Phil Collins makes emotional speech at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony

详细摘要

The 75-year-old Collins, whose mobility trouble and other health problems kept him from performing, cried at a huge ovation from a crowd that included his daughter, actor Lily Collins, and four other children.

Queen Latifah, Oasis, MC Lyte, Sade, Joy Division/New Order and Iron Maiden were also inducted at the ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles along with producer Rick Rubin, who got a long-bearded tribute from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

A night that beforehand felt like it might fall flat with the absences of key inductees was as lively and overloaded as the induction ceremony ever is.

U2 was the night’s surprise opener, playing their new single “Silencio” while surrounded by dancers in riot squad gear. They then launched into their 1984 classic “Pride (In the Name of Love)” as singer Bono alternately raised a peace sign and fist.

Run DMC and Aerosmith were the surprise closers with a loud jam of “Walk This Way,” their 1986 classic collaboration, produced by Rubin, that brought the merger of rock and rap to a new level.

The 75-year-old Collins, whose mobility trouble and other health problems kept him from performing, took the stage slowly using a pair of canes and cried at a huge ovation from a crowd that included his daughter, actor Lily Collins, and four other children.

Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker inducted Collins and praised him for his unprecedented dual stardom as a drummer and a hit-making pop singer in the 1980s.

“I grew up just wanting to play the drums,” Collins said. “Everything else has been a really happy accident. I can’t believe, when I look back, how life has gone.”

Barker said Collins’ song “In the Air Tonight” gave the world “arguably the most badass drum fill of all time.”

Minutes later, Barker played that drum fill himself as Erivo gave a slowed-down, epic rendition of the song with a wailing crescendo that brought the crowd to its feet.

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