Olivia Rodrigo and Doja Cat Ignite Stage as Chappell Roan Inducts Cyndi Lauper into Rock Hall

Olivia Rodrigo led a barnstorming lineup of performers at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Held at the Peacock Theater, the event welcomed a dazzling array of boldface names from the music industry to perform for the honorees.

Among the new inductees was none other than the 2000s band the White Stripes, a duo comprised of Jack White and his ex-wife Meg White.

Now Olivia, 22, who has cited the White Stripes as her favorite band, got to enjoy the thrill of delivering a tribute to them as they were feted this weekend.

She glowed with the pride of the occasion as she hit the stage with Feist to croon We’re Going to Be Friends, a 2002 from the White Stripes album White Blood Cells.

Decked out in a sparkling burgundy minidress with a silver stripe, Olivia accompanied herself on acoustic guitar as she offered her rendition of the number.

Meanwhile Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun of Twenty One Pilots also took the stage to share their appreciation of the White Stripes by singing Seven Nation Army.

Iggy Pop, who like the White Stripes hails from Michigan, took the lectern to give the speech inducting Jack, who appeared solo as Meg has retired from the public eye.

‘I think it was Meg’s support that helped launch the rocket of racket that was Jack White,’ said Iggy, hailing Jack for being able to ‘screech like an owl’ and ‘twang like a hillbilly’ while also praising the ‘writing he was capable of.’ 

Doja Cat was every inch the busty bombshell in a tiger print bodysuit as she hit the stage for the induction of the 90s hip hop duo OutKast.

Strutting her stuff around the stage whilst swathed in a possibly faux fur boa, she performed a cover of OutKast’s song Ms. Johnson. 

At a certain point in the performance, she appeared to either experience a sound issue or to have forgotten some of the lyrics.

Eventually she was accompanied onstage by none other than Janelle Monae, who regaled the crowd with her take on the 2003 OutKast release Hey Ya!.

Tyler The Creator and Sleepy Brown were also part of the tribute medley to OutKast, who themselves took the stage to demonstrate that their abilities were undimmed.

OutKast’s induction speech was given by Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino, who gushed in particular over their debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, saying it ‘showed me that being an artist really means you just need to be an observer.’

The evening began with a stage-burning display by the formidable trio of Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson and Maxwell singing the work of Sly Stone.

Leon Thomas III and Beck also hit the stage to join in the nod to Sly and the Family Stone, who joined the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

The 1970s band Bad Company are also being honored, although their lead singer Paul Rodgers skipped the ceremony in order to ‘prioritize my health,’ he said. 

Over the course of the past decade, he had two major strokes and 11 minor ones, at one point even having to relearn how to speak and sing.

Their induction speech was delivered by the dapper-as-ever 78-year-old Mick Fleetwood of their fellow retro rock group Fleetwood Mac.

A variety of performers were enlisted for the tribute medley to Bad Company, including Bryan Adams, who sang Can’t Get Enough with Todd Ronning on guitar. 

Nancy Wilson of Heart, Chris Robinson of Black Crowes and Joe Perry of Aerosmith teamed up for a cover of Bad Company’s Feel Like Makin’ Love.

The band’s own drummer Simon Kirke was part of the performances in Bad Company’s honor, and was seen proudly holding aloft their trophy. 

Warren Zevon was posthumously given the Musical Influence Award in a touching speech by none other than David Letterman, on whose show he often appeared.

In 2002, when Warren had terminal cancer, he gave his final public interview on The Late Show with David Letterman and discussed his illness with wry wit.

Brandon Flowers, clad entirely in mourning black, gave the tribute performance to Warren, singing his beloved 1978 song Lawyers, Guns and Money.

DJ Spinderella, Cheryl ‘Salt’ James and Sandra ‘Pepa’ Denton of Salt-N-Pepa were also the recipients of the Musical Influence award, which they accepted while joined onstage by the producer who discovered them, Hurby ‘Luv Bug’ Azor.

A speech was given in their honor by Missy Elliott, who called the hip hop trio ‘the brick layers to that foundation that holds hip-hop together.’

Salt-N-Pepa then hit the stage and entranced the audience with their 1987 breakthrough hit Push It – while wearing their jackets from the song’s music video.

Soundgarden were also inducted into the Hall of Fame in the absence of their founding lead singer Chris Cornell, who committed suicide in 2017.

The speech honoring the late musician’s band was given by his 25-year-old daughter Lillian Cornell as well as his old friend Jim Carrey.

Soundgarden’s surviving members performed Black Hole Sun with the able assistance of two singers, Taylor Momsen and Brandi Carlile.

Chris’ 21-year-old daughter Toni Cornell also appeared onstage that evening to perform the Soundgarden song Fell on Black Days with Nancy Wilson.

During the in memorial section of the show, Elton John performed the seminal song God Only Knows by the recently departed Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson.

Cyndi Lauper was also one of the honorees that night, and was presented with her gong by none other than Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl singer Chappell Roan.

Chappell came dressed in an extravagant outfit inspired by one Cyndi wore in the music video for her famed 1986 song True Colors.

The song carried a special significance for Chappell, who sang it at the age of 13 during her ultimately failed audition for America’s Got Talent. 

Cyndi took the stage solo at the beginning of her tribute medley in order to sing True Colors, but she soon received help from some other artists she admires.

Raye accompanied Cyndi onstage to sing Time After Time, and then when she sang Girls Just Wanna Have Fun she was joined by Avril Lavigne and Salt-N-Pepa.