Latest ARIA Hall Of Fame Inductee & 2020 Performers Revealed

Legendary artist Archie Roach AM will be inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame this month.

The revered songwriter and 2020 Victorian Australian Of The Year will be inducted during the ARIA Awards which take place on Wednesday 25 November.

"It's a great honour to be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame, whilst It's been thirty years since I recorded my debut album Charcoal Lane, I do recall receiving two ARIA awards for that album," Roach said.

"Through the years writing and recording my songs as well as touring has helped me to heal and connect to audiences around the country.

"To be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame is validation that no matter where you have come from and the struggles that you had to overcome through the years, that you can achieve great things if you set your mind and heart to it. Your achievements are only as good as the people around you and I have been blessed with a great team."

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ARIA CEO Dan Rosen said it is an "honour" to have Roach join the Hall Of Fame which already boasts a number of local legends including John Farnham, INXS, Yothu Yindi, Kylie Minogue and Tina Arena.

"He is an artist of enormous integrity, writing songs of deep personal honesty that resonated all around Australia," Rosen said.

"He told stories that no one else was telling, and brought these issues to the forefront of the Australian psyche. His thirty-year career on-stage is enough for him to be a legend, but it is matched with his off-stage activism and his tireless work to give back to the communities around him.

"He's a man who has made the world a better place, and he rightly takes his place as a giant of Australian music.”

Along with his 2020 induction into the Roach has been nominated for three ARIA Awards this year - Best Male Artist, Best Independent Release and Best Contemporary Album.

It has also been confirmed today that Tame Impala, Amy Shark, Lime Cordiale and Sampa The Great - who have all been nominated for awards - will perform at the 2020 ARIAs.

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