Rock Hall Names the Troubadour a Landmark and Says L.A. Will Host Its Induction 'At Least Every Other Year'

The West Hollywood club's dedication Wednesday opens a week of Hall events ahead of Saturday's ceremony at the Peacock Theater, where Oasis and Iron Maiden will be no-shows.

By Herald Staff · Nov. 10, 2026, 2:30 PM ET

The Troubadour nightclub on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood on a sunny day, its white gothic-lettered sign on a dark blue facade beneath a red tile awning, with a tall vintage marquee and a round window on the pale stucco building above, framed by slender trees against a blue sky. — The Troubadour in West Hollywood, which the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will dedicate as a Landmark on Wednesday ahead of a sold-out Gram Parsons tribute at the club. Photo: Jengod (cropped) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (license).

WEST HOLLYWOOD — The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will formally designate the Troubadour a Landmark in music history on Wednesday afternoon, putting the Santa Monica Boulevard nightclub alongside rooms like Nashville's Ryman Auditorium as the Hall turns this year's induction into a week-long Los Angeles celebration, and its chairman says the ceremony will now come back to L.A. "at least every other year."

The dedication is set for 3 p.m. Wednesday at the club, Variety reported Tuesday, a few hours before the Troubadour hosts a sold-out tribute to the late Gram Parsons, who enters the Hall on Saturday with an Early Influence Award.

"Los Angeles has played an important role in shaping popular music since the '60s, and the Troubadour is one of the places where that history really came to life," Hall chairman John Sykes told Variety. "Elton John is just one of the artists who got their first break here." He compared the club to the other sites the Hall has recognized, including the Ryman, New York's Bottom Line, Iowa's Surf Ballroom and King Records, and said the designation shines "a light on the role independent clubs continue to play in live music."

L.A. Joins the Regular Rotation

The bigger news for the city may be the schedule. Sykes said Los Angeles hosted just two induction ceremonies between the first one in 1986 and 2020, and has had three more since, for a total of five. "With Los Angeles now established as a regular part of the rotation alongside New York and Cleveland, we can expect to be here at least every other year, if not more frequently," he told Variety, adding that the Hall sees "an opportunity to make the ceremony the cornerstone of a week-long celebration."

The Hall has already said the 2027 ceremony will return to Cleveland, according to its April announcement of this year's class.

A Week of Events Around Town

Hall events begin Tuesday night at the Morrison Gallery inside the Sunset Marquis in West Hollywood, which opens an exhibition called "Snapshot: The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame In Focus," with seen and previously unseen photographs of inductees, including the class of 2026, Variety reported.

Wednesday night's Parsons tribute, co-presented by the Parsons Estate, sold out instantly and is slated to feature Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, the Black Crowes, Jesse Welles, Margo Price and Grace Potter, among others. Sykes called Parsons "an incredibly influential artist who helped change the direction of American music," saying he blended country, rock and soul "especially in this town, in a way that hadn't really been done before."

On Friday, the Grammy Museum's 200-seat Clive Davis Theater hosts a conversation with Peter Hook of Joy Division and New Order, which will be inducted jointly, moderated by the Hall's vice president of education, Jason Hanley.

The week ends Saturday with the induction ceremony at the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live. The venue lists a 7 p.m. start with doors at 5:30 p.m., and tickets were still on sale Tuesday.

Who's Going In, and Who Won't Be There

The performer inductees are Phil Collins, Billy Idol, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, Oasis, Sade, Luther Vandross and Wu-Tang Clan. Celia Cruz, Fela Kuti, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte and Parsons receive the Early Influence Award; Linda Creed, Arif Mardin, Jimmy Miller and Rick Rubin are honored for Musical Excellence; and Ed Sullivan receives the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

Two of the bigger names will be absent. Rolling Stone confirmed Monday that Oasis will neither accept the award nor perform; Noel Gallagher is booked the same night at a jazz festival at London's Royal Festival Hall. Iron Maiden said earlier it will stay on its Australian tour, which has the ceremony falling between its Sydney and Melbourne dates. "The fans always come first," manager Rod Smallwood said. The Associated Press reported that little has been revealed about who will perform, induct or pay tribute to the new members.

How to Watch

The ceremony will not be livestreamed this year, Variety reported. A red-carpet stream co-hosted by Allison Hagendorf and Maria Ferrer begins Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Pacific on the Hall's YouTube channel. The taped show airs on ABC on Dec. 8 from 8 to 11 p.m., then streams on Disney+ and Hulu the following day, according to Disney+.

Original reporting by The Los Angeles Herald, drawing on Variety, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Peacock Theater, Rolling Stone, the Associated Press and Disney+, as linked above.