Father of rock 'n' roll booted from HOF

Peter Gabriel performed with Chris Martin of Coldplay. The Boss thanked his bandmates. A tribute recalled groundbreaking Nirvana. April's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Brooklyn was taped and is airing on HBO on May 31. The hall, shown here, is in Cleveland.

Nirvana kicked off the grunge revolution with its second studio album, "Nevermind," in 1991. Lead singer Kurt Cobain, center, died 20 years ago. At the induction, Dave Grohl (left) and Krist Novoselic performed "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "All Apologies" with guest singers Joan Jett, Kim Gordon and Lorde. In her speech, Cobain's mother said her son would have been proud to be honored that night. "He'd say he wasn't, but he would be."

Kiss used makeup to take its stage persona to another level. The group built its fan base over 40 years of constant touring and was rewarded with such hit singles as "Rock and Roll All Nite," "Beth" and "Hard Luck Woman."

Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, was one of the leading singer-songwriters of the 1970s. Among his best-known songs are "Moonshadow," "Peace Train," "Wild World" and "Oh Very Young."

Daryl Hall, left, and John Oates started as a soul-and-rock duo in the mid-1970s with hits such as "Sara Smile" and "She's Gone." (Incidentally, Hall thought Oates' initial drafts of "She's Gone" "reminded me of a Cat Stevens song.") Hall & Oates became one of the biggest acts of the 1980s with songs such as "Kiss on My List," "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" and "Out of Touch."

Linda Ronstadt's powerful, wide-ranging voice made her interpretations of other artists' songs -- "You're No Good," "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" and "It's So Easy" -- some of the biggest hits of the 1970s.

Peter Gabriel left Genesis, a band he co-founded, in 1975. In his solo career, he's been a force for both political action -- his song "Biko" was about a South African activist -- and humanitarian causes. Commercially, his song "Sledgehammer" remains the most-played video on MTV almost 30 years after its debut.

The legendary E Street Band (L-R: Clarence Clemons, Bruce Springsteen, Garry Tallent, Danny Federici, Max Weinberg, Steven Van Zandt and Roy Bittan, in 1981) were inducted into the Rock Hall in the category for musical excellence. At the ceremony, held in New York last month, Springsteen accepted the honor, saying, "I thank you my beautiful men and women of E Street. You made me dream and love bigger than I could have ever without you. And tonight I stand here with just one regret: that (the late) Danny (Federici) and Clarence (Clemons) couldn't be with us here."

• An urn with Freed's ashes is moved from its spot at the Cleveland museum Friday


• His son says the museum is "disrespectful" to his father's legacy as a rock 'n' roll pioneer


• "We are conscious of his important role and will continue to honor him," hall director says


• Ashes are being removed just days after the museum opens a Beyonce exhibit

(CNN) -- Alan Freed, the DJ credited with coining the term "rock 'n' roll," will be physically removed from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday.

An urn with Freed's ashes was taken from its spot at the Cleveland museum on Friday, and Freed's son will pick up his father's remains Monday, according to Executive Director Greg Harris.

Lance Freed told CNN that the museum was being "disrespectful" to his father's legacy as a pioneer of rock 'n' roll, but Harris said Freed will continue to be "very prominent" in the hall.

Harris disputed the Freed family's description of the removal as an eviction, but according to the son, it is not a voluntary removal.

The urn containing Alan Freed's ashes.

Freed's ashes are being ousted just days after the museum opened a Beyonce exhibit featuring the singer's costumes, including the black leotards worn in her 2008 "Single Ladies" video.

Freed started playing R&B records on his Cleveland radio show in 1951, a time when stations that targeted white listeners ignored black artists. He called it "rock 'n' roll." His "Moondog Coronation Ball" at the Cleveland Arena in March 1956 is considered the first major rock concert.

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Freed put Cleveland on the music map and rock 'n' roll on the radio. His connection to the city was a major reason the northeastern Ohio city was chosen as the home for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, both his son and Harris said.

Freed was initially interred in New York, the city where he died at 43 in 1965. His family moved his remains to Cleveland years later and then to the museum 12 years ago, Lance Freed said.

