![]() ![]() First Santana, Journey, Ringo Starr and back here with Journey. Gregg Rolie: What a great night this is for waiting. Soon after that, I was in the Santana group. Herbie Herbert, thank you from the bottom of my heart, for finding me after Gregg was picking me up in high school when I was 15. Steve Perry, you are one in a million! Santana, there would be no Journey without You if it wasn’t for you, there would be No Journey. This is all about you, fans…I love all you guys. Neal Schon: Everyone did such a good job. Read the band’s speech below, including Steve Perry’s warm words for replacement vocalist Pineda. But even without Perry, Journey is still able to pack arenas all over the world, largely due to their current singer, Arnel Pineda. If this moment didn’t lead to an actual reunion performance, it’s hard to imagine that anything will. Carole King performed ‘So Far Away’ for Adler whilst Usher performed Michael Jackson’s ‘Rock With You’ in honour of Jones.The most anticipated moment of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony came when former Journey vocalist Steve Perry appeared alongside his ex-bandmates for the first time since a 2005 Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.Īlthough he didn’t sing with them (and hasn’t since a one-off event in 1991), Perry did stand with them at the podium to deliver an induction speech. Carole King, Sam Cooke and The Mamas and The Papas producer Lou Adler and Michael Jackson producer Quincy Jones received the Ahmet Ertegun non-performer awards, and were inducted by Cheech and Chong and Oprah Winfrey respectively. Donna Summer was inducted posthumously by Kelly Rowland and the tribute medley was led by Jennifer Hudson. They were joined by Chris Cornell for ‘Barracuda’.Īlbert King was inducted posthumously by John Mayer and Gary Clark Jr performed in tribute. “We came from an era where women normally did not rock,” said Nancy in their acceptance speech, before they performed ‘Crazy On You’ and ‘Dreamboat Annie’. Heart were inducted by Chris Cornell, who called Ann and Nancy Wilson “two Joan of Arcs up front kicking total ass”. “I did think I was going to have to die ,” said Newman in his acceptance speech. ![]() Don Henley of The Eagles inducted Newman into the Hall of Fame, calling his induction “shamefully overdue” before the pair performed together. ![]() The ceremony started with Tom Petty, Jackson Browne and John Fogerty singing with Randy Newman on his hit single ‘I Love LA’. The group then performed ‘Bring The Noise’ and ‘Fight The Power’. “Let us not forget, we all come from the damn blues,” he said to dissenters who’ve suggested that hip-hop doesn’t deserve recognition by the Hall of Fame. “We represent the hip-hop community that also deserves recognition tonight,” said Chuck D in his speech. ![]() “I wanna thank you for all of the years of writing good records… you’ve been the motor man,” said Flavor Flav to Chuck D, before referring to his own rap style as “high and annoying” before giving a shout out to Rick Rubin and being hurried along by Chuck D and getting heckled by the Rush fans in the crowd.įlav then went on to say that he was retiring the clock he has been wearing around his neck since 1987 and giving it to the Hall of Fame museum. “They have become some of the most influential artists in the world.” “In 1986, these young men came along to radically change everything about the emerging American musical force called rap music,” said Belafonte. Earlier in the evening, film director Spike Lee inducted Public Enemy alongside Harry Belafonte. ![]()
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