LOS ANGELES (AP) – It may seem like a night in the 1980s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, with the new members including Billy Idol, Phil Collins, Sadistic, Queen LatifahNew order, Luther Vandross And Iron Girl.
But it’s hard to say exactly what the mood will be Saturday at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, with many inductees choosing not to perform or appear, and the Hall of Fame revealing almost nothing about the show during preparation.
After livestreaming the ceremony in recent years, the Rock Hall is returning to its previous model, where audiences won’t see it until an edited version airs on ABC and Disney+ on December 9.
Here’s what we know about the show:
Oasisthe youngest inductee, will not come. Guitarist Noel Gallagher is playing a gig at his home in Britain and his little brother, Liam Gallagher, just doesn’t want to come.
“It’s too far to go for the night,” he said in a post on social platform
Iron Maiden will be touring Australia. Sade also chose not to participate. Collins is likely to appear, but he said he had to refuse to perform his songs for health reasons. Key members of New Order, enjoying a joint induction with their previous incarnation Joy Division, will also be absent due to health reasons. Vandross died in 2005.
But the show will go on and hip-hop might be the highlight. Wu-Tang Clan will be inducted alongside Queen Latifah and MC Lyte, and all are expected to appear and likely perform.
And Idol, inducted with longtime guitarist Steve Stevens, will take the stage ready to rock.
Latifah and Lyte enter the room as Early Influence Award recipients as well as posthumous nominees Gram Parsons, Fela Kuti And Celia Cruz.
Parsons, a pivotal figure at the intersection of country and rock in the 1960s and ’70s, received his own tribute Wednesday night at the legendary Troubadour club in West Hollywood, where his partner Emmylou Harris and Rock Hall of Famers Elvis Costello and Sheryl Crow sang his songs and saluted his legacy.
Kuti will become the first artist of African descent in the room and Cruz will become the first member to sing primarily in Spanish.
A group of producers will be inducted via the Musical Excellence Award: Rick Rubin, Linda Creed, Arif Mardin and Jimmy Miller. And television host Ed Sullivan will be the winner of the Ahmet Ertugun Prize, given to non-musicians who have made their mark on rock history.
Many other big stars will probably come to induct the new members or perform the songs of those absent in tribute. In recent years, the hall has announced several special guests, but not their roles, the week of the show, but without a live broadcast this year, it has returned to a model of keeping almost everything a secret until it happens.
The show will be in Los Angeles for the second year in a row, and organizers said it will be here more often while continuing to tour in New York and Cleveland, where the current venue is located.
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