In my opinion Mark’s attitude is disrespectful. Not getting up to play a song or two after crossing the Atlantic sounds surreal to me but it’s his choice and I respect that despite the incoherence. Now, totally ignoring his fans and not releasing any official statement at least explaining his motivations - or the lack of any - is just rude. That would be so easy. To all fans and everyone involved, unfortunately DS won’t be performing at the ceremony but we’re all happy to see you still care about us. Thanks a lot, have a good one. All said and done.
Not releasing any official statement ? You probably should wait a little bit before calling it disrespectful.
He'll probably write a statement, and John or Guy or whoever will read it on behalf of MK. Expect the classic thank you, he's honored but can't be there tonight and all that common boring stuff, nothing more.
Or wait... Did you people really expect anything else ?
I read about 'lifetime achievement', and I find it a bit exagerated. Remember, the HoF is a typical business thing that has little to no credibility compared to academy awards as an exemple. Besides, we all know what he achieved already, and he's not even done yet, so much for 'lifetime'.