FoxNews.com reporter Roger Friedman writes today of a rumored show to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Who’s going to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland on April 4th? The answer is: who knows? It might be just the right time to visit and see all the good work Terry Stewart’s done out there despite the hideous Hall of Fame foundation. People were wondering why Jann Wenner banished the annual dinner to Cleveland this year. Now we know why: sources say the New York gang is readying a 25th anniversary blowout at Madison Square Garden for this November. Look for high ticket prices and lots of exclusion even among the existing inductees…

Needless to say, we'll be keeping an eye on this as things develop. We'll try to find out more when we head to Cleveland next week.

This is old news, but we missed it at the time. In this interview with Highbrid Nation, Mele Mel gets asked what he thought about the choice of Jay-Z as an inductor when Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were honored at the 2007 ceremony (skip ahead to the 5:40 mark).

The 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is fast approaching and there are still a couple of open questions still hanging out there.

Two months ago we asked if Run-DMC would be performing at the induction ceremony, because they haven't performed together since the death of Jam Master Jay in 2002. There still hasn't been an official announcement on the issue, but RollingStone.com continues to assume they'll be performing.

Last week, all of the presenters were announced for the event, except for the name of the person who will be inducting Wanda Jackson. We're guessing Elvis Costello wasn't available? Jackson herself still doesn't know. When asked about it yesterday she said, “I don’t know that. I’m just planning on not fainting — I’m going to hold on to somebody.”

We'll be sure to update you as we get answers to these questions in the next couple weeks.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has a new website, Rock Immortal (not to be confused with rockimmortals.com), where you can share your photo and video tributes to the 2009 inductees. [Watch out for the slow-loading Flash content and the swirling guitar picks.]

Fuse also has a special page set up for the 2009 induction ceremony, which they'll be broadcasting live online as well as on cable.

Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted has been invited by Metallica to perform with them at this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Kirk Hammett told About.com that Newsted will "most likely" perform with the band. Hammett continued, "He put in 14 years with Metallica, so I think there’s no reason for him not to be there." James Hetfield also weighed in:

"We wanted to invite everyone who was involved with Metallica," says Hetfield. "You know, the drama that goes around the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is pretty ridiculous most of the time. We’re trying to avoid that. We are a band that’s alive and feeling good and still creating, and we want it to be a family reunion. We’ve invited pretty much everyone from our first drum roadie to the head of the record company now, and all in between. We put the invite out there and anyone is welcome."

Hetfield also continues to discuss other artists who he feels should be inducted but have never even been put on the ballot by the Nominating Committee.

"We’re very honored to be recognized. There’s a whole genre around us that hopefully we can invite through the door. Hopefully there will be recognition for some of the bands that have changed music and changed people’s lives. That’s what I think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame should be about. There are certainly a lot of bands that aren’t in there that I can’t belive aren’t: Motorhead, Rush, Judas Priest, Deep Purple. But for us to be in there, hopefully we can bring some awareness to heavy stuff."

Here are the inductees and their presenters for this year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (they are all first-time presenters):

• Jeff Beck - Jimmy Page
• Metalliica - Flea
• Bobby Womack - Ron Wood
• Run-DMC - Eminem
• Little Anthony & the Imperials - Smokey Robinson
  
  
• D.J. Fontana - Max Weinberg
• Bill Black - Garry Tallent
• Spooner Oldham - Paul Shaffer
  
  
• Wanda Jackson - TBD

It was previously reported that Aerosmith would be inducting Run-DMC, but that turns out not to be the case. Eminem is an interesting choice because in some ways he represents the result of the mainstream hip-hop crossover that Run-DMC achieved as a result of their landmark collaboration with Aerosmith on "Walk This Way."

Although Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers may not seem like an obvious choice for inducting Metallica, guitarist Kirk Hammett approves. "It's cool that he's not in a heavy metal band but is a well-respected musician you might not expect," Hammett said. Flea may just be checking out the stage for next year, since his band is a heavy favorite for induction in 2010.

The 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is being held in Cleveland this year for just the second time in 24 years, and this will be the first time the event is open to the public. Tickets to the ceremony quickly sold out after they went on sale, however the Fuse network will be broadcasting the event live on cable and also at Fuse.tv.

Future Rock Legends will be in Cleveland to cover the event live and will be posting updates during the ceremony.

What are your plans for the ceremony? Did you score tickets to the ceremony? Traveling from out of town? Let us know if you're coming and perhaps we'll see you there.