Music’s A-listers will celebrate the newest group of luminaries entering the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday, though several of the inductees, including Sade and Oasis, have opted not to attend.
They join British rocker Billy Idol, rhapsodic hip-hop transformers Wu-Tang Clan, versatile rock star Phil Collins, English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, post-punk and electronic dance music renegades Joy Division/New Order and the velvet-voiced late Luther Vandross in the performer class of 2026.
The Cleveland-based Hall of Fame, which surveyed more than 1,000 musicians, historians and industry members to choose the entrants, will honour the acts in a star-studded gala concert on Saturday at Los Angeles’s Peacock Theatre.
But who will show up and who will perform remains iffy.
Often inductees perform themselves; the evening can serve as a way to reunite the long estranged, or fellow musicians take the stage to showcase an act’s legacy.
Several of the 2026 artists have already said they’ll skip.
Sade, the group whose sensual, captivating rhythms have endured as fan favourites for decades with hits including “Smooth Operator” and “No Ordinary Love”, said they were bowing out in a statement on their website.
“Sorry we can’t be there in person to celebrate with the other artists.
