The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is this weekend in Los Angeles, honoring Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden and Joe Cocker (posthumously) in the Performer category.
Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Bad Company and Outkast are getting inducted at the 2025 Rock Hall ceremony as first-time nominees. Cyndi Lauper, Soundgarden and The White Stripes are previous Rock Hall nominees but didn’t make the final cut until this year.
In addition to the induction of the Performer class, Salt-N-Pepa and Warren Zevon (posthumously) will receive the Musical Influence Award, while musician Carol Kaye, producer Thom Bell and musician Nicky Hopkins (the latter two posthumously) will be honored with the Musical Excellence Award. In addition, producer and music industry executive Lenny Waronker will receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award.
“Each of these inductees created their own sound and attitude that had a profound impact on culture and helped to change the course of Rock & Roll forever,” said Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Chairman John Sykes in a statement in April after the 2025 class was announced. “Their music gave a voice to generations and influenced countless artists that followed in their footsteps.”
This year’s Performer category members were selected from a group of 14 nominees named in February. To be considered for the Rock Hall, “an individual artist or band must have released its first commercial recording at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination.”
The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will stream live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Disney+ on Saturday, Nov. 8, beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
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The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame live ceremony is open-ended, meaning that it has no specific end time. The ceremony will be available to stream on Disney+ after the live event is completed.
In addition, an edited version of the ceremony will be presented as a special on ABC-TV on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, and will begin streaming on Hulu (which is located on the Disney+ platform) on Friday, Jan. 2.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame confirmed the final list of performers and presenters in a Disney+ press release on Friday.