Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2014 inductors include Bruce Springsteen ...
We already knew who's getting into this year's 'Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame.'
Now we know who will be inducting them.
Or at least most of them.
Chris Martin, of Coldplay, will usher in Peter Gabriel, while Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello will fulfill his lifelong man-crush on Kiss by bringing them into the fold. Michael Stipe, whom Kurt Cobain spoke of with great admiration, will give the speech for Nirvana.
The Eagles' Glenn Frey is set to glorify the talents of Linda Ronstadt. Frey got his first break playing alongside other future Eagles in Ronstadt's backup band.
Bruce Springsteen will sing the praises of his own band of brothers, the E Street Band, who are getting in on the sideman tip. In a less obvious connection, the Roots' Questlove will induct Hall & Oates.
It has yet to be announced who will offer speeches for Cat Stevens, or for the two nonmusicians getting in this year - Brian Epstein and Andrew Loog Oldham, early managers of The Beatles and The Stones, respectively.
Also appearing at the event will be Stevie Nicks, Carrie Underwood, Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crow and Bonnie Raitt, corralled in a tribute to Ronstadt.
Gabriel, Hall & Oates, Cat Stevens and the E Street Band will all perform at the event. But the surviving members of Nirvana will not. And neither will Ronstadt, who can no longer sing, given her battle with MS.
Kiss has refused to play, miffed that several later members of the group aren't being included in the honor. Also, their central players, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, famously hate their two other original partners who will be getting into the Hall - Ace Frehley and Peter Kriss.
The ceremony will take place April 10 at the Barclays Center. It's the first time the ceremony will truck over to Brooklyn, as well as the first time the event will be open to the public in New York. Fans could attend earlier years in Cleveland and Los Angeles.
Tickets remain for the Barclays event.
The complete show can seen be on HBO, debuting 9 p.m. May 31.
jfarber@nydailynews.com
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