Rock Roll Hall Fame Induction: Many Stars Skip LA Show
The rock roll hall fame inducts Billy Idol, Phil Collins, Sade, Queen Latifah, New Order, Luther Vandross and Iron Maiden at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday, but several honorees will not perform or appear. An edited show airs December 9.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame holds its induction ceremony on Saturday at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, with several of the new members choosing not to perform or appear. The class includes Billy Idol, Phil Collins, Sade, Queen Latifah, New Order, Luther Vandross and Iron Maiden.
The Hall of Fame has revealed next to nothing about the show in the run-up.
No live stream this year
After streaming the ceremony live for the past few years, the Rock Hall is going back to its earlier model. The public will not see the show until an edited version airs on ABC and Disney+ on December 9.
With no live broadcast, the hall has also returned to keeping nearly everything secret until it happens. In recent years it announced several special guests, though not their roles, during the week of the show.
Who is staying away
Oasis, the youngest of the inductees, will not attend. Guitarist Noel Gallagher is playing a gig in Britain, and his brother Liam Gallagher does not want to come.
"It’s too far to be going for the night," Liam Gallagher said in a post on X. In another post he wrote: "I dont like award ceremonies they freak me out I dont know why I just get weird vibes."
Iron Maiden will be on tour in Australia. Sade is also sitting it out. Collins is likely to appear but has said he must decline to play his songs for health reasons.
Key members of New Order, who are inducted jointly with their earlier incarnation Joy Division, will be absent for health reasons. Vandross died in 2005.
Hip-hop and Idol on stage
Hip-hop could be the highlight. Wu-Tang Clan will be inducted along with Queen Latifah and MC Lyte, and all are expected to appear and probably perform.
Idol, inducted with his longtime guitarist Steve Stevens, is set to take the stage ready to rock.
Latifah and Lyte enter as recipients of the Early Influence Award, alongside posthumous honorees Gram Parsons, Fela Kuti and Celia Cruz. Kuti becomes the first African-born artist in the hall. Cruz becomes the first member who sang primarily in Spanish.
Other honors
Producers Rick Rubin, Linda Creed, Arif Mardin and Jimmy Miller are inducted through the Musical Excellence Award. TV host Ed Sullivan wins the Ahmet Ertugun award, which goes to nonmusicians who have made rock history.
Parsons, a key figure at the crossroads of country and rock in the 1960s and '70s, received a separate tribute Wednesday night at the Troubadour club in West Hollywood. Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello and Sheryl Crow sang his songs.
Los Angeles hosts for the second straight year. Organizers have said the show will be held there more often while still rotating to New York and Cleveland, where the hall itself stands.
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