LOS ANGELES — Billy Idol , Oasis , Wu-Tang Clan , Phil Collins, Sade , Queen Latifah , Iron Maiden , Joy Division/New Order and the late Luther Vandross will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday.
And Rolling Stone reports that his little brother, who has sneered at the idea of the hall since becoming eligible for it, won’t be there either. The famously feuding brothers of Brit pop, Noel and Liam Gallagher, enter the hall with their second nomination. Will they perform? No. The two British rock bands will get a rare joint nomination that makes sense given their members and circumstances. Maybe in some form. The bassist for both bands, Peter Hook, has been estranged from his mates for many years, and has long performed the two groups’ songs with his own band, Peter Hook and the Light. His representative declined to say whether he’ll attend. The scorching rock band who led the new wave of British heavy metal starting in the late 1970s got an induction that many thought was long overdue. No. Voters installed them on their third nomination. The love songs of Luther Vandross, delivered with a voice of velvet, made him one of the definitive R&B singers of his era.
They’ve been eligible since 2019. At 54, Liam Gallagher is the youngest inductee of the class of 2026. They enter the hall a year after a reunion tour that brought them back together for the first time in 16 years, and they’ve announced they’ll do it again next year. Joy Division was a dark and seminal post-punk band formed in 1976. When their charismatic lead singer, Ian Curtis, died in 1980, the remaining members formed New Order, which went in the direction of electronic and dance music. Joy Division had been eligible since 2003 and got in with their third nomination. They’d been eligible since 2005.
Because gilbert is being treated for cancer, key New Order members Gillian Gilbert and Stephen Morris, who are married, told Vulture in September that neither will make the trip. Iron Maiden are together and thriving, but so much so that they’re on tour in Australia and won’t be appearing to accept or to play.
Key Songs: “Wonderwall,” “Live Forever,” “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” “Champagne Supernova. Key songs: “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” “Disorder,” “Blue Monday,” “Bizarre Love Triangle. Key songs: “The Trooper,” “Fear of the Dark,” “Run to the Hills,” “Aces High.
Noel Gallagher has announced a solo set at a London jazz festival on Saturday.
The list of 2026 honorees also includes MC Lyte, Celia Cruz , Fela Kuti and Gram Parsons, along with music producers Rick Rubin, Linda Creed, Arif Mardin and Jimmy Miller and variety show host Ed Sullivan. A nominating committee put them up for a vote from more than 1,200 people including music industry figures and historians. Artists become eligible for the hall 25 years after their first music release, but it can take much longer for them to be nominated. They’ve been hip-hop innovators since their 1993 debut album, “Enter the Wu-Tang. She was 77 when she died in 2003. The Nigerian saxophonist, bandleader, progenitor and activist who died in 1997 at age 58 becomes the first African-born artist to enter the Hall of Fame in the same year he became the first African artist to receive the Grammys’ Lifetime Achievement Award.
Iron Maiden and key members of New Order previously revealed they aren’t coming. But the list of who will show up and perform is getting shorter daily and looking awfully thin, and it’s difficult to know what the ceremony will look like with so many artists not playing the sets that define the show. And Phil Collins is likely to appear but not play. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame may make a few announcements later this week about who is inducting the new members and who may perform their songs in their place, although organizers like to keep much of the show a surprise. Here’s a closer look at the nominees and what we know about the show. Eight of this year’s inductees came in through the main entrance — the performer category. Will they perform? Maybe. Will she perform? Probably. It hasn’t been made official, but all signs point to yes. About two years before Latifah in nearby Brooklyn, MC Lyte did her own trailblazing, becoming the first female rapper to release a full solo album, “Lyte as a Rock. Her hard-edged rhymes brought a political consciousness that was growing in hip-hop at the time. Almost certainly. The queen of salsa and innovator and spreader of Afro-Cuban sounds and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century, the Havana-born singer Cruz becomes the first member of the Hall of Fame who sang primarily in Spanish.
