Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

"I have no problem singing, it’s the stress of everything else," he says.

"I'm not at liberty to say which songs. I mean, quite honestly, I don't give a s---," drummer Simon Kirke says, adding that he's just excited to play live again with Paul Rodgers.

Jerry Cantrell, Nancy Wilson, Bryan Adams and others will also appear on Nov. 8 in Los Angeles.

The singer admitted he's "a little bit nervous."

They join a long list who'll speak at the 40th annual ceremony this November in Los Angeles.

"Other bands have gotten in who aren't even rock 'n' roll," he laments. "I could care less about being in there with John Cougar Mellencamp."

“Maybe we don't fit in with those other bands," says Mark Mothersbaugh. "And that might be a good thing.”

Nothing is set in stone yet, the drummer clarified, but it's looking promising.

"We're not coming. We have a gig," he says.

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