2026 Rock Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Who Is and Isn’t Attending

More than half of the living honorees may miss the 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction on Saturday, Nov. 14. The Hall has not officially confirmed who will attend, but several acts have announced their plans.

Oasis made the ballot for the third consecutive year before their induction. Singer Liam Gallagher has indicated he will not attend, while guitarist and songwriter Noel Gallagher has booked his first solo appearance since Oasis’ 2025 reunion tour at Goldie’s EFG Jazz Festival in London on Saturday. Oasis spokespeople did not respond to Billboard’s request for comment on the brothers’ plans.

Responding to a report that Oasis would not attend, Liam wrote on X on Tuesday, Nov. 10: “It’s too far to be going for the night I got s–t to do it’s Christmas.” In response to a fan who said “not many artists” attend, he added, “If it was in the UK I’d be there but for some reason it’s in LA and that’s miles.”

British group Sade, fronted by singer Sade Adu, also confirmed Tuesday that they would not attend. “Sorry we can’t be there in person to celebrate with the other artists. Please know that our absence takes nothing away from how much this recognition means to us,” the group wrote in a post.

Iron Maiden, inducted on their third try, will miss the ceremony because of their Australian tour schedule. The band began the Australian leg of their Run For Your Lives world tour at Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Wednesday, Nov. 11, with shows also booked for Friday, Nov. 13, and Sunday, Nov. 15. The schedule makes the nearly 8,000-mile trip impossible.

In 2018, 13 years after Iron Maiden first became eligible for induction, singer Bruce Dickinson called the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame an “utter and complete load of bollocks.”

Joy Division and New Order are being inducted together. Earlier this year, co-founder Stephen Morris and keyboardist Gillian Gilbert, who are married, said they would not attend because of Morris’ health issues. “I’ve got a bit of a health problem at the minute, which precludes leaving the country for any length of time,” Morris said in June, according to Vulture.

Peter Hook, a former bassist and co-founder of both bands, said earlier this year that he would attend and was in talks with producers about performing. Hook left New Order acrimoniously in 2007 and sued the band over business issues in 2015. They settled out of court two years later. New Order did not respond to an earlier request for comment from Billboard.

Phil Collins, the 75-year-old Genesis drummer and singer, plans to attend his solo induction but has said he is physically unable to perform. “They asked me if I would perform,” he told BBC Breakfast in May. “I said no. You’ve gotta be match fit to do something like that. You can’t just go onstage. You’re going to have to rehearse. And by that point, if you haven’t been singing, your voice is going to be shot, and that’s not going to be good. I’d rather not do it.” Collins has not played live since the final show of Genesis’ The Last Domino? tour in March 2022, due to injuries affecting his spine, hands and knees.

Billy Idol, 70, is also expected to attend and perform. He lives in Los Angeles and remains an active live performer.

Some members of the nine-man hip-hop supergroup Wu-Tang Clan are expected to attend. Leader RZA said in April that he expected all members to be there. “I don’t see nobody taking some type of boycott” he said. The group also includes GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa and Cappadonna. Original member Ol’ Dirty Bastard died in 2004 at age 35.

The other performer-category inductee is Luther Vandross, who died in July 2005 at age 54 from complications of a stroke. He may be honored by representatives and possibly in a musical tribute.

Early influencers Queen Latifah and MC Lyte appear likely to attend. The category’s other three inductees, Celia Cruz, Fela Kuti and Gram Parsons, will be honored posthumously.

Past honorees who did not accept their inductions in person include Aretha Franklin in 1997, Paul McCartney during the Beatles’ 1988 induction amid financial disputes with his former bandmates, Tina Turner in 1991, the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia in 1994, the Sex Pistols in 2006, Van Halen in 2007, Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose in 2012 and Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler in 2018.

The ceremony will be taped Saturday at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. A two-hour prime-time special will air on ABC on Dec. 8 and stream on Disney+ and Hulu the next day.

Source: Billboard