CLEVELAND, Ohio-As the second spike in coronavirus pandemic confirmed cases and deaths ravages the nation many spring events, including concert tours, were pushed back to late summer and fall and now the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced that its live induction ceremony originally scheduled  for May 2 at Cleveland Public Auditorium and then re-scheduled to Nov. 7, will not take place live at all.

Instead, it will air a special on HBO honoring this year’s class of inductees, namely Depeche Mode, the Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, The  Notorious B.I.G., T. Rex, and artist managers Jon Landau and Irving Azoff.

The special will air on the date the live event was re-scheduled for, Nov 7 and the exhibit at the Rock Hall devoted to this year’s class will open on Aug 14. at the Rock Hall museum in downtown Cleveland.

The 2021 inductions, the 36th annual event, will move to the fall and will take place in Cleveland next year, absent another coronavirus scare that precludes mass gatherings of more than 10 people.

Though the Rock Hall museum is located in Cleveland the induction ceremonies were held in New York City, this year's now cancelled live event, had it gone forward, marked a change in location from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to Public Auditorium in Cleveland.

The late  R&B singer Whitney Houston, one of the best selling record artist of all time with estimated sales of 200 million records worldwide, is the only Black woman among this year's inductees and is likely the most famous of members of the 2020 Rock Hall class.

The late rapper, songwriter and music producer The Notorious. B.I.G. is the only Black male solo artist among the inductees this year.

Houston died in 2012 in the bathtub of her Beverly Hills hotel room of what was later determined a drowning precipitated by coronary artery disease and cocaine intoxication.

She was 48-years-old at the time of her death.

Born Chris George Wallace, The Notorious B.I.G., considered one of the greatest rappers of all time, was a young 24-years-old when he was gunned down in Los Angeles via a drive by shooting in March of 1997.