LOS ANGELES — Outkast, Cyndi Lauper, Salt-N-Pepa and Soundgarden will be among the band's new members. Stone & Roll Hall of Fame at his inauguration ceremony Saturday evening.
From Plump checker with white stripesArtists representing each decade from the 1950s to the 2000s will be included in the hall's 2025 class.
Chappell Roan set to induction Lauper, and Avril Lavigne is about to go on stage with her. Donald Glover brought in for induction outcast and Elton John will pay tribute to a member of the audience Brian Wilsonwho died earlier this year.
But the role played by many other guest stars, including Missy Elliott, Olivia Rodrigo and Twenty One Pilots, remains a mystery on a night that's always filled with surprises. Fans of the band are also wondering which guests might join the band's living members. Bad company And Soundgarden on stage.
Among the big questions this year is whether Outkast and the White Stripes will reunite for a performance, or at least be honored. Artists—or guests celebrating them—usually play a set of their favorite songs as part of their introduction.
This year, the ceremony returns to the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles as part of a three-year city rotation with New York and Cleveland, where the venue itself is located.
Fans who purchase tickets will see it live, as will fans at home via a live stream on Disney+, a new project starting in 2023. The show will begin at 8:00 pm ET and 5:00 pm PT.
It will be available to stream on Hulu starting Sunday. And on January 1, it will air in a traditional edited telecast on ABC.
Here's a look at the entire Class of 2025 and some of their defining songs.
Outkast: American rap duo formed in the 1990s. Key songs: “Hey Ya,” “Ms. Jackson” and “Roses”.
Salt-N-Pepa: American rap group formed in the 1980s. Key songs: “Push It”, “Let's Talk About Sex” and “Shoop”.
Bad Company: English rock band formed in the 1970s. Key songs: “Feel Like Makin' Love”, “Can't Get Enough”, “Bad Company”.
Chubby Checker: American singer who began releasing records in the 1950s. Key songs: “The Twist”, “Limbo Rock”, “Let's Twist Again”.
Joe Cocker: English singer who began releasing records in the 1960s and died in 2014. Key songs: “You Are So Beautiful”, “Up Where We Belong”, “With a Little Help From My Friends”.
Cyndi Lauper: American singer and songwriter whose solo career began in the early 1980s. Key songs: “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”, “Time After Time”, “True Colors”.
Soundgarden: American rock band formed in 1984. Key songs: “Black Hole Sun”, “Fell on Black Days” and “Outshined”.
Warren Zevon, American singer and songwriter who began releasing solo records in the early 1970s and died in 2003. Key songs: “Lawyers, Guns and Money”, “Werewolves of London”, “Keep Me in Your Heart”.
Tom Bell, American music producer and songwriter of the 1960s, died in 2022. Key songs: “La-La (Means I Love You)” by The Delfonics, “The Rubberband Man” by The Spinners, “You Make Me Feel Brand New” by The Stylistics.
The White Stripes: American rock band formed in the 1990s. Key songs: “Seven Nation Army”, “We're Going to Be Friends”, “Doorbell”.
Carol Kaye: American session musician who has performed many hits since the 1950s, mostly on bass. Key songs: “Good Vibrations” by The Beach Boys, “The Way We Were” by Nancy Sinatra, “The Way We Were” by Barbra Streisand.
Nicky Hopkins, English session musician who played keyboards on dozens of hits beginning in the 1960s and died in 1994. Key songs: “Revolution” by the Beatles, “Sympathy for the Devil” by the Rolling Stones, “You Are So Beautiful” by Cocker.
Lenny Waronker. American music producer and executive since the 1970s. Key songs from artists he produced or signed: Rickie Lee Jones' “Chuck E's in Love,” Prince's “Purple Rain,” REM's “Losing My Religion.”
