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Madonna will not perform at tonight's Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony—airing at 8:30 on VH1 Classic—making her the first living inductee who'll attend the ceremony, but not hop on stage to bust out a song or two on the night she's being honored. (Ah, that'll teach me to fall victim to Roger Friedman's anti-Jann Wenner propaganda. Man do I hate Mondays!) Which only makes the possibility of a Ciccone Youth torch-passing that much more likely. [Fox 411]

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Ciccone Youth Member To Honor His Idol At Hall Of Fame Induction

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, perhaps looking to bolster the rocker cred of one its most undeniably pop inductees yet, is going a little left field with its choice of performers to pay tribute to Madonna at next week's induction ceremony: Iggy & The Stooges. Then again, it's not clear who would be a more obvious choice as a younger heir apparent to the singer's legacy of blonde ambition, given the more wholesome new crop of Disneyfied starlets, and the fact that the pop tarts of yesteryear that Madonna previously passed the torch to with her tongue are currently popping out babies or otherwise, er, indisposed. More »

Hey, the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame inductions are happening in a week and a half! Can't you feel the excitement oozing from the Waldorf-Astoria in New York? Well, get ready to get even more psyched—they're going to double as a promotional stunt for Madonna's new album, which features Justin Timberlake, because Justin is going to present her to the crowd! Yay, music industry! Don't fall over from reaching too far to pat yourself on the back there, now! [In Touch Weekly]