A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be unveiled Thursday honoring the R&B and progressive soul band War for a career that has included selling more than 50 million albums since its formation in 1969.

Band members, producer Jerry Goldstein and comedian George Lopez are set to speak at the 11:30 a.m. ceremony at 6212 Hollywood Blvd., adjacent to Amoeba Music.

The band will arrive at the ceremony in “six beautiful lowriders from several car clubs in Los Angeles,” as a nod to its 1975 hit, “Low Rider,” Ana Martinez, producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, told City News Service.

The song was also the opening theme for Lopez’s 2002-07 ABC comedy “George Lopez.”

The ceremony comes two days before the band begins a tour in Merced that also includes stops in England, France, Germany, Ire

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