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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum has announced additional performers and presenters for this year’s induction ceremony, slated to take place in Los Angeles on April 18. Inductees Heart, Randy Newman, Public Enemy and Rush are all slated to perform. Additional inductees include Albert King, Donna Summer, Lou Adler and Quincy Jones. R&B star Usher will perform for Quincy Jones, and Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell perform with Heart. Spike Lee and Harry Belafonte will pay tribute to Public Enemy, and singer-songwriter Carole King will perform for Lou Adler. Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell will induct Heart and jokesters Cheech & Chong will do the honors for Adler. And finally, Jackson Browne and John Fogerty will perform with Randy Newman. Those are just the additions to a list of presenters and performers that already includes John Mayer, Gary Clark Jr., Don Henley, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson and Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins.

This article appears in Mar 20-26, 2013.

Jeff has been covering the Cleveland music scene for more than 25 years now. On a regular basis, he tries to talk to whatever big acts are coming through town. And if you're in a local band that he needs to hear, email him at jniesel@clevescene.com.

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