"I thought this was the last move, but then I got this call to move him," Freed said. "He said, 'You've got to come pick him up.' "

It was not a rushed or unilateral decision, Harris said.

"The museum world is moving away from exhibiting remains" since ashes don't help tell a story, he said. "Museum community colleagues across the country agree."

Lance Freed said he believed his father's exhibit is being downsized and moved to another area of the museum, but Harris said it is not being changed beyond removal of the gold urn. Harris suggested that Freed's son might feel better about the move after he visits the museum Monday morning.

"We are conscious of his important role and will continue to honor him," Harris said. The museum's radio studio is named for him, and there "are many touch points" in the hall that relate to Freed, he said.

Freed's role in breaking down racial barriers in U.S. pop culture in the 1950s, by leading white and black kids to listen to the same music, made put the radio personality "at the vanguard" and made him "a really important figure," Harris said.

Harris defended the ouster of Freed's ashes coming at the same time that Beyonce's leotards are welcomed into the hall of fame. "Rock and roll isn't just about yesterday," he said. "It continues to evolve, and we continue to embrace it and refine our operations."

The Freed family will spend the next several weeks deciding where in Cleveland to take the urn, his son said.

They want to "create some sort of modest memorial where people who want to pay respect, or reflect," can visit, he said.

"I'm a little bit emotional right now, because this is the third time I'm moving my dad," he said. "But hopefully it will be the last."

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Spacecraft nears comet

• If successful, the Rosetta mission will be the first to orbit and land on a comet


• Scientists hope to learn more about the composition of comets


• The robotic lander Philae is due to touch down in November


• Could comets have brought water to the Earth? Rosetta may help answer the question

London (CNN) -- After a 10-year chase taking it billions of miles across the solar system, the Rosetta spacecraft is homing in on its close encounter with a comet.

Pictures of the oddly-shaped rock have already been returned but on Wednesday scientists at the European Space Agency, which is leading the project, say they hope to see images from within about 75 miles as the probe carries out the last of its braking maneuvers.

If successful, the mission will notch up a series of firsts. Rosetta will be the first spacecraft to orbit a comet on its journey around the sun, and in November mission controllers aim to place the robotic lander Philae on the surface -- something that has never been done before.

After a 10-year chase taking it billions of miles across the solar system, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft is closing in on its target: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This image of the comet was taken on Friday, August 1. Rosetta will be the first spacecraft to orbit a comet, and in November the spacecraft will deploy a robotic lander to the comet's surface -- something that has never been done before.

Rosetta's mission started on March 2, 2004, when it was launched on a European Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana.

Rosetta is named after the Rosetta Stone, the black basalt that provided the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs. Scientists think the mission will give them new clues about the origins of the solar system and life on Earth. The mission is spearheaded by the European Space Agency with key support from NASA.

This photo shows Rosetta being tested before it was wrapped in insulating blankets and loaded on a rocket for launch.

Rosetta has massive solar wings to power the spacecraft. They were unfurled and checked out at the European Space Agency's test facilities before being packed up for liftoff.

After its closest approach to Earth in November 2007, Rosetta captured this image of the planet.

Rosetta snapped this image of Earth in November 2009. The spacecraft was 393,328 miles from Earth.

Rosetta passed asteroid Steins in September 2008, giving scientists amazing close-ups of the asteroid's huge crater. The asteroid is about 3 miles in diameter.

Rosetta took this image of Mars as it looped through the solar system.

This image was taken by an instrument on Rosetta's Philae lander just minutes before the spacecraft made its closest approach to Mars. Part of Rosetta and its solar arrays are visible.

On July 10, 2010, Rosetta flew about 1,864 feet from asteroid Lutetia, which is 10 times larger than asteroid Steins.

Look closely at the top of this picture. See that dot? That's Saturn. Rosetta snapped the picture of asteroid Lutetia and captured Saturn in the background.

After taking pictures of Earth, Mars and asteroids, Rosetta was put into hibernation in May 2011 after it reached the outer part of the solar system. Mission managers woke it January 20, 2014.

In November, Rosetta will become the first spacecraft to deploy a robot for a soft landing on a comet. It also will be the first probe to escort a comet into our inner solar system. This drawing shows how Rosetta will drop its robot lander, Philae, onto the comet.