Key songs: “C.R.E.A.M.,” “Protect Ya Neck,” “Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta F’ Wit,” “Gravel Pit. The 56-year-old New Jersey-born Queen Latifah achieved unprecedented success for a female rapper, becoming a star at age 19 with the release of her 1989 album “All Hail the Queen” and the single “Ladies First. She later became known more for her acting in film and television, including a role in “Chicago” that got her an Oscar nomination. Key songs: “U.N.I.T.Y.,” “Ladies First,” “When You’re Good to Mama. The 56-year-old has been doing a “Road to the Hall” concert tour in the run-up to the ceremony. Key songs: “Keep on Keepin’ On,” “Cold Rock a Party,” “Ruffneck. Key songs: “Vasos Vacíos,” “La Vida Es Un Carnaval,” “El Último Adiós.
They toured together just last year on what was billed as a farewell tour. Sade’s representative told The Associated Press on Tuesday that she won’t attend, a day after fans learned that Oasis will be a no-show.
But she’ll be inducted along with the members of her band, who entranced audiences with their blend of jazz, smooth-and-sultry R&B and sophisti-pop when they launched in Britain in the mid-1980s. First, a head-scratching fact that even big fans may not know. Sade is the name of the band. For real. It is also the first name of its Nigeria-born, England-raised lead singer Sade Adu, making many think she’s a solo act. Will they perform? No. Will he perform? Yes.
Many fans had hoped they would take the stage together for the first time since 2011, but Adu’s representative says she won’t be attending the ceremony. They had been eligible since 2017.
Key songs: “Smooth Operator,” “No Ordinary Love,” “Like a Tattoo,” “Kiss of Life” The 70-year-old punk-coded English rock singer had also been eligible for the hall since 2006, and voters put him in after his second nomination. Idol, who toured the US in summer and had a residency in Las Vegas, plans to play and says he’s going to “bring it” when he does. Key songs: “Dancing With Myself,” “White Wedding,” “Rebel Yell,” “Eyes Without a Face.
The epic hip-hop coalition from Staten Island — made up of RZA , GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa and previously, the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard — got into the hall with their first nomination.
After two years of streaming it live, the Rock Hall is returning to its previous model, where the public won’t see it until an edited version airs on ABC and Disney in December. For the second straight year, the ceremony that moves between Cleveland, New York and Los Angeles will be held at the Peacock Theater in downtown LA. Will he perform? No. But he is likely to appear to accept the honor. He was also a songwriter, producer and one of pop music’s great collaborators with artists including Rock Hall members David Bowie and Aretha Franklin. He’s been eligible since the year after his death, but did not get a nomination until this year, and was voted in on the first ballot. Some inductees are brought in through a sort of side door, getting awards handed out by committees. But they’re still considered full-fledged hall members. Rubin and the other three producer-inductees are all recipients of the Musical Excellence Award. Sullivan is getting the Ahmet Ertegun Award for nonmusicians. And the following five artists are getting in by receiving the Early Influence Award. His music career, which spanned the late 1950s up to the 1990s, is a signature blend of high-octane horn, jazz, and funk with Yoruba rhythms. This story originally moved on Nov. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
The 75-year-old English singer, songwriter and drummer is already in the hall as a member of Genesis and now gets in again for a solo career that brought some of the biggest hits of the 1980s. The eight-time Grammy winner got in with his first solo nomination and had been eligible since 2006. Collins has said the health problems that have kept him off the stage since 2022 will keep him from performing Saturday. Vandross was 54 when he died in 2005. He was born in 1938 in colonial Nigeria. He was 26 when he died in 1973. 9, 2026, and was updated on Nov. 10.
Key songs: “In the Air Tonight,” “Against All Odds,” “One More Night,” “You’ll Be in My Heart.” ,” The solo career of the New Jersey-born Vandross began in the early 1980s, and he went on to win eight Grammys and have 11 consecutive platinum albums. Key songs: “Never Too Much,” “Dance With My Father,” “I’d Rather,” “Here and Now. Key songs: “Water No Get Enemy,” “Zombie,” “Let’s Start. Arguably the most important figure in rock’s turn toward country in the late 1960s and early ’70s, Parsons joined the Byrds for their very country “Sweetheart of the Rodeo,” was a founding member of the Flying Burrito Brothers, and made a pair of solo records where he duetted with a folk singer he discovered named Emmylou Harris, launching her storied country career. Key songs: “Hickory Wind,” “Love Hurts,” “Return of the Grievous Angel.
