Oasis will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this Saturday, November 14, at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, but neither of the Gallagher brothers is expected to be in the room. Rolling Stone reported on November 9 that Liam and Noel will not attend to accept the honor or perform. A day later, Liam explained himself the only way he knows how: in a run of blunt replies to fans on X.
“It’s too far to be going for the night,” he wrote, according to NME, adding that he had things to do because “it’s Christmas.” When a fan reminded him of the band’s wild award-show behavior in the 1990s, he said times had changed, that award shows had become boring and oversensitive, and that he would “rather stay and stack the dishwasher,” as Far Out Magazine reported.
He also offered a simpler reason: “If it was in the UK I’d be there but for some reason it’s in LA and that’s miles away.”
From “load of bollocks” to “a real honour” and back again
The no-show is less surprising once you look at Liam’s history with the Hall. Oasis were first nominated in 2024, and he answered with an expletive-filled post calling the institution full of “bumbaclarts” and urging fans not to vote. He told The Sunday Times at the time that being inducted would be “like putting me in the rap hall of fame,” as Dork recounts, and that he had “done more for rock and roll than half of them clowns on that board.” When the band were nominated again in 2025, he repeated the insult in shorter form, per NME.
Then came the third straight nomination, and this time a win. In April, Liam’s tone changed completely. He thanked the people who voted, called it “a real honour,” and said he had dreamed of being in the Hall since he was a kid singing in the shower. He later wrote that he had been talking to his mother, Peggy, who told him he “may have been a little hasty” about the organization and that he should go to the ceremony and behave, because “you never know, you might enjoy it.”
That looked like a promise to show up. Fans have been quick to point that out, and Liam had an answer for that too. Replying to one, he said people are allowed to change their minds, according to Far Out.
Where Noel will be instead
Noel’s absence has a firmer explanation. On the night of the ceremony he is booked at the EFG London Jazz Festival, joining drum and bass pioneer Goldie for two orchestral “Dare To Dream” shows at the Royal Festival Hall, with an orchestra, a choir and other guests. Consequence and NME both note it will be his first solo performance since the Oasis reunion in 2025. The London show is about 5,400 miles from the Peacock Theatre, as Dork points out.
Don’t expect Liam in the audience there either. Asked whether he would go and watch his brother with Goldie, he said he would sooner go to the awards, then quickly added, “I’m not slagging him off I love him,” per Far Out.
The sources differ slightly on Liam’s side of the story. Rolling Stone’s original report said Liam had given no reason for skipping the ceremony, and some outlets, including Yahoo UK, still describe the absence as “reported.” Since then, Liam’s own posts have filled in the reason. Neither brother has made a formal statement through the band, and the Hall has not said how it will mark the absence.
Who might still show up
The Hall is inducting a wider Oasis lineup than just the brothers: guitarist Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs, Gem Archer, bassists Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan and Andy Bell, and drummers Tony McCarroll and Alan White. At the time of writing, it is not clear whether any of them will attend. NME says it has asked for comment. Arthurs, Archer and Bell are part of the current touring band, while McGuigan, McCarroll and White have not played with the Gallaghers in years.
Oasis are not the only ones staying away. The 2026 class also includes Phil Collins, Billy Idol, Joy Division/New Order, Sade, Iron Maiden, Luther Vandross and Wu-Tang Clan. Iron Maiden have long said they have no interest in being inducted and will be in Australia that night, according to Far Out, while New Order’s Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert are out for health reasons. Collins, who Noel once called “the antichrist of music,” is very much going. He has called the induction “a lovely way to end it – a full stop on a lovely sentence.”
Skipping your own induction puts Oasis in well-known company. Dork lists Paul McCartney, Van Morrison, David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, the Sex Pistols, Eddie Van Halen and Axl Rose among the famous no-shows over the years.
What happens next
None of this changes the honor itself. Oasis will be inducted whether or not anyone walks up to collect it. The band’s bigger plans also go ahead: NME reports their sold-out Live ’27 tour runs to 42 dates across the UK, Europe and North America, including 11 nights at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium and six at Knebworth.
So the Hall gets its ceremony, Noel gets his night at the Royal Festival Hall, and Liam, by his own account, gets the dishwasher. Whether that reads as a snub to the fans who voted them in, or as Oasis just being Oasis, probably depends on how you felt about the Rock Hall in the first place.