The robot lander will fire harpoons to anchor itself to the comet. Scientists expect the lander to send back data to Earth for at least a week and possibly for many months as the comet heads toward the sun.

Rosetta: The comet chaser

Rosetta: The comet chaser

Rosetta: The comet chaser

Rosetta: The comet chaser

Rosetta: The comet chaser

Rosetta: The comet chaser

Rosetta: The comet chaser

Rosetta: The comet chaser

Rosetta: The comet chaser

Rosetta: The comet chaser

Rosetta: The comet chaser

Rosetta: The comet chaser

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Rosetta: The comet chaser

Previous missions have performed comet fly-bys but Rosetta is different. This probe will follow the comet for more than a year, mapping and measuring how it changes as it is blasted by the sun's energy.

Mission controllers had to use the gravity of Earth and Mars to give the probe a slingshot acceleration to meet its target on the right trajectory. Rosetta also had to be put into hibernation for more than two years to conserve power before being woken up successfully in January this year.

Interactive: See how Rosetta chases the comet across the solar system

Scientists hope to learn more about the composition of comets and perhaps whether they brought water to the Earth or even the chemicals that make up the building blocks of life.

It really is such a step forward to anything that has come before

Matt Taylor, Rosetta project scientist

"It really is such a step forward to anything that has come before," project scientist Matt Taylor told CNN.

Rosetta will soon begin mapping the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and find out more about its gravitational pull. This will help to find a suitable landing site for Philae and allow engineers to keep Rosetta in the right orbit.

As comets approach the sun, any ice melts and is turned into an ionized gas tail. The dust produces a separate, curving tail. It's these processes that Rosetta scientists hope to be able to study from close proximity.

Taylor explained that the survey will show the team what the comet nucleus looks like now and when it gets closer to the sun.

"We'll be able to make a comparison to now, when its relatively inert, to when it's highly active ... making this measurement over a year when we're riding alongside at walking pace and observing how a comet works and interacts with the sun," he said.

"We are there for over a year to see this compete development to the extent that you may even be able to measure the decrease in the volume of the nucleus ... see how much material has left the comet."

Rosetta's target comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is known as a short-period comet. It reappears every six years as its orbit brings it close to the sun. Halley's comet has a period of about 76 years and is not due to return close enough to Earth to be visible until 2061. Others only return after thousands of years.

Matt Taylor says it is unlikely that you will be able to see comet 67P with the naked eye but you can follow the progress of the mission on Rosetta's blog and find out more with CNN's interactive coverage.

'Wire' actor stabbed at nightclub

Actor Anwan Glover attends the HBO premiere of 'The Wire' on January 4, 2008 in New York City.

• "While defending myself, I was stabbed," Anwan Glover tweets


• Glover was treated and released from a hospital after Sunday's stabbing


• The actor played Slim Charles on HBO's "The Wire"

(CNN) -- "The Wire" actor Anwan Glover says that "my flesh may be stabbed but my spirit is unbreakable" after he was attacked early Sunday at a Washington nightclub.

Glover, who began his career as a musician, had finished performing at the club and was watching another group's show when the incident happened, he said in an Twitter posting Sunday.

The police report said Glover fell to the ground when he was struck in the head "by an unknown object" at Cafe Asia in northwest Washington and was "kicked in the body" by two unidentified attackers.

As many of you are aware, i was involved in an incident last night. While supporting another band, at... http://t.co/VOu3Af53yy

— Anwan Big G Glover (@AnwanBigGGlover) August 3, 2014

"While defending myself, I was stabbed," Glover said. "I was hospitalized and have been released."

The actor's publicist told CNN that the "attack was a complete shock to Anwan, as there was no incident or argument of any kind leading to it."

D.C. police said an investigation will continue, but no one has been arrested.

Glover was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and then released, police said.

"I am not a stranger to adversity and when shown hate, I'm going to spread love," Glover said. "I am recovering and will be back soon. My flesh may be stabbed but my spirit is unbreakable."

Glover is best known for his role as Slim Charles in the HBO crime drama "The Wire." He also played Cape in the 2013 Oscar-winning movie "12 Years a Slave."

CNN's Carolyn Sung contributed to this report.