A major twist.

Rock and Roll legend Chubby Checker is skipping his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony to prove he’s “still alive” after waiting over three decades to join the exclusive music club.

Checker, 83, revealed at a recent show that he will not attend the honors in Los Angeles on Nov. 8 because he will be rocking out on stage at a different gig. 6

The rock icon constructed the scheduling conflict as a way to skip the show.

“When I told my manager, I said ‘make sure when we go to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the induction, that I will be doing what I love doing the most – being in front of an audience, a live audience, not a television audience,” the music icon told a crowd of fans, according to video posted to social media on July 29.

Checker, best known for

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