As they’re currently ruling the world on their sold-out reunion tour, it’s hard to imagine Oasis as anything other than legendary, stadium-filling rock stars. But of course, there was a time when they were just a promising young band from Manchester, England.
It’s an era for which renowned British music photographer Kevin Cummins had a front-row seat, as he took pictures of the Gallagher brothers and crew in the early ’90s. Many of Cummins’ images from this era now form the photo book Oasis: The Masterplan, released this past March.
Now, as Los Angeles prepares itself for the band’s first shows in the city since 2008, an exhibition of Cummins’ photos of the band is debuting at the Musichead Gallery in Hollywood. This exhibition, Oasis: Be Here Now, opens Sept. 4 with an artist talk and book signing by Cummins and will remain open to the public through early November. The gallery is also offering a limited-edition Oasis: Be Here Now poster, with 500 copies available for purchase.
Like his book, Cummins’ exhibition will display images of Oasis in the year following their 1993 signing with Creation Records, the Sony subsidiary that released the band’s 1994 debut Definitely Maybe and its 1995 followup (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
See select images from Oasis: The Masterplan below.
“We are excited that Kevin Cummins will be at our gallery to speak about not only all things Oasis, but all things Manchester,” Musichead founder and curator Sam Milgrom says in a statement. “His new book and the photo exhibition promise to bring a new awareness to his great talent and let all Oasis fans get a much closer look at the enigmatic music legends.”
The exhibition opening happens two days before the band’s Oasis Live ’25 tour stops in L.A. going down Sept. 6-7 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The opening of Cummins’ exhibition furthers Oasis Fever in Los Angeles, with the band’s L.A. pop-up store — the first Oasis Live ’25 Fan Store to open in North America — opening Aug. 20 on Hollywood Boulevard.
Meanwhile, Oasis plays Thursday night (Aug. 28) at Chicago’s Soldier Field, with the tour then moving to East Rutherford, New Jersey, Los Angeles and Mexico City before returning to London on Sept. 27-28. The band then has dates in South America and Asia through the end of November.
Image Credit: Kevin Cummins / Iconic Images British rock band Oasis (Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Paul McGuigan, Paul Arthurs, Tony McCarroll) on Market St, Manchester, 2 August 1994
Image Credit: Kevin Cummins / Iconic Images British rock band Oasis (Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Paul McGuigan, Paul Arthurs, Tony McCarroll) on Flitcroft St, London WC2, 15 March 1994
Image Credit: Kevin Cummins / Iconic Images Noel and Liam Gallagher of British rock band Oasis at Sly St Studio, East London, 8 May 1994
Image Credit: Kevin Cummins / Iconic Images Noel and Liam Gallagher of British rock band Oasis at Sly St Studio, East London, 8 May 1994
Image Credit: Kevin Cummins / Iconic Images Liam Gallagher of British rock band Oasis performing at TJ’s, Newport, 3 May, 1994
Image Credit: Kevin Cummins / Iconic Images Noel and Liam Gallagher of British rock band Oasis outside Maine Road stadium, Manchester, 2 August 1994
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Kevin Cummins
