Oasis, Phil Collins and Sade to join Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

[NEW YORK] When the British rock group Oasis began its reunion tour last summer, after more than a decade of feuding between its leaders, brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, the band appeared unconvinced that America cared much for it.

“You have one last chance to prove that you loved us all along,” the band said in announcing the tour.

Oasis now has proof that it is, indeed, celebrated here: The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will soon add the group to its pantheon.

The band is a member of the 41st annual class of performer inductees, along with Phil Collins, Billy Idol, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, Sade, Luther Vandross and Wu-Tang Clan. The inductees were announced on Monday (Apr 13) night, during a Rock Hall-themed episode of American Idol on ABC.

This year’s group, which encompasses rock, punk, R&B and hip-hop, will officially enter the hall Nov 14 in a ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, according to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. The ceremony will stream in December on ABC and Disney+.

Vandross, who died in 2005, Collins and Wu-Tang Clan, the Staten Island supergroup that helped define the sound of 1990s New York rap, were accepted on their first nomination.

Collins, who first entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2010 as a member of the British band Genesis, will now be honoured for his solo work, which includes seven No 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100.

The hall’s induction ceremony often takes on some anticipatory excitement. Last year, fans wondered if Meg White, whose band the White Stripes was being honoured, would attend. (The drummer, who is now rarely seen in public, skipped the ceremony.)

A similar question will most likely surround Sade, who is known for avoiding the spotlight and whose fans know little about her. Her most recent original album, Soldier of Love, was released 16 years ago, and she has not performed publicly since 2011, according to her website.

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Other honorees this year include rappers Queen Latifah and MC Lyte, as well as Latin artist Celia Cruz, Afrobeat star Fela Kuti and country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons. They will receive the early influence award, recognising artists whose sound or performance style has helped shaped music.

The musical excellence citation will go to songwriter Linda Creed, a pillar of the Philly Sound, and to three producers: Arif Mardin, Jimmy Miller and Rick Rubin.

Ed Sullivan, the television host and impresario who died more than a half-century ago, will receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award, which is given to non-performing industry professionals who have had a major influence on the creative development of rock ‘n’ roll.

Artists become eligible for nomination into the hall 25 years after they have released their first recording. More than 1,000 music historians, industry professionals and previously inducted artists vote on the inductees.

Several nominees failed to be voted in this year, including Jeff Buckley, Mariah Carey, the Black Crowes, Melissa Etheridge, Lauryn Hill, INXS, Pink and Shakira.

Another ultimately unsuccessful nominee, the 1990s R&B group New Edition, won the hall’s fan ballot with more than one million supporters. But that result counts as only a single vote in the hall’s larger balloting. NYTIMES