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Cher on Her ‘Love-Hate Relationship’ With Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction, Peter Frampton on Being ‘Scared’ to Come, and Other Highlights From the Cleveland Ceremony
Cher discussed her 'love/hate relationship' with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, as Peter Frampton, Dave Matthews, Foreigner and others got in.
Backstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, Cher confirmed that she had once declared she “didn’t give a flying fuck if I got in.” But if the pop superstar (pictured above in an opening duet of “Believe” with Dua Lipa) found her way toward being completely glee about the Saturday night occasion, who else was going to be in anything less than full-on Thanksgiving mode? Cher set an upbeat tone for the night as the show’s opener, first dueting with Dua Lipa on “Believe” and then putting on a typically powerhouse solo performance of “If I Could Turn Back Time.” Her acceptance speech was heartfelt and candid, as she chose to talk about empowerment and resilience rather than her notoriously conflicted feelings about entering the Rock Hall. Dave Chappelle quipped, “Thank you for those brief comments,” after a notably elongated acceptance speech from A Tribe Called Quest’s Q-Tip, while Phife Dawg’s father also rattled off a few charming dad jokes that drew big laughs when he had the podium.
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