For almost 40 years, the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame has made it a practice to collect collectively a batch of the largest stars on this planet and invite them to hitch the ranks of a number of the biggest performers who’ve ever lived. On Saturday evening (Oct. 19), that custom continued with the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame’s 2024 Induction Ceremony.
The stay viewers on the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse and the viewers at residence watching stay on Disney+ got here collectively to rejoice the intensive Class of 2024. Cher, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy Osbourne, Kool & the Gang, A Tribe Referred to as Quest, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner and Peter Frampton had been every added to the Corridor’s roster; Alexis Korner, John Mayall and Huge Mama Thornton had been honored for his or her musical affect; and Jimmy Buffett, Dionne Warwick, MC5 and Norman Whitfield every earned awards for musical excellence.
The inductees had been removed from the one performers and presenters to take to the stage — the star-studded night noticed artists like Dua Lipa, Demi Lovato, Kelly Clarkson, Dr. Dre, Sammy Hagar, Keith City, and loads of others take to the stage to rejoice the annual ceremony.
All through out the ceremony’s five-plus hour runtime, stars wowed the crowds with tributes, duets, and uncommon stay performances from a number of the most legendary performers within the historical past of music. At 2024’s ceremony, that definitely remained true — whether or not it was Kelly Clarkson rocking out to Foreigner’s “I Need to Know What Love Is,” or Cher cheekily remarking that it was “simpler getting divorced from two males than it was stepping into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame,” Saturday’s occasion didn’t disappoint.
Beneath, try Billboard’s picks for one of the best moments of the night:
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Dua Lipa & Cher Kick Off the Present With Gorgeous ‘Consider’ Duet
What higher technique to begin the 2024 Rock Corridor ceremony than with one of many greatest pop stars on this planet performing a canopy of one other of the largest pop stars on this planet’s greatest hits? Wearing a slinky, black gown, Dua Lipa introduced the viewers to their ft with a rendition of Cher’s “Consider.” By the point the bridge got here round, Cher herself emerged wearing a leather-based bustier and black chaps, serving to Dua end out the track in fabulous vogue. For those who needed to see the 78-year-old icon ship a solo efficiency, Cher made positive to offer them an encore earlier than accepting her induction into the Rock Corridor, performing a rousing rendition of “If I Might Flip Again Time” to a screaming crowd.
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Cher Throws Some Shade on the Rock Corridor Throughout Her Speech
Identified for her sharp wit, Cher didn’t spare anybody throughout her induction speech — together with the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame itself. When remarking on her long-awaited induction into the Corridor, Cher cracked that it felt more durable than it wanted to be. ““It was simpler getting divorced from two males than it was stepping into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame,” she joked. “I need to thank David Geffen, as a result of he wrote a letter and despatched it to the administrators, and now, ha ha, right here I’m!”
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Kool & the Gang Reunite For a Medley of Their Largest Hits
When two of Kool & the Gang’s unique members lastly reunited on the stage at Saturday’s ceremony, you possibly can really feel the electrical energy. James J.T. Taylor and Robert “Kool” Bell made probably the most of their induction into the Corridor, leaping into a completely thrilling medley of their biggest hits. Leaping on stage wearing a set of bedazzled shirts and collars, the band powered by way of “Hollywood Swinging,” “Get Down on It,” “Women Evening,” and “Jungle Boogie,” earlier than closing out their stellar set with a banging rending of “Celebration.”
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Dionne Warwick Brings Out Jennifer Hudson for ‘I’ll By no means Love This Approach Once more’
All through an intensive efficiency of a few of her greatest hits, legendary singer-songwriter Dionne Warwick introduced out none apart from Jennifer Hudson to help her on her traditional observe “I’ll By no means Love This Approach Once more.” Riffing and belting forwards and backwards over the long-lasting observe’s closing verses, the pair introduced the viewers to a standing ovation by the point they had been by way of.
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Demi Lovato, Kelly Clarkson & Extra Convey Foreigner’s Legacy to Life
We may have simply had Rick Wills, Lou Gramm and Al Greenwood onstage and that might have been a tremendous Foreigner efficiency. However as a substitute, alongside the appearing members of the the legendary rock group, we received a cavalcade of rock and pop superstars coming by way of to carry out a few of their biggest hits. Chad Smith smashed the drums, Slash blared on the guitar, and a rotating roster of pop stars got here by way of to offer voice to the long-lasting songs. Demi Lovato joined to belt out the refrain of “Feels Just like the First Time,” Sammy Hagar appeared for a raucous rendition of “Sizzling Blooded,” and Kelly Clarkson closed out the tribute with an exceptional model of “I Need to Know What Love Is.”
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Peter Frampton Comes Alive With Some Assist From Keith City
After Pearl Jam’s Michael McCready declared that the he belonged within the “pantheon of guitar gamers” alongside Clapton and Jeff Beck and Jimmy Web page, Peter Frampton triumphantly took to the stage to carry out a few of his biggest hits, kicking issues off with “Child (One thing’s Taking place).”
However the efficiency’s greatest second got here when Keith City joined the legendary guitarist onstage for a guitar-sparring duet to “Do You Really feel Like We Do.” Buying and selling licks forwards and backwards (and even pulling out a chat field for the track’s iconic breakdown), the pair made for top-of-the-line rock performances of the night.
