In April, Liam Gallagher joked that he would bring chocolates and flowers to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Seven months later, the Oasis frontman is skipping his own induction. His brother Noel is also absent from Saturday's ceremony at the Peacock Theater, where the Manchester band joins the Hall in its Performer category.
"It's too far to be going for the night," Liam wrote on X on Nov. 10, adding that he had things to do with Christmas approaching. In a separate reply, he said awards ceremonies "freak me out." He told another fan that he would have gone if the event had been held in the United Kingdom.
That was a change in tone from April. When Oasis was named to the 2026 class, Liam thanked voters and called it "a real honour." Fans reminded him that he had mocked the Hall a year earlier. Liam replied that his mother had urged him to go to the awards, behave himself and give the evening a chance. When someone asked what he might say in an acceptance speech, he joked about bringing gifts and apologizing to the organizers.
Noel was booked as a guest on the same date for Goldie's Dare to Dream at London's Royal Festival Hall. The EFG London Jazz Festival billed the project as two shows with Goldie's live band, an orchestra, a choir and guests. The booking revived a collaboration that goes back to 1998, when Noel played on Goldie's single "Temper Temper."
The induction comes a year after Liam and Noel shared a stage for the first time in 16 years. According to Ticketmaster, the 2025 reunion tour played 41 shows across five continents and drew more than two million fans. Oasis has since announced a 2027 run that begins in Glasgow, includes homecoming dates at Manchester's Etihad Stadium and takes the band back to Knebworth, where it played two landmark concerts in 1996. The band's official site lists the 2027 dates as sold out.
The Hall's induction profile traces the band's rise from Definitely Maybe in 1994 to (What's the Story) Morning Glory? in 1995. It singles out "Supersonic," "Live Forever," "Wonderwall" and "Don't Look Back in Anger," and names the Killers and Arctic Monkeys among the acts Oasis influenced. The band enters the Hall alongside fellow Performer inductees Phil Collins, Billy Idol, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, Sade, Luther Vandross and Wu-Tang Clan.
The recorded ceremony is scheduled to air on ABC on Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, with streaming on Disney+ beginning Wednesday, Dec. 9.
Watch the official video for Oasis's "Wonderwall"
