Gary Graff from Billboard.com is reporting:

In the throes of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame mania, Cleveland was loaded with revelry on the night before Saturday's induction ceremony.

METALLICA and the dozens of specially invited guests the band is hosting this weekend busted capacity in a private room at the House Of Blues with guests including Flea (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS), Jimmy Page (LED ZEPPELIN) and Joe Perry (AEROSMITH).

Over at the Ritz-Carlton, where many of the inductors and presenters are staying, photographer Anton Corbin unwittingly held court in the lobby bar, visiting with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, who will inducted JEFF BECK and was returning from a visit to the museum, and with Metallica's James Hetfield and his family as they came down for an early dinner. Sound checks and rehearsals took place at the Cleveland Public Auditorium, where the ceremony will be held.

Saturday afternoon, a rehearsal took place of the night's grand finale: 'Train Kept A Rollin'' with Flea and Page and a performance of 'Jailhouse Rock' with all of the inductees including WANDA JACKSON, RON WOOD, JEFF BECK, WOMACK, LIL ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS, ROSANNE CASH and PAUL SHAFFER.

Saturday's ceremony marks the first time general public tickets, priced at $35 and $75, were sold for the ceremony; all 5,000 were scooped up by fans in Cleveland and from out of town. On the main floor, where tables ran $15,000-$50,000, VIPs will dine on barbecued shrimp-topped grilled corn cakes with roasted poblano sauce, shoestring potatoes and a dessert called Blue Forest -- flourless chocolate cake topped with kirsch whipped cream, brandied cherries and more chocolate sprayed with blue cocoa butter. A special vodka-based cocktail called Rhapsody in Blue will be served at the bar.

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Watch ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante reminisce about late Metallica bass legend Cliff Burton at the House Of Blues in Cleveland: