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Awards
Hollies and Iggy inducted into Hall Of Fame
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 16 March 2010
The two founding members of The Hollies who are still in the band, Bobby Elliot and Tony Hicks, missed last night’s US Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, where the band were honoured, because they had touring commitments here in the UK, which definitely shows commitment to their British fans. Their fellow founder members Allan Clarke and Graham Nash (he of Crosby, Stills and) were in New York to represent the band at the induction event.
Commenting on their decision to honour their UK tour dates rather than cancelling a couple of shows to allow a jaunt to NYC, Elliot told the BBC: “Our current tour had been in the diary for twelve months when the Hall Of Fame honour was announced. There was no way we could get an alternative date for these venues. We’re just a bit hamstrung, we couldn’t get there. Our fans in this country are a priority. It’s a great honour to be in the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame, no doubt about it. But it’s just one of those things. What would we do?”
At the rather formal NYC event, it seems another inductee, Iggy Pop, stole the show, at times deliberately mocking his suited and booted audience, possibly to hammer home the fact the Hall Of Fame committee had shortlisted but not chosen his band The Stooges on no less than seven previous occasions. According to Freep.com, Iggy put on a typical raucous performance when his band took to the stage at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, somewhat incongruous to his surroundings.
Still, he seemed pleased to have finally been inducted into the big institution of the US rock establishment, and got almost emotional when giving his acceptance speech, saying of his fellow Stooges: “This particular group of friends has had the fortune of having a lovely, lovely second act. So, thanks”.
ABBA, Genesis and Jimmy Cliff were also inducted.
