Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2026 Inductions: Live Updates on Oasis, Wu-Tang Clan, Sade and More

Vanessa Franko: Travis Barker is here to induct Phil Collins. He goes into nerd fashion, explaining that he didn’t change his drum heads and add more toms so he could sound like him.

Mikael Wood: The biggest response from the crowd so far tonight comes when Collins makes his way on stage.

VF: Barker reflected on how his mother told him Phil Collins was “the guy.” Almost everyone defends Collins.

VF: Barker notes how Collins is a two-time inductee. It is also present for Genesis. I’m totally a Phil solo girl. “Against all odds”? One of the deadliest voices of all time.

MO: Vanessa, I know you’re a fan of “Sussudio”, and yet it seems unlikely that we’ll hear this performed tonight.

VF: It’s better than “In the Air Tonight” and I’ll die on this hill. Oh look, there it is in the video package and people are singing “Sussudio,” of course.

MO: Better than “In the Air Tonight,” this is the reasoning of a madman. Never change, Franko.

VF: Wait, we hear “Do they know it’s Christmas?” before Thanksgiving. Is this allowed?

MO: This video tribute tells us that PC is one of three artists to have sold 100 million records both as a solo artist and as a member of a group. (The others: Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson.) I have no idea if this is true – it seems impossible to verify! But a great statistic nonetheless.

VF: “I suddenly feel very unprepared, with everyone giving eloquent speeches,” Collins told the crowd, who were back on their feet for his speech.

MO: “I’m really not as bad as it seems,” he jokes about his medical problems in recent years.

VF: “You haven’t heard the last of me,” he said of the touring and performance rumors.

VF: His tribute to his children makes me want to call my father right now. We love a supportive father!

MO: Cynthia Erivo is here to play for Phil. Nice choice.

VF: I hope we hear him do “Sussudio” after this “In the Air Tonight” opener, but I think the odds are better for “Against All Odds.”

MO: Barker jumped behind the drums to deliver The Fill.

VF: The Phil Fill. And a quick wardrobe change for him too. Barker has lost the suit jacket and put on a beanie and looks a lot more similar. As Phil says,… No jacket required.

MO: It crushed. Vanessa, you and I will have to go to a karaoke place after the show to get your fix of “Sussudio.”