Nils Lofgren of the E Street Band is among the guests added to the Rolling Stones Tribute Concert in Cleveland on October 26th as part of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame’s 18th Annual Music Master Series.
Lofgren, Chuck D, Sugar Blue, Lee Fields, Patterson Hood, Dave Pirner, Earl Slick and Cyril Jordan and Chris Wilson of the Flamin’ Groovies are the newest additions to the concert at the Playhouse Square’s State Theatre, which will feature a handful of musicians who have performed with the Stones during their 50 year career.
Grammy Award-winning drummer Steve Jordan will lead the house band as musical director. Jordan has assembled a group of critically-acclaimed musicians, including Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Ian McLagan, Bernard Fowler, Bobby Keys, Trevor Lawrence, Steve Madaio, Waddy Wachtel and Willie Weeks to perform. Joining the tribute concert lineup are Merry Clayton and Sarah Dash.
The Rolling Stones are being honored at the Music Masters Series in a week-long event entitled "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It): The Music of the Rolling Stones." Set to run October 21-26, it will feature a week of interviews, panels, films and other educational programs, concluding with a conference at the Rock Hall about the Stones' impact on pop music, followed by the tribute concert.
For a look at the schedule of Stones events, click here.
In other Stones news, on November 11th (November 12 in North America) the band will release “Sweet Summer Sun – Hyde Park Live”, a new package capturing the band’s historic return to London’s Hyde Park with a 2-hour live concert and highlights including new and unseen backstage footage.
“Sweet Summer Sun – Hyde Park Live” will be available on DVD, Blu-ray, 2CD + DVD, 3LP + DVD, and a Deluxe Edition featuring a 60 page book + DVD + Blu-ray + 2CD package.
Check out the tracklisting here.
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VIDEO: The Rolling Stones preview Sweet Summer Sun Hyde Park Live
Rolling Stones: Rock Hall’s Music Masters Series details
Rolling Stones to be honored at Rock Hall’s Music Masters Series