Oasis among record number of Brits entering Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Oasis among record number of Brits entering Rock & Roll Hall of Fame10 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleColin PatersonEntertainment correspondentGetty ImagesA record number of British performers are to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year, with Oasis, heavy metal legends Iron Maiden and Sade amongst those voted in. The total of six British acts out of eight inductees includes Manchester's Joy Division and New Order (who are being treated as one act), Phil Collins (previously inducted in 2010 as a member of Genesis) and rocker Billy Idol.In the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 40-year history, the previous record for British acts being inducted in a single year was five, when Radiohead, The Cure, Def Leppard, Roxy Music and The Zombies were all honoured in 2019.As recently as 2021, there were no British inductees at all.The 2026 inductees:Phil CollinsBilly IdolIron MaidenJoy Division/New OrderOasisSadeLuther VandrossWu-Tang ClanActs become eligible for inclusion 25 years after their first commercial release.Getty ImagesSinger Ian Curtis took his own life in 1980 on the eve of their first US tour (he is pictured here earlier that year)The 2026 honourees were announced during an episode of ABC's American Idol, by the presenter Ryan Seacrest and one of the show's judges Lionel Richie, who was himself inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022 for his solo work, although his band The Commodores have never made it in.The talent show seemed a somewhat incongruous place for the list to be read out, given that one of the acts being honoured was the famously gloomy Manchester post-punk band Joy Division. The remaining members of Joy Division became the band New Order and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is honouring them both together.New Order went on to have huge success in the US, being signed by Quincy Jones and playing the Hollywood Bowl.This announcement on American Idol is not their first unlikely li...