. It’s a very American thing. Us Brits are very bad at celebrating ourselves."

It is likely to be welcome news to Def Leppard. In 2017, guitarist Phil Collen said it was "pathetic" that the English heavy metal band had yet to be nominated for the award. "We’re a rock band that sold 100 million albums, most of them, actually, in America," Collen told Blabbermouth. "We’re a real rock band, we’ve been together for 30, or nearly 40 years, and the fact that that’s not recognised is kind of a bit weird."

LL Cool J was also nominated for the 2018 list. If the New York rapper is selected for the 2019 group, he will be the seventh hip-hop act to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, following Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, NWA and Tupac Shakur.

If Stevie Nicks makes the 2019 class, it will mark her second induction to the Hall of Fame. She is a member of Fleetwood Mac, who were inducted in 1998. She would become the first woman to be inducted more than once. As of 2017, 22 male performers had been inducted twice or more, with Eric Clapton receiving three inductions – as a solo artist, with Cream and with the Yardbirds.

Pop singer Børns accused of sexual misconduct

The US alt-pop singer Børns has been accused of sexual misconduct by a series of women.

The 26-year-old, whose real name is Garrett Clark Borns, is signed to Interscope and has released two albums, both of which reached the US Top 50. The second featured a guest spot from Lana Del Rey, who he has supported on tour. He describes the claims as "disturbing and false".

Four women have made allegations on Twitter. One former fan, Lyss, accuses him of "grooming" her for two years, including touching her inappropriately when she was 16 and requesting sexual images of her when she was 17. In an incident when she was 18, she says "he got me drunk, started touching me, and we went into his bedroom. The things he did were things I did not want, and it hurt. He was aggressive and controlling and I was so scared of him." She later added that she was not accusing him of rape or underage sex, and that the sexual contact was consensual.

Another woman, Mathilda, accuses him of exploitative and manipulative behaviour, saying he demanded nude photos and videos, and that their sexual contact, while consensual, made her "very uncomfortable".

A third woman, Nia, says she was "completely taken advantage of" by Borns while she was drunk, describing a sexual encounter that left her bleeding and another in which he refused to use protection. She also accuses him of inappropriately touching her in public.

An unnamed woman, whose messages were posted by the Twitter account "Exposing BØRNS", writes that the singer knew of her mental health issues and "took advantage of my being fragile … he goes after young, impressionable, unstable fans who he knows will do anything he wants them to including sending very explicit pictures and videos they're uncomfortable sending [because] they love him and don't want to lose his attention".

Borns has responded to the accusations in a statement on Instagram, saying: "I am both hurt and angered over the disturbing and false allegations over the past few days on social media. All of the relationships I have had were legal and consensual. They ended abruptly and that obviously caused hurt feelings, but for anyone to suggest anything beyond that is irresponsible."