Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2025: Outkast, Cyndi Lauper, Salt-N-Pepa, Soundgarden and More to Be Inducted
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Outkast, Cyndi Lauper, Salt-N-Pepa, and Soundgarden will be among the newly minted members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at Saturday night’s induction ceremony. From Chubby Checker to the White Stripes, artists representing every decade from the 1950s to the 2000s will be inducted as part of the hall’s class of 2025.
Chappell Roan is set to induct Cyndi Lauper, and Avril Lavigne will join her on stage. Donald Glover has been tapped to induct Outkast, while Elton John is scheduled to pay a musical tribute to Brian Wilson, a hall member who passed away earlier this year.
Fans of the bands are eagerly anticipating which guests might join the living members of Bad Company and Soundgarden on stage. One of the big questions this year is whether Outkast and the White Stripes will reunite to perform, or at least appear to accept their honor. Typically, artists or their guests perform a set of their essential songs as part of the induction ceremony.
How to Watch the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Show
This year’s ceremony returns to the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles, continuing the venue’s three-year rotation with New York and Cleveland, the hometown of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Fans who purchased tickets will see the event live, and those at home can watch a livestream on Disney+, a new development since 2023. The show begins at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (5 p.m. Pacific Time). It will also be available to stream on Hulu starting Sunday and will receive its traditional edited telecast on ABC on January 1.
Meet the Class of 2025
Here is a look at the full class of 2025 and some of their defining songs:
- Outkast: American rap duo that rose to fame in the 1990s.
Key songs: “Hey Ya,” “Ms. Jackson,” “Roses” - Salt-N-Pepa: American rap group formed in the 1980s.
Key songs: “Push It,” “Let’s Talk About Sex,” “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 his career in the 1960s and passed away 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 started in the early 1980s.
Key songs: “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” “Time After Time,” “True Colors” - Soundgarden: American rock band formed in 1984.
Key songs: “Black Hole Sun,” “Fell on Black Days,” “Outshined” - Warren Zevon: American singer-songwriter who began his solo career in the early 1970s and died in 2003.
Key songs: “Lawyers, Guns and Money,” “Werewolves of London,” “Keep Me in Your Heart” - Thom Bell: American music producer and songwriter starting in the 1960s who passed away in 2022.
Key songs: the Delfonics’ “La-La (Means I Love You),” the Spinners’ “The Rubberband Man,” the Stylistics’ “You Make Me Feel Brand New” - The White Stripes: American rock band that emerged in the 1990s.
Key songs: “Seven Nation Army,” “We’re Going to Be Friends,” “Doorbell” - Carole Kaye: American session musician who played bass on numerous hits starting in the 1950s.
Key songs: The Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations,” Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’,” Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were” - Nicky Hopkins: English session musician who played keyboards on countless hits starting in the 1960s and died in 1994.
Key songs: The Beatles’ “Revolution,” The Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil,” Joe Cocker’s “You Are So Beautiful” - Lenny Waronker: American music producer and executive starting in the 1970s.
Key songs from artists he produced or signed include Rickie Lee Jones’ “Chuck E’s in Love,” Prince’s “Purple Rain,” and R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion”
