The 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees have been revealed, and as ever, the list remains diverse and exciting.
Revealed by Ryan Seacrest on American Idol this weekend, the Rock Hall has confirmed that The White Stripes, Soundgarden, Outkast, Cyndi Lauper, Joe Cocker, Bad Company, and Chubby Checker will be inducted this year.
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The artists will be inducted during a star-studded ceremony at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday, 8 November, which will be live-streamed on Disney+.
In addition to those artists, Warren Zevon and Salt-N-Pepa will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame through its Musical Excellence category.
This year’s recipients of the Musical Influence Award are Carol Kaye, Thom Bell, and Nicky Hopkins, while the 2025 recipient of the Ahmet Ertegun Award is the music industry veteran Lenny Waronker.
Music fans, as well as over 1,200 artists, historians, and members of the music industry, voted for this year’s inductees. In extra incredible news for Outkast, Joe Cocker, Bad Company, and Chubby Checker, all four of them were first-time eligible nominees for induction.
Other nominated artists who didn’t make the cut for this year’s induction ceremony are Oasis, Mariah Carey, Joy Division and New Order (nominated together), Billy Idol, The Black Crowes, Maná, and the fan-voted winner, Phish.
“Fuck the Rock n Roll hall of fame its full of BUMBACLARTS,” the singer wrote on social media last February.
Replying to a fan who asked if he genuinely didn’t want Oasis to be inducted, Gallagher wrote that he appreciated the support but “I honestly feel there’s something very fishy about those awards”. After another fan wrote that Oasis deserves the honour, he replied, “Not as much as Mariah; she smashed it.”
He added, “I don’t need some wank award by some geriatric in a cowboy hat.”
