Kevin Kane, Getty Images<\/span><\/p> \u00a0<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0Salt-N-Pepa’s Electrifying Performance and Push for Regaining Their Masters<\/strong><\/p>\n If there was one performance from Saturday’s show that got the entire audience dancing along, it was Salt-N-Pepa’s. But perhaps even more impressive was\u00a0what the women of Salt-N-Pepa\u00a0emphasized\u00a0in their acceptance speech. Earlier this year, the group sued Universal Music Group for the right to their master recordings.<\/p>\n “As we celebrate this moment, fans can’t even stream our music,”\u00a0Cheryl “Salt” James said (via Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em>). “It’s been taken down from all streaming platforms because the industry still doesn’t want to play fair. Salt-N-Pepa have never been afraid of a fight. This is the Influence Award. We have to keep using our influence until the industry honors creativity the way the audience does \u2014 with love, respect and fairness \u2014 and that includes streaming platforms too.”<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 4.\u00a0Toni Cornell’s Moving Soundgarden Cover (Plus, Women Sing Soundgarden)<\/strong><\/p>\n Several of the late Chris Cornell<\/a>‘s children were in attendance on Saturday night, supporting Soundgarden<\/a>‘s induction. One particularly special moment came in the form of Cornell’s daughter, Toni, covering “Fell on Black Days,” backed by Nancy Wilson<\/a> on guitar.<\/p>\n And not for nothing, some excellent decisions were made by whoever decided to have the Soundgarden\u00a0segment sung by only women. Taylor Momsen<\/a> sang “Rusty Cage,” while Brandi Carlile<\/a> handled “Black Hole Sun.”<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 5. Jim Carrey and Taylor Momsen Reunite\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking of Momsen, here’s a wonderful little moment that actually doesn’t involve rock ‘n’ roll at all. Many years ago, when Momsen was seven years old and a child actress, she played Cindy Lou Who in the\u00a02000 film How the Grinch Stole Christmas<\/em>, also starring Jim Carrey. At this year’s ceremony, Momsen performed and Carrey provided the induction speech for Soundgarden. When the two met up backstage, it marked the first time they’d seen one another since making Grinch<\/em>.<\/p>\n “As a young person watching an artist at work and taking their craft so seriously, that left a really powerful, lasting impact on me as an adult now,” Momsen said (via People<\/em><\/a>). “And I’m excited to be able to tell him that as a grownup.”<\/p>\n Frazer Harrison, Getty Images for RRHOF<\/span><\/p> READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b>2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Photo Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n 6.\u00a0Jack White’s\u00a0Poem for Meg White<\/strong><\/p>\n Since the White Stripes<\/a> split up in 2011, Meg White<\/a> has kept a very low profile, so it was not a surprise that she did not attend the band’s induction. But her former bandmate and husband Jack White <\/a>was there to accept the award, and he took a moment during his acceptance speech<\/a> to read a beautiful poem he’d written specifically for her:<\/p>\n “One time, a girl climbed a tree, and in that tree was a boy \u2014 her brother, she thought.\u00a0… Many of the blocks they traveled were empty, but some had people. And some of those people cheered, some laughed and some even threw stones. And with their bare hands, the two started to clap and sing and make up songs.<\/p>\n And some people kept watching and swaying and moving. And then one person even smiled. The boy and the girl looked at each other, and they also smiled, and they felt \u2014 they both felt \u2014 the sin of pride. But they kept on smiling. Smiling from a new freedom, knowing that they had shared and made another person feel something.”<\/p>\n Amy Sussman, Getty Images<\/span><\/p> \u00a0<\/p>\n 7.\u00a021 Pilots Do ‘Seven Nation Army’ Justice<\/strong><\/p>\n Jack white himself did not perform at the ceremony, but 21 Pilots<\/a> \u2013 appropriately as a duo \u2014 offered up a great version of “Seven Nation Army.”<\/p>\n 8. Chappell Roan’s Incredible Outfit Homage to Cyndi Lauper<\/strong><\/p>\n This year, Cyndi Lauper<\/a> was inducted <\/a>by pop star Chappell Roan<\/a>, who described Lauper as someone who “embodies every quality of an artist that I admire.” In Lauper’s honor, Roan wore a newspaper dress and an enormous crystal headpiece like the kind Lauper wore in the “True Colors” music video<\/a> all those years ago.<\/p>\n Theo Wargo, Getty Images for RRHOF<\/span><\/p> \u00a0<\/p>\n Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” was even more fun when you consider that every single person performing it on stage Saturday night was a woman. Lauper’s all-female band included\u00a0Gina Schock of the Go-Go’s<\/a>, Lisa Coleman on keyboards, Raye and Avril Lavigne<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 10. A Rousing Conclusion With a Little Help From Friends<\/strong><\/p>\n You can’t conclude a Rock Hall ceremony without an all-star jam<\/a>. This was not the first time the show ended with a cover of the Beatles<\/a> “With a Little Help From My Friends,” but this year it was done in the soulful style of one of the late inductees, Joe Cocker<\/a>.<\/p>\n Inductees, guest performers and more looking ready to rock.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Allison Rapp<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Red Carpet Photo Gallery<\/h2>\n