Metallica have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Ohio.

The heavy metal band were head of the class of 2009 stars, which also included awards for Run-DMC, guitarist Jeff Beck, soul singer Bobby Womack and rhythm and blues vocal group Little Anthony and the Imperials.

The band were reunited with bassist Jason Newsted, who left the group in 2001. He played with his bandmates for performances of Master of Puppets and Enter Sandman.

As they accepted their awards, frontman James Hetfield said: "Dream big and dare to fail, because this is living proof that it is possible to make a dream come true."

They were also joined on stage by Ray Burton, the father of original bassist Cliff Burton, who died tragically in 1986 when the band's tour bus skidded off an icy road in Sweden.

Meanwhile, Run DMC were inducted by Eminem, who made a rare public outing to explain how much the hip-hop group had an influence on him.

He said: "I still remember being in ninth grade when Tougher Than Leather came out," he said. "I skipped school to go get it on cassette. As soon as I heard Run's House, it was pretty much a wrap for me. Marshall Mathers became Eminem."

The band - once made up of Joseph "DJ Run" Simmons, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels and Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell - stopped recorded together after the death of Mizell in 2002.

The evening ended with a collaboration between Metallica, Beck, Jimmy Page, Aerosmith's Joe Tyler and Flea for a performance of the Yardbirds' Train Kept A Rollin.

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