The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony has a poignant feel this year

CLEVELAND (AP) – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Saturday night's event promises to be star-studded, jamming — and bittersweet. So many honors have been lost this time.

It has seven core members cool and gang, One, Robert “Cool” Bell. MC5 will have no surviving members, following the recent deaths of its last two core members, drummer Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson and guitarist and singer Wayne Kramer.of foreigners Original bassist Ed Gagliardi and multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald Died and guitarist Mick Jones succumbs to Parkinson's disease. A tribe called Quest Phife Dawg lost.

“I want George to be here and the rest of the guys — the other original members — because they deserve this recognition,” said Han Brown, Kool and the Gang drummer and songwriter's widower. George Brown, who died in 2023.

In many ways, the Class of 2024 — that includes Peter Frampton,Cher,Mary J. blitz, Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Matthews Band, The late Jimmy Buffett, Dionne Warwick and the late Alexis Corner, The late John Mayall And the late Big Mama Thornton – a caught class, reflects Hall led turnovers.

“Over the years there's been a shift from some of the old guard so you've seen artists like Rush and Kiss and Stevie Ray Vaughan and Randy Rhodes, MC5 and Judas Priest come in. It might not have been like that before,” said Tom Morello, A Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist for bands like Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave.

Morello recalls raising the membership issue with John Landau, Bruce Springsteen's manager and a former Rolling Stone critic, who was then chairman of the nominating committee.

He told her: “Me and my friends, we don't think that much about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because none of our favorite bands are there.”

Now it will feature a band Morello has long championed, the MC5, who paved the way for the Stooges, the Ramones, the Clash, the Sex Pistols, Rage Against the Machine and System of a Down.

Saturday's induction ceremony will be held at Rockets Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland. It will stream live on Disney+. A special featuring performance highlights and standout moments will air on ABC on January 1.

Cher — the only artist with a No. 1 song in each of the last six decades — and Blige with eight multi-platinum albums and nine Grammy Awards will help increase the number of women in the Hall, which critics say is too few.

Artists released their first commercial recording at least 25 years before they are eligible for inclusion. Nominees were voted on by more than 1,000 artists, historians and music industry professionals.

Mark Ronson, Jack Black, Slash, Dave Grohl and Paul McCartney all joined the hall with hits like “Argent” and “Hot Blooded” – a star push to bring the foreigner. Publicly supporting this move. Ronson's stepfather is Mick Jones, founding member, songwriter and lead guitarist of Foreigner.

Warwick Coming to the event just days after attending a memorial service for his longtime friend and collaborator, CC HoustonNewark, New Jersey. Jennifer Hudson and Teyana Taylor will help induct him.

Other members of rock, pop and hip-hop royalty will help kick off the class, incl busta rhymes, Dr. dre, demi lovato,Dua Lipa, Ella Mai, James Taylor, Jelly Roll, Julia Roberts, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Lucky Day, Mac McAnally, Method Man, Roger Daltrey Sammy Hagar, Slash and The Roots.