“I’m doing what I love doing the most: Being in front of an audience. A live audience, not a television audience”: Chubby Checker’s unusual reason for skipping his Hall Of Fame induction

Chubby Checker in 2019.

Chubby Checker, the rock n’ roller best known for popularising the Twist, will not, apparently, be attending his induction into the Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Fame. But it’s not for the reasons you might expect.

Usually, artists flounce out on the Hall of Fame because they think they’re too cool (Liam Gallagher, Mark Knopfler) or because they’re dead (George Harrison, Donna Summer). In Checker’s case, it seems to be because he wants to prove he’s actually still alive.