Cher 'Will Have Some Words to Say' at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction After All

Cher confirms she’ll be in attendance at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this October.

The pop icon, 77, previously shared during a December episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show that she wouldn’t be “in it now if they gave her a million dollars," affirming she was “never going to change her mind."

At the time, she added: "They can just go you-know-what themselves."

But in an interview with Entertainment Tonight on May 13, she revealed she will take part in the Oct. 19 ceremony after all.

She explained that the reasons she’ll be attending are due in part to music producer David Geffen and Chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, John Sykes. “Well, I can thank David Geffen, my friend and the most wonderful person ever, and John Sykes.”

“I'm gonna have some words to say,” she added. “I'm gonna accept it in my Cher — as me.”

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ization announced this year's nominees on April 22 — those being honored also include Foreigner, Mariah Carey, Eric B. & Rakim, Jane’s Addiction, Lenny Kravitz, Oasis, Sinead O’Connor and Sade.

Alongside Cher, nine other nominees appear on the ballot for the first time, including Carey, Kravitz, Osbourne, Sade and the late O’Connor.

The performer category will include Mary J. Blige, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & the Gang, Ozzy Osbourne and A Tribe Called Quest.

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The 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will air live on Oct. 19 from the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland.

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