Source : PERTHNOW NEWS
It may feel like ’80s night at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, with the new members including Billy Idol, Phil Collins, Sade, Queen Latifah, New Order, Luther Vandross and Iron Maiden.
But it’s hard to say exactly what the vibe will be on Saturday at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, with many of the inductees opting out of performing or appearing, and the Hall of Fame revealing next-to-nothing about the show during the run-up.
After streaming the ceremony live the past few years, the Rock Hall is returning to its previous model, where the public won’t see it until an edited version airs on ABC and Disney+ on December 9.
Oasis, youngest of the inductees, won’t be coming. Guitarist Noel Gallagher is playing a gig back home in Britain, and his little brother, Liam Gallagher, just doesn’t want to come.
“It’s too far to be going for the night,” he said in a post on the social platform X.
“I don’t like award ceremonies they freak me out I don’t know why I just get weird vibes.”
Iron Maiden will be on tour in Australia. Sade is opting to sit it out, too.
Collins is likely to appear, but he said he had to decline from playing his songs for health reasons.
Key members of New Order, getting a joint induction with their previous incarnation Joy Division, will also be out for health reasons. Vandross died in 2005.
But the show will go on, and hip-hop could be the highlight. Wu-Tang Clan will be inducted along with Queen Latifah and MC Lyte, and all are expected to appear and probably perform.
And Idol, being inducted with his longtime guitarist Steve Stevens, will take the stage ready to rock.
Latifah and Lyte enter the hall as recipients of the Early Influence Award along with posthumous nominees Gram Parsons, Fela Kuti and Celia Cruz.
A group of producers will also be inducted via the Musical Excellence Award: Rick Rubin, Linda Creed, Arif Mardin and Jimmy Miller.
And TV host Ed Sullivan will get in as the winner of the Ahmet Ertugun award, which goes to nonmusicians who’ve made rock history.
