Rod Stewart Too Sick to Attend Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction

Rod Stewart performs during the launch of his two-year residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Axl Rose won't be the only no-show at tomorrow's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland: Rod Stewart has also declined to attend due to sudden illness. The singer was originally scheduled to reunite on stage with the classic lineup of the Faces, but he announced today that he will have to miss the ceremony.

This afternoon, Stewart and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame released a joint statement via the singer's publicist:

Unfortunately Rod is battling the flu this week and regrettably he is unable to accept his induction in person in Cleveland.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame congratulates Rod on his 2012 Induction and wishes him a speedy recovery.

"I'm absolutely devastated," Stewart said. "Shattered that I'm going to miss my second induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - and this time alongside my mates."

Faces will play a short set after they are inducted with Simply Red's Mick Hucknall singing vocals. He's a friend of the band and has played with them before. We are thrilled that Mick dropped everything to hop on a plane to be here to play with Faces on Saturday night.

Tomorrow's Hall of Fame induction honors both the influential mod group Small Faces and their harder rock reincarnation, the Faces. Stewart served as vocalist for the latter before leaving to pursue his flourishing solo career. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an individual performer in 1994, in the same class as John Lennon, Elton John and Bob Marley.

Earlier this week, Faces guitarist Ron Wood told Rolling Stone that the group's reunion would include a spin through "Stay With Me” and a possible instrumental. He joked, a bit prophetically, "I'm going to sing 'Ooh La La,' whether Rod likes it or not."

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Rod Stewart Too Sick to Attend Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction

Rod Stewart performs during the launch of his two-year residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Axl Rose won't be the only no-show at tomorrow's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland: Rod Stewart has also declined to attend due to sudden illness. The singer was originally scheduled to reunite on stage with the classic lineup of the Faces, but he announced today that he will have to miss the ceremony.

This afternoon, Stewart and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame released a joint statement via the singer's publicist:

Unfortunately Rod is battling the flu this week and regrettably he is unable to accept his induction in person in Cleveland.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame congratulates Rod on his 2012 Induction and wishes him a speedy recovery.

"I'm absolutely devastated," Stewart said. "Shattered that I'm going to miss my second induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - and this time alongside my mates."

Faces will play a short set after they are inducted with Simply Red's Mick Hucknall singing vocals. He's a friend of the band and has played with them before. We are thrilled that Mick dropped everything to hop on a plane to be here to play with Faces on Saturday night.

Tomorrow's Hall of Fame induction honors both the influential mod group Small Faces and their harder rock reincarnation, the Faces. Stewart served as vocalist for the latter before leaving to pursue his flourishing solo career. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an individual performer in 1994, in the same class as John Lennon, Elton John and Bob Marley.

Earlier this week, Faces guitarist Ron Wood told Rolling Stone that the group's reunion would include a spin through "Stay With Me” and a possible instrumental. He joked, a bit prophetically, "I'm going to sing 'Ooh La La,' whether Rod likes it or not."

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Surviving Monkees Will Not Attend Davy Jones' Funeral

Peter Tork, Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones in Manchester

Micky Dolenz and the other surviving members of the Monkees will not attend Davy Jones' funeral out of respect to the singer's family. "My understanding is they want to avoid a media circus and the family wants to keep it very, very low-key and very, very private," Dolenz told Billboard.

"You can imagine as soon as one or two or any of us were to show up, it would very quickly be degraded into something that I don't think his immediate family would want to deal with," he said. "So I'm kind of [respecting] their wishes, whatever their wishes may be."

Instead, Dolenz, Peter Tork and Mike Nesmith are planning to take part in a series of public memorials for Jones in New York and England, though no dates have been set. "It's pretty early days, you know, to be making too many plans," says Dolenz. "I'm still in shock."

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Surviving Monkees Will Not Attend Davy Jones' Funeral

Peter Tork, Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones in Manchester

Micky Dolenz and the other surviving members of the Monkees will not attend Davy Jones' funeral out of respect to the singer's family. "My understanding is they want to avoid a media circus and the family wants to keep it very, very low-key and very, very private," Dolenz told Billboard.

"You can imagine as soon as one or two or any of us were to show up, it would very quickly be degraded into something that I don't think his immediate family would want to deal with," he said. "So I'm kind of [respecting] their wishes, whatever their wishes may be."

Instead, Dolenz, Peter Tork and Mike Nesmith are planning to take part in a series of public memorials for Jones in New York and England, though no dates have been set. "It's pretty early days, you know, to be making too many plans," says Dolenz. "I'm still in shock."

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