We now have a brand new set of acts heading into the Rock And Roll Corridor Of Fame. Corridor Of Famer Lionel Richie and Ryan Seacrest made the announcement throughout tonight’s HOF-themed American Idol episode. The 2026 class of Corridor Of Fame inductees consists of eight acts — or 9, relying on the way you’re counting: Oasis, Iron Maiden, Phil Collins, the Wu-Tang Clan, Sade, Luther Vandross, Billy Idol, and the mixture of Pleasure Division and New Order.
The Corridor Of Fame unveiled this 12 months’s nominations again in February. The acts who did not make the lower are Jeff Buckley, Lauryn Hill, New Version, INXS, the Black Crowes, Melissa Etheridge, Pink, Shakira, and seemingly everlasting bridesmaid Mariah Carey.
Phil Collins was already within the Corridor Of Fame as a member of Genesis. By being inducted as a solo artist, Collins now joins the listing of two-time inductees. He is been inducted on his first nomination, as have the Wu-Tang Clan and the late Luther Vandross. It is the third nomination for Oasis, Iron Maiden, and Pleasure Division/New Order, and it is the second for Sade and Billy Idol.
Every time the Corridor Of Fame broadcasts its inductees, the plain query turns into: Who’s going to point out up? After Oasis’ 2024 nomination, Liam Gallagher tweeted, “Fuck the Rock n Roll corridor of fame its stuffed with BUMBACLARTS.” In 2023, Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson mentioned that he did not wish to be inducted and dismissed the Corridor Of Fame as “an utter and full load of bollocks.” Will both of them really feel in another way now that they are getting in? We’ll discover out!
Billy Idol, maybe probably the most shocking of this 12 months’s inductees, has seemingly been campaigning for induction for just a few years, so it is a good wager that he’ll be there. The Wu-Tang Clan are doing a (considerably chaotic) farewell tour, and I wager they’re going to be there, too — or a few of them, anyway. Luther Vandross and Ian Curtis are clearly not with us. Peter Hook, longtime bassist of Pleasure Division and New Order, has been feuding along with his ex-bandmate Bernard Sumner for a few years, and it appears unlikely that they will patch issues as much as reunite on the induction, however who is aware of? Sade have not carried out reside since 2011, and it might be cool to see them up there.
There are different inductees in several classes, too. The recipients of the Early Affect Award are rap greats MC Lyte and Queen Latifah, salsa queen Celia Cruz, Afrobeat large Fela Kuti, and country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons. The Musical Excellence Award goes to producers Rick Rubin, Arif Mardin, and Jimmy Miller, and to Philly soul songwriter Linda Creed. The Ahmet Ertegun Award, which works to behind-the-scenes figures, goes to the late Ed Sullivan.
This 12 months’s Corridor Of Fame Induction Ceremony goes down Nov. 14 on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The TV model will air on ABC and stream on Disney+ in December. Additionally, the Corridor Of Fame says that the occasion is coming again to Cleveland in 2027.
