Rock & Roll Hall of Fame turns up starpower to induct Cher, Foreigner, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy and more

Hollywood stars Julia Roberts and Zendaya bookended Saturday’s inductions into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, giving a little stardust to an eclectic lineup that included pop icon Cher, heavy metal’s Ozzy Osbourne, hip-hop soul queen Mary J.Blige, soft rockers Foreigner and 83-year-old soul icon Dionne Warwick.It was a five-hour-plus show that also honored hip-hop trailblazers A Tribe Called Quest, punk pioneers the MC5, the effortless dance music of Kool & the Gang, the beach bum tunes of Jimmy Buffett and the jam band fusion of Dave Matthews Band.Dua Lipa opened the show singing Cher’s “Believe” before the 78-year-old icon joined her onstage, giving way to Zendaya who noted that Cher is the only woman to have a No.

1 hit on a Billboard chart in each of the past seven decades.“Cher has got the goods,” Zendaya said before Cher performed a rocking version of “If I Could Turn Back Time.”In her speech, Cher thanked her mother for instilling in her to always get back up after defeat.

“I never give up,” she said.“I’m talking to the women — down and out, we keep going.”Roberts helped induct Dave Matthews Band — she’s a self-avowed superfan and she appeared in the band’s video for the 2005 single, “Dreamgirl.” Roberts, wearing a band T-shirt, said the appeal of the group is “spontaneous abandon,” adding the first time she danced with her husband was to one ofn their songs.The jam band, with their mix of funk, folk-rock, jazz, blues and pop, then played “Ants Marching” — asking the crowd to sing the chorus — “Crash” and “So Much to Say.” The arena was still full when they hit the stage after midnight, with the crowd singing along and swaying.Matthews hugged Roberts, handed out the trophies to his bandmates, and called the class of 2024 impressive.“We’re swimming in very deep water here,” he said.

He thanked the current and former band members and the bar owner who gave them a home in...