It should come as no surprise to longtime Oasis fans that Noel and Liam Gallagher‘s masterplan for this weekend’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is to definitely, not even maybe make an appearance. The Brit Pop icons have made no secret about their listless attitude about being inducted this year alongside Billy Idol, Joy Division/New Order, Phil Collins, Wu-Tang Clan, Luther Vandross and Sade.
And, after Rolling Stone reported on Monday (Nov. 9) that the formerly battling, now agreeable brothers would not be flying to Los Angeles for Saturday’s (Nov. 14) event at the Peacock Theatre, Liam Gallagher appeared to confirm that his ticket is not booked. Responding 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.”
While the “Supersonic” band doesn’t have any gigs until next May for their Live ’27 tour, last week Noel booked his first solo appearance since Oasis’ triumphant 2025 reunion tour with an appearance at Goldie’s EFG Jazz Festival in London on Saturday. At press time a spokesperson for Oasis had not returned Billboard‘s request for confirmation that Oasis would not be present at Saturday’s event.
The brush-off is in keeping with the Gallagher brothers’ indifference to the honor, dating back to their first inclusion on the short list of nominees in 2024, when Liam tweeted, “F–ck the Rock n Roll hall of fame its full of BUMBACLARTS,” later responding to a fan’s suggestion that the band really deserves the honor, Gallagher said, “there’s something fishy about those awards.”
Liam’s stance has remained somewhat steadfast ever since, including in his reaction to Oasis’ second nomination last year, when he reacted on X with the sublime brush-off, “RNR hall of fame is for WANKERS.” His mood was a bit more measured in April of this year, when he said he wanted to thank “all the people who voted for us it’s a real honour ever since I was a little kid and singing in the shower I’d dream about 1 day being in the RnR hall of fame it’s true what they say anything is possible if you have a dream,” a comment that felt like his patented mix of cheek and cheekier. (For context, when a fan resurfaced that comment on Tuesday morning, Liam commented, “I stand by that.”)
In April, a fan asked, “what happened to not wanting to be in it,” to which Liam responded with a story about the siblings’ proper English upbringing. “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,” he wrote, after earlier joking, “reverse psychology vibes in the area Oasis RnR hall of farmers I mean famers.”
At the time, Gallagher confirmed he’d be on hand to accept the honor, writing, ” Too f–king rite I am,” adding that he expected both he and Noel will be there — ”we’re goth going we’re sooooooo proud and humble.”
While it appears the Gallaghers will not make the trip, they will be inducted regardless alongside their bandmates, guitarists Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs and Gem Archer, bassist Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan and Andy Bell and drummer Alan White and Tony McCarroll; at press time it was unclear if the other members of the group would be on hand for the event that will air on ABC and Disney+ in December.
If they do skip the ceremony, Oasis will certainly not be the first band to duck out of collect the honor in person, joining a long list that includes Aretha Franklin (1997), Paul McCartney — who sat out the Beatles’ 1988 induction in the midst of financial disputes with his former bandmates — as well as Tina Turner (1991), the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia (1994), the Sex Pistols (2006), Van Halen (2007), Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose (2012) and Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler (2018), among others.
