The latest ceremony to induct more icons into the highly prestigious Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was held recently at The Waldorf Astoria in New York, Monday March 13.

Original new-wave pop crossovers Blondie enjoyed their celebratory moment in the spotlight. But it wasn’t all smiles, glitz and glamour for Debbie Harry, who seemed to have hit a raw nerve with ex-Blondie members on the night, as original guitarist Frank Infante and bassist Nigel Harrison were visibly a little less than impressed that they weren’t ‘allowed’ to perform with the rest of the original line-up. “We want to play. We weren’t part of it,” Harrison said, who added that watching a film of Blondie career highlights made him feel like he was attending his own funeral. “Welcome to bingo night!”

The show went on without comment for the time being, with the amazingly energetic Harry and co running through a short set of career highlights, including ‘Heart of Glass’, ‘Rapture’ and ‘Call Me’. “They wrote themselves out of the band’s history as far as I’m concerned,” guitarist Chris Stein said backstage afterwards, noting that Infante and Harrison had sued the band over the ownership of the Blondie name. “I would have been really happy to support those guys if they hadn’t attacked us.”

Other inductees to this year’s gallery included the Ozzy Osbourne fronted 70s heavy-metal quartet Black Sabbath, jazz legend Miles Davis, singer songwriter Lynrd Skynyrd, British punk legends the Sex Pistols (who caused further controversy by refusing to turn up to receive the award) and A&M Records co-founders Herb Albert and Jerry Moss. Highlights of the ceremony are set to be aired on free to air television around April 21.