It is no surprise to longtime Oasis fans that Noel and Liam Gallagher may skip this weekend’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The Britpop icons have been open about their lack of enthusiasm for joining this year’s inductees: Billy Idol, Joy Division/New Order, Phil Collins, Wu-Tang Clan, Luther Vandross and Sade.
After Rolling Stone reported on Monday (Nov. 9) that the formerly feuding, now reconciled brothers would not travel to Los Angeles for Saturday’s (Nov. 14) event at the Peacock Theatre, Liam Gallagher appeared to confirm he had no ticket booked. Replying to the report on X on Tuesday morning (Nov. 10), Liam wrote, “It’s too far to be going for the night I got s–t to do it’s Christmas.”
The “Supersonic” band has no scheduled gigs until next May’s Live ’27 tour, while Noel has booked his first solo appearance since Oasis’ 2025 reunion tour, at Goldie’s EFG Jazz Festival in London on Saturday. At the time of publication, an Oasis spokesperson had not responded to Billboard’s request to confirm whether the band would attend Saturday’s ceremony.
The possible absence fits the Gallagher brothers’ history of indifference toward the honor, dating to Oasis’ first appearance on the nominees’ shortlist in 2024. Liam wrote on X, “F–ck the Rock n Roll hall of fame its full of BUMBACLARTS,” and later told a fan who said the band deserved the recognition, “there’s something fishy about those awards.”
Liam’s position appeared much the same after Oasis’ second nomination the following year, when he dismissed the Hall of Fame on X as “for WANKERS.” His tone was more measured in April, when he thanked “all the people who voted for us” and called the nomination “a real honour,” adding that he had dreamed of being inducted since childhood. The remark mixed sincerity with his familiar cheek, and when a fan shared it again on Tuesday morning, Liam replied, “I stand by that.”
In April, a fan asked Liam what had happened to his earlier opposition to induction. Liam replied with a story about his mother advising him to reconsider: “Well I was speaking to my mummy last night when the news broke and she thinks I may have been a little hasty with my perception of the organization she’s told me to stop being a dick and go to the awards and behave and you never know you might enjoy it.” Earlier, he had joked about “reverse psychology vibes in the area Oasis RnR hall of farmers I mean famers.”
At the time, Gallagher said he would attend to accept the honor, writing, “ Too f–king rite I am,” and adding that he expected both Noel and himself to be there: “we’re goth going we’re sooooooo proud and humble.”
Even if the Gallagher brothers miss the ceremony, Oasis will still be inducted alongside bandmates and guitarists Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs and Gem Archer, bassist Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan, Andy Bell and drummers Alan White and Tony McCarroll. At the time of publication, it was unclear whether the other members would attend the event, which is scheduled to air on ABC and Disney+ in December.
If Oasis skips the ceremony, the band will join a long list of artists who did not accept their honors in person. Past examples include Aretha Franklin (1997), Paul McCartney, who missed the Beatles’ 1988 induction amid financial disputes with his former bandmates, Tina Turner (1991), Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead (1994), the Sex Pistols (2006), Van Halen (2007), Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses (2012) and Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits (2018), among others.
