Oasis get rock’s highest honour on Saturday, and both Gallaghers will be somewhere else

One of the most famous feuds in rock has found something both sides agree on: neither of them is going to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Oasis are part of the Hall’s class of 2026, alongside Iron Maiden, Phil Collins, Wu-Tang Clan, Sade, Luther Vandross, Billy Idol and Joy Division/New Order. The induction ceremony is on Saturday night at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Neither Liam nor Noel Gallagher will attend, accept the award or play, a decision confirmed earlier this week.

What did Liam say?

He explained himself in a run of posts on X. The ceremony, he said, was “miles away” in Los Angeles, and he had things to do because it was nearly Christmas.

“If it was in the UK I’d be there,” he wrote. He also joked that he was scared of the air conditioning.

After the induction was announced he had said he would go, though it was never clear whether he was joking.

And Noel?

He has a gig. Noel is playing Goldie’s EFG Jazz Festival in London on the same night, his first solo performance since Oasis reunited.

It is not known whether any of the other musicians who have played in Oasis, including Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs, Gem Archer, Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan, Andy Bell, Tony McCarroll and Alan White, will be in Los Angeles to accept the honour.

Is this a snub?

It would fit the band’s history. When Oasis were first nominated in 2024, Liam answered with a blunt, unprintable dismissal of the Hall on social media. The band missed out on induction that year and was voted in for 2026.

There is also a side plot. Phil Collins, who is being inducted in the same class, had said he was looking forward to meeting the Gallaghers at the ceremony. In the 1990s Noel publicly called Collins the Antichrist. Collins will have to wait.

Oasis are far from the first act to skip their own induction. Since the Hall began inducting artists in 1986, a number have stayed away or turned the honour down, and the ceremony goes ahead regardless.

What does it mean for Australian fans?

Not much changes: the induction is an honour, not a gig, and no Oasis performance was planned. In Australia the ceremony falls on Sunday 15 November. Australian fans saw the reunited band last year, when the Oasis Live ’25 tour played Melbourne and Sydney.