Liam Gallagher says the trip is too far for one night, while Noel Gallagher plays a London gig instead.
Oasis are set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but neither Gallagher is expected at the ceremony. The ceremony is scheduled for Saturday at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, and Oasis are the youngest of this year's inductees. Oasis will neither show up nor play at the event, according to an exclusive Rolling Stone report published Monday.
Guitarist Noel Gallagher will instead be playing at Goldie's EFG Jazz Festival at London's Royal Festival Hall on Saturday.
Liam Gallagher, Noel's younger brother, gave his reason in a post on X. "It's too far to be going for the night," he said.
In a second post on X, Liam Gallagher turned to award ceremonies in general:
"I dont like award ceremonies they freak me out I dont know why I just get weird vibes."
Peter Hook, a founding member of Joy Division, will be in Los Angeles to receive the award, which goes to Joy Division and New Order jointly. Hook said he would be thrilled to pick it up "for Ian Curtis and for all our fans". He told BBC Radio Manchester: "I am going there for the simple reason that our fans have voted us in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and without them we'd be absolutely nothing."
Hook is not on speaking terms with his former New Order bandmates, Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert, after a protracted legal battle. They are not thought to be attending the ceremony.
The class also includes Fela Kuti, an Early Influence Award honouree who will become the first African-born artist in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He shares that award with Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Gram Parsons and Celia Cruz, and Cruz will be the first member who sang primarily in Spanish.
Phil Collins, another inductee, is likely to show up, though he has said that for health reasons he must decline performing his songs. Sade, another inductee, confirmed on Tuesday that the band would not attend. Fellow inductees Iron Maiden will be on tour in Australia, and the Independent says key members of New Order will be out for health reasons.
The ceremony was expected to go ahead despite a nationwide FAA ground stop on flights on Friday, which was lifted that evening. A producer for the event told Rolling Stone there had been "no changes" to the programme.
The public will not see the ceremony until an edited version airs on ABC and Disney+ on 9 December.
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