Oasis Join Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Without Gallagher Brothers as Bob Odenkirk Leads Tribute and Stephen Wilson Jr. Covers ‘Wonderwall’

Oasis were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on November 14, though none of the band’s members attended the ceremony in Los Angeles.

The Manchester group was honored at the Peacock Theater, where Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk gave an enthusiastic induction speech ahead of a solo acoustic performance of their 1995 hit “Wonderwall” by country singer Stephen Wilson Jr.

Addressing the band’s absence, Odenkirk joked: “Anybody surprised they didn’t show up? It would’ve been out of character if they had. I would have been worried.”

The actor recalled seeing Oasis live twice, beginning with a 1998 concert at Los Angeles’ Universal Amphitheater that he remembered as underwhelming because the band seemed not to want to be there.

His second experience was far more positive: he attended one of their 2025 reunion shows at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, which he called “one of the best nights of my life.”

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Odenkirk also playfully described the band’s songs as “delicate compositions embroidered with inscrutably complex melodies,” before laughing and admitting: “I’m kidding! Fucking bangers!”

He explained that he listened to Oasis every day while filming Better Call Saul as a way of getting into the right mindset.

“I needed that injection of swagger, energy, and moxie,” he said. “I needed it – a dose of Viagra for the ego.”

After a video montage celebrating the band’s career and reunion, Wilson Jr. took the stage alone with an acoustic guitar to perform a stripped-back, country-influenced rendition of “Wonderwall.”

Watch his performance below:

The absence of Liam and Noel Gallagher had been confirmed earlier in the week, following months of typically dismissive comments about the institution.

Liam previously described the Rock Hall as being “for WANKERS” when Oasis were nominated in 2025 and discouraged fans from voting for the band.

He appeared to soften his stance when their induction was announced in April, joking that his mother had encouraged him to reconsider and told him to “stop being a dick and go to the awards.”

However, when reports emerged that neither brother would attend, Liam explained on X: “It’s too far to be going for the night I got shit to do it’s Christmas.”

He also suggested that he would rather stay at home and stack the dishwasher, and admitted that awards ceremonies made him uncomfortable.

Noel, meanwhile, had another engagement that night, making his first live appearance since the Oasis reunion tour at London’s Royal Festival Hall. The guitarist joined Goldie and Skunk Anansie’s Skin on stage as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, performing alongside a live band, choir and orchestra.

Oasis were inducted at the third attempt, having previously been nominated in 2024 and 2025. The honor recognizes eight former and current members: Liam and Noel, guitarists Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs and Gem Archer, bassists Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan and Andy Bell, and drummers Tony McCarroll and Alan White.

The band’s induction comes after their hugely successful “Live ’25” reunion tour, which saw the Gallagher brothers perform together for the first time since their acrimonious split in 2009.

Their return was celebrated in a five-star review from NME, which described the opening night in Cardiff as a “supersonic reunion for a new generation.”

Oasis are now preparing for their sold-out “Live ’27” world tour, which will feature 42 shows across the UK, Ireland, Europe and North America, including 11 nights at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium and six at Knebworth.

Noel has already promised that the 2027 shows will be “so much better” than last year’s comeback, saying the band will be more relaxed the second time around.

Elsewhere at the Rock Hall ceremony, fellow Manchester bands Joy Division and New Order were inducted together, with Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor delivering a speech celebrating their influence on alternative music.

Deftones’ Chino Moreno and Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry joined former bassist Peter Hook to perform “Love Will Tear Us Apart” and “Bizarre Love Triangle.” Hook was the only member of either band in attendance, and later joked to reporters that he would consider reuniting with his estranged New Order bandmates if they were offered £200million, adding: “Then I’ll do what Oasis did!”

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