Radiohead left out of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's class of 2018

Radiohead have not made the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the first try. The Hall named its class of 2018 on 13 December, and the band, nominated in October, were not among the five performers chosen from 19 on the ballot. Kate Bush, Depeche Mode and Rage Against the Machine missed out too.

The ceremony is on 14 April at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland, the night Radiohead play Tecnópolis in Buenos Aires. When the band announced that South American run on 29 November, a representative told Pitchfork they would not be attending. Back in June, Colin Greenwood was the only member who told Rolling Stone he would be grateful to get in.

Ed O'Brien, asked about the nomination by Esquire last month, said award ceremonies leave the band a little ambivalent. As a British band, it's one of those things that it's very lovely to be nominated, but we don't quite culturally understand it. It's a very American thing.² He found the Hall thin on black and hip-hop artists, and had someone else in mind. I would have thought that Dr. Dre should have been in there two years ago. His name should be first on the list way ahead of Radiohead.²

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, class of 2018