At the Induction Ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last night in New York City, Alice Cooper was inducted by Rob Zombie, Neil Diamond was welcomed by Paul Simon, Dr. John was inducted by John Legend, Tom Waits was inducted by Neil Young, Darlene Love was brought in by Bette Middler and Leon Russell was inducted by Elton John.

Waits, who is never without his snappy one linesr, was last night in rare form. He described his songs being very interesting things that could be done with air. He quipped, they say I’m hard to work with and have no hits. They say that as if that’s a bad thing. He performed “House Where Nobody Lives,” “Rain Dogs” and “Make It Rain.”

While inducting Waits Neil Young said, this man is indescribable. I am here to try to describe him for you. This man’s a great performer, singer, magician actor, changeling and spirit guide.

Paul Simon describing Neil Diamond said, he was called a Jewish Elvis Presley. In many synagogues in fact Elvis was considered to be a fake Neil Diamond.

“Sweet Caroline” was performed by Diamond. Robbie Robertson and Bruce Springsteen joined him and later on The Crystals song “Da Doo Ron Ron” was joined by Bette Middler, Dr. John, Leon Russell, Elton John, Darlene Love and Alice Cooper.

Fuse TV will be showing Tom Waits’ Induction ceremony performance at 9 pm EDT on March 20.

Two of rocks more hardcore personalities, Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper, will join forces for a handful of tour dates in April and May. Aptly dubbed the “Gruesome Twosome Tour,” the co-headlining trek will kick off in Winnipeg, Manitoba on April 26 and wrap up in Casper, Wyoming on May 4. After the duo have closed out the 7-city outing, Rob Zombie will launch his own summer tour. Full tour dates on both are listed below.

Via a press release, Rob Zombie said about the upcoming tour, “The dream or nightmare comes true! Me and The Coop have been talking about touring together for about 15 years and finally the moment is here. This will be without a doubt a rock ‘n’ roll spooktacular for all the cool ghouls.”

Rob Zombie’s just released his latest album “Hellbilly Deluxe 2” this month which serves as the bookend to the original “Hellbilly Deluxe” released in 1998. Alice Cooper’s last album “Along Came a Spider” was released in 2008.

2010 Rob Zombie/Alice Cooper Concert Tour
April 2010
26 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – MTS Centre
27 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Credit Union
28 – Edmonton, Alberta- Rexall Place
29 – Calgary, Alberta – Corral

May 2010
1 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Pacific Coliseum
2 – Kennewick, WA – Toyota Center
4 – Casper, WY – Casper Events Center

2010 Rob Zombie Concert Tour
July 2010
10 – San Bernadino, CA – San Manuel Amphitheater
11 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
13 – Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheater
14 – Nampa, ID – Idaho Center Amphitheater
16 – Phoenix, AZ – Cricket Wireless Pavilion
17 – Albuquerque, NM – Journal Pavilion
18 – Englewood, CO – Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
20 – Maryland Heights, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
21 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
23 – Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center
24 – Hartford, CT – Comcast Center
25 – Montreal, Quebec – Parc Jean Drapeau
27 – Mansfield, MA – Comcast Center
28 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
30 – Tinley Park, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
31 – Noblesville, IN – Verizon Wireless Music Center

August 2010
1 – Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheatre
4 – Virginia Beach, VA – Virginia Beach Amphitheatre
6 – Clarkston, MI- DTE Energy Music Theatre
7 – Pittsburgh, PA – Post Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake
8 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
10 – Tampa, FL – Ford Amphitheatre
11 – West Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheater
13 – Dallas, TX – SuperPages.com Center
14 – Oklahoma City, OK – Zoo Amphitheatre