So happy to see him do some kind of public appearance. He may never take on doing all the music again (which I don't think is a bad thing, variety is always good), but hopefully he'll keep on the producer role, do some of the music and have a say in direction of the groups, returning to a more active role (though it sounds like even now he keeps in contact with many of the girls and gives them advice and such).
And I will not gate-crash the ceremony even IF it's only a 15 minute bike ride from where I live