The 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony got here to an in depth on Saturday night time with a efficiency of Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House” by the Dave Matthews Band.
Friday marked the fortieth anniversary of Stop Making Sense, the Talking Heads live performance movie that included “Burning Down the House,” in addition to the accompanying reside album.
This Year’s Class of Inductees
This 12 months’s inductees had been Mary J. Blige, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & the Gang, Ozzy Osbourne and A Tribe Called Quest. Four of them ? Cher, Foreigner, Kool & the Gang and Frampton ? had been on the poll for the first time of their careers.
Alexis Korner, John Mayall and Big Mama Thornton got the Musical Influence Award. Jimmy Buffett, MC5, Dionne Warwick and Norman Whitfield earned the Musical Excellence Award, and Suzanne de Passe was given the Ahmet Ertegun Award.
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“Rock & Roll is an ever-evolving amalgam of sounds that impacts culture and moves generations,” Chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation John Sykes mentioned in a earlier press launch. “This diverse group of inductees each broke down musical barriers and influenced countless artists that followed in their footsteps.”
The full 2024 ceremony might be obtainable for viewing by way of a particular primetime broadcast on ABC on Jan. 1, 2025. It may also be streaming on Hulu and Disney+ on Jan. 2.
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Many have shared their ideas on attainable induction.
Gallery Credit: Ultimate Classic Rock Staff