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Dave Matthews Provides a Tearful Tribute to Jimmy Buffett
Dave Matthews served double responsibility at Saturday’s ceremony, attending as each an inductee and an artist paying tribute to one of many greats: Jimmy Buffett. Taking to the stage armed together with his acoustic guitar, Matthews bid a tearful farewell to the long-lasting tropical rock singer. “I’m so joyful to be right here to honor Jimmy,” he mentioned, preventing again tears. “He made everybody really feel particular; he made me really feel very particular. I want he may very well be right here, nevertheless it’s too late.”
Launching into “a track that he wrote about being too late,” Matthews gave a candy, somber rendition of Buffett’s track “A Pirate Seems to be at Forty.” With a picture of rippling waves behind him, Matthews delivered on the promise of the efficiency, getting quite a lot of of the star-studded viewers members visibly teary-eyed.
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Dave Chappelle Delivers Impassioned Speech Honoring A Tribe Referred to as Quest’s Affect
In his opening remarks to introduce the groundbreaking hip-hop group A Tribe Referred to as Quest, comic Dave Chappelle made himself clear when it got here to the group’s influence on music: “I do know that is Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame, however this motion in hip-hop was the beginning of so many nice artists,” he mentioned, earlier than gesturing to the band. “And it began with these males sitting at this desk.”
All through his passionate speech, Chappelle laid out the foundations and come-up of the band, highlighting their forming of the Native Tongues as a cultural touchstone for contemporary hip-hop. However he saved his most emotional remarks for final, when he thanked the band for all they’d carried out for him personally, particularly following the demise of founding member Phife Dawg. “Tribe, I need to thanks in your service. What you’ve carried out for our tradition means the world to me, however what you probably did for me modified my life,” he mentioned. “You shared your platform with me and invited me to be on Saturday Evening Reside with you, and it introduced me again to tv after 12 years within the chilly. And I’ll at all times be glad about you.”
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The Roots, Busta Rhymes, Widespread, DeLa Soul & Queen Latifah Blast Off on Tribe Referred to as Quest Tribute
Even after Chappelle’s touching remarks and the band’s transferring speech, the enjoyable nonetheless wasn’t over for A Tribe Referred to as Quest. A veritable who’s who of hip hop royalty arrived on the stage to rejoice the hip-hop crew’s unbelievable influence. Kicking issues off, DJ Maseo of De La Soul and Queen Latifah — accompanied by The Roots — delivered a high-energy efficiency to “Can I Kick It?,” with Latifah taking over the bossed-up power of Q-Tip’s verses.
Instantly after, Black Thought and De La Soul’s Kelvin Mercer turned the warmth up with a tribute to “Verify the Rhime,” buying and selling Q and Phife’s verses forwards and backwards, earlier than Widespread crashed their perfomance with one in all his personal to “Bonita Applebum.” And in a fiery closing second, Busta Rhymes appeared onstage to assist the group ship a surprising rendition of the group’s iconic posse lower “State of affairs,” bringing the entire crowd to their ft.
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Mary J. Blige Stops the Present With Best Hits Medley
Launched as an artist who “single-handedly created a wholly new style of music” by Dr. Dre & Methodology Man, Mary J. Blige proved them proper all through her wonderful efficiency. Dripping in a diamond crusted bodysuit, Blige and a set of her backup dancers grooved throughout the stage to her hit “My Life,” earlier than being joined on stage by Ella Mai for a duet to her jam “Love No Restrict.” But it surely was together with her closing tracks — “Be Glad” and “Household Affair” — that Mary J. Blige earned the reward of Methodology Man overtly yelling “you killed that s–t” as she exited the stage.
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Billy Idol, Jelly Roll & Extra Pay Homage to Ozzy Osbourne
After refusing to “bore you with a protracted, drawn-out f–king monologue,” Ozzy Osbourne watched as his legacy because the “biggest frontman in historical past” (as Jack Black put it) was tributed by a parade of a number of the greatest names in rock music. Beginning with Maynard James Keenan and Wolfgang Van Halen performing his iconic hit “Loopy Practice,” the efficiency noticed artists together with Jelly Roll and Robert Trujillo (“Mama, I’m Coming Dwelling”), Billy Idol and Zakk Wylde (“No Extra Tears”) and others arrive to hail the induction of the Prince of Darkness himself.
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Dave Matthews Band Brings the Ceremony to a Shut With a Easy Jam Session
After a hilarious introduction from Julia Roberts — which included the story of her misadventures Googling the band she was honoring — the Dave Matthews Band closed out the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame induction ceremony with one, wonderful jam. No particular company or shock moments; it was simply the band doing precisely what their followers love seeing them do. Working by way of a set of their most beloved tracks (“Ants Marching,” “Crash Into Me,” “So A lot to Say” and “Too A lot”), the band handled the stage on the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse like one more stage for them to overcome. And conquer they did — at a number of factors, Matthews stopped singing to let the cheering crowd gleefully sing their songs proper again to them.
Even after Matthews gave his heartfelt speech thanking everybody concerned for the band’s induction, the band nonetheless wasn’t carried out. Dave declared that they’d play some “strolling away music” — they usually provided a fired-up rendition of the Speaking Heads’ “Burning Down the Home” in honor of Cease Making Sense‘s fortieth anniversary.
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