The 2024 Rock Hall induction ceremony will be televised for the first time on New Year’s Day

The 2024 Rock Hall induction ceremony will be televised for the first time on New Year’s Day

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Music fans who missed the live broadcast on Disney+ of the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, held Oct. 19 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, have another chance to see the truly big show . An edited version of the ceremony will air on ABC (locally WEWS-TV Channel 5) on New Year’s Day at 8 p.m.

The three-hour-plus shindig welcomed Cher, Kool & The Gang, A Tribe Called Quest, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy Osbourne and Dave Matthews Band to the hallowed rock hall. The Musical Influence Award was presented to Alexis Korner, John Mayall and Big Mama Thornton. Dionne Warwick, Jimmy Buffett, MC5 and Norman Whitfield received the Musical Excellence Award. Suzanne de Passe receives the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

Blige, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Frampton, Kool & The Gang and Warwick performed at the ceremony.

Guests, hosts and other artists included: Zendaya, Julie Roberts, Jack Black, Dua Lipa, Jelly Roll, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah, Common, De La Soul, Busta Rhymes, Dr. Dre, Demi Lovato, Tom Morello, Chuck D, Method Man, James Taylor, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Mac McAnally, Roger Daltrey, Sammy Hagar, Slash, Ella Mai, Chad Smith, Billy Idol, Wolfgang Van Halen, Zakk Wylde, Robert Trujillo, Maynard James Keenan, Steve Stevens, Andrew Watt, Lucky Daye and The Roots.

The ceremony featured one of the shortest induction speeches ever, delivered by Ozzy Osbourne, who took less than two minutes to get out of the way of his star-studded musical tribute. “The Prince of Darkness” was celebrated by a bevy of heavy-hitting music stars, including Maynard Keenan of Tool, Wolfgang Van Halen, Billy Idol and seemingly every long-haired guitar shredder of the last 30 years, as well as Jelly Roll, who sang one of his favorite songs, “Mama, I’m coming home.”

The ceremony also featured one of the longest induction speeches from the surviving members of A Tribe Called Quest, who chatted on for several minutes before late member Phife Dawg’s father, Walt, quickly charmed the crowd with a few music-related dad jokes.

Performances included Cher and Dua Lipa in a duet of “If I Could Turn Back Time,” a fun and funky medley of Kool & The Gang hits, including “Celebration” with singer James “JT” Taylor, a solo acoustic version of Jimmy Buffet’s Wehful “A Pirate Looks at 40” by Dave Matthews and Peter Frampton and Keith Urban perform Frampton’s rock radio classic “Do You Feel Like I Do.”

While the special will air live on ABC, free online options are also available for cord cutters. Both FuboTV and DirecTV Stream offer free trials for new subscribers. You can cancel both before the trial expires. Fubo costs $79.99. DirecTV Stream costs $101.98 monthly. Sling offers a 50% discount to new subscribers. It offers two different packages starting at $40/month.

Check out cleveland.com’s complete coverage of the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

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