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Mary J. Blige, Foreigner, Dionne Warwick & More React to 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction
Here are some of Billboard's favorite moments and comments from backstage during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony on Oct. 19, 2024.
Gramm, meanwhile, was less supportive of original drummer Dennis Elliott’s last-minute decision to skip the ceremony due to what he called “totally unacceptable” conditions — including, according to sources, the fact that band members’ wives were not permitted to join them on the small red carpet in the bowels of the arena. He delivered his tear-filled acceptance speech while seated on a throne side stage, offering the “All aboard!” opening of “Crazy Train” and then watching an all-star cadre — including Jelly Roll, Billy Idol and Steve Stevens, Wolfgang Van Halen, Metallica’s Robert Trujillo, Tool’s Maynard James Keenan, longtime guitarist Zakk Wylde, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith and producer Andrew Watt play a medley of his songs in his stead. Brad Brooks, the San Francisco Bay Area musician who co-wrote and sang lead on most of the Heavy Lifting songs with Kramer flew in to witness the festivities and, after viewing the MC5 portion of the New Inductees exhibit at the museum said that, “It’s really, really emotional seeing Wayne’s guitar.
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