The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame officially unveiled its 2026 class on Monday night, with Phil Collins, Oasis, Billy Idol, Wu-Tang Clan, Luther Vandross, Sade, Joy Division/New Order and Iron Maiden all named as inductees.

Ryan Seacrest and Lionel Richie revealed the inductees on the latest episode of American Idol for the show’s Rock Hall episode. Beyond the performer category, Queen Latifah, Gram Parsons, Celia Cruz Fela Kuti and MC Lyte will all be honored with the early influence award, while Linda Creed, Arif Mardin, Jimmy Miller and Rick Rubin will receive the musical excellence award.

Outside of the performers, Ed Sullivan will be posthumously honored with the Ahmet Ertegun award, which is reserved for non-performing industry figures for their influence on music. The longtime TV fixture’s Ed Sullivan Show had a profound impact on bringing music to the masses, hosting historic television music performances from Emany acts including Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones and, most famously, the Beatles. Those three Beatles performances in 1964 launched Beatlemania and the broader British Invasion, inspiring countless young musicians from Billy Joel to Bruce Springsteen and Aerosmith to get into music themselves. It’s arguably the most important music television performance of all time.

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