Inductee RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan arrives on the red carpet for the 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California. (EPA Images pic)LOS ANGELES: The rhapsodic hip-hop transformers Wu-Tang Clan and punk rocker Billy Idol were among the music luminaries inducted Saturday into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a star-studded concert gala.

The versatile Phil Collins, post-punk and electronic dance music renegades Joy Division/New Order and the velvet-voiced late Luther Vandross also joined the rock pantheon at the ceremony held in Los Angeles's Peacock Theater.

But several of the 2026 class of artists – Oasis, Sade and Iron Maiden – skipped the night celebrating their honour, one of the music industry's most prestigious.