In the irony that is life, Iron Maiden will not attend the Rock HOF induction ceremony as the date is in between 2 dates of their Australian Tour. Their statement said, they are not going to put off their fans who are holding tickets and reschedule those concerts. IMO, this is a rare move that I applaud and like as most entertainers have large egos and would certainly rework their tour dates at their fan's expense. After the lack of respect they received from the Rock Hall, I say good for them. They are in, but end of day, the induction ceremony benefits the Hall more than the bands anyhow.
I still think it is ridiculous some who are not in and the fact it took them til Ozzy's near dying day to put him in as a solo artist considering he was literally an icon and household name. Another really burn to me was when I attended Ozzy's induction and they didn't have him close the show, they had Dave Matthews of all idiots preluded by a 45 min love story from Julia Roberts about him. It was a deflating end to an otherwise great evening. The crowd was on cloud 9 for Ozzy, the proverbial plane crashed with Matthews. And the insult to injury was his song choice for his own induction - horrid.
TD
