Metallica, Run-DMC, Jeff Beck and Bobby Womack entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday at an emotional ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Metallica, a heavy-metal machine whose menacing sound has inspired headbangers for nearly three decades, is detouring from its latest world tour for its biggest gig yet.

Metallica star James Hetfield insists he'll invite anyone who has ever played on one of the group's albums to join them at the Rock & Hall of Fame induction ceremony if the rockers get the nod in 2009.

Heavy rockers Voivod are so thrilled to land former Metallica star Jason Newsted as a guest on their new album, they've shelved release plans to allow the bassist to recover after hurting his arm in a freak accident.

Now is the time to reflect back upon the stunning achievements of one Gilby Clarke, singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer. Spitfire Records will do just that with Clarke's January 30, self-titled release. The album includes 14 tracks from his muscular solo catalog, two from his days in the criminally-ignored Colonel Parker with ex-Stray Cat Slim Jim Phantom, and one re-recording of "Black" with Rock Star: Super Nova runner-up Dilana Smith.

...During July, co-founder and original Pink Floyd guitarist/singer Syd Barrett, who had spent the better part of the last 35 years as a hermit, died at age 60 from diabetic complications... Weezer singer Rivers Cuomo pretty much confirms rumors that the band is done, "unless," he says, "it becomes really obvious to me that we need to do one."

Former Metallica star Jason Newsted has been forced to pull out of supergroup Rock Star Supernova two months before their first show after suffering a major shoulder injury. The rocker reportedly tore his left bicep and rotator cuff while trying to catch a bass that had fallen off an amplifier.