Oasis will skip their own Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
Oasis enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 14 November in Los Angeles, but neither Liam nor Noel Gallagher plans to attend. Liam says it is too far to go for one night, and Noel is playing Goldie's show at London's Royal Festival Hall the same evening.
By Riffiter
Oasis will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday, 14 November, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Neither Liam Gallagher nor Noel Gallagher plans to be in the room. Rolling Stone reported the news on 10 November, and NME, Dork and Parade followed: neither brother is expected to accept the award or perform.
"It's Christmas"
Liam gave his reason on X, replying to a fan who asked whether he was going: "It's too far to be going for the night I got sh\*t to do it's Christmas." The ceremony is six weeks before Christmas.
Noel has a booking of his own. He is a special guest at Goldie's "Dare to Dream" show with a live band and orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in London, part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, on the same Saturday. Dork puts the two stages about 5,400 miles apart. Coverage of the London show calls it Noel's first solo appearance since the Oasis reunion.
Three nominations, three moods
Oasis were first nominated in 2024. Liam's response, per NME, was a post that began "F\\\ the Rock n Roll hall of fame", and he told the Sunday Times that he had "done more for rock and roll than half of them clowns". When the band were nominated again in 2025, he called the Hall a place for "w\nkers", as Rolling Stone UK reported.
The tone changed in April 2026, when Oasis were voted in. Liam posted "Im well going I dreamt of this as a little nobody singing in the shower with my brush", according to Variety, and said his mum had told him "to stop being a d\*ck and go to the awards and behave", as American Songwriter and NME reported.
Noel had been clear for years. At a Los Angeles listening party in 2018 he told Rolling Stone that someone from the Hall had already approached him: "It's a great place and all that, but I won't be doing it."
Who is being inducted
The Hall's Oasis page lists eight members: Liam and Noel, Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan, Gem Archer, Andy Bell, Tony McCarroll and Alan White. Guigsy was added after fans pointed out he was missing from the first list. Bonehead, Archer and Bell play in the current touring line-up. None of the outlets that broke the story could say whether any of the six will be at the Peacock Theater.
The rest of the 2026 class is Phil Collins, Billy Idol, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, Sade, Luther Vandross and Wu-Tang Clan. NME points out that Noel once called Collins "the antichrist of music".
Skipping the night does not undo the honour. The Sex Pistols refused theirs in 2006 with a handwritten letter, and Paul McCartney missed the Beatles' induction in 1988.
The records
The Hall is voting for the band that played two nights at Knebworth in August 1996 and came back for a stadium tour in 2025. On Riffiter, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? holds a 4.0 out of 5, and Definitely Maybe is waiting for more ratings.
Whatever happens on Saturday, the records are here. What would you give them?