Anticipation for Oasis' Rose Bowl shows has fans feeling supersonic

L.A. Anglophiles are more than ready for a celebration

- BY AUGUST BROWN

AN EXHIBITION of photographer Kevin Cummins' shots of Oasis is at Musichead Gallery in Hollywood.

For 15 years, Dylan Shepherd's band was as close as you could get to seeing Oasis onstage.

Shepherd fronts Supersonic, an Oasis tribute act that's nailed every detail of their Manchester heroes' live sets, from Liam Gallagher's anorak jacket-bedecked swagger to the precise jangle of his brother Noel's guitar. For fans worried that the famously acrimonious Gallagher brothers would never reunite after their chaotic 2009 split, Supersonic was a solid alternative.

Never has a band been happier to be upstaged.

“Like everyone else, we were shocked and elated when Oasis announced they were getting back together,” Shepherd said. “We came up with the concept of going and doing a bunch of shows in cities just before them to get people even more fired up, if that's even possible.”

On Friday, just before Oasis plays the Rose Bowl, Supersonic was scheduled to headline the Whisky a Go Go, the site of Oasis' infamous drug-fueled meltdown onstage in 1994. Supersonic was likely to behave better than the Gallaghers, but for Angeleno Anglophiles, this week's revelry is on par with Taylor Swift's Eras tour or a BTS reunion coming to town.

BROTHERS Liam, left, and Noel Gallagher of Oasis are seen on a Kevin Cummins contact sheet.

For one weekend, L.A. will more or less become Manchester with palm trees.

“We went to their first Manchester show in July and it was unbelievable. The atmosphere was just buzzing," Shepherd said. "Out of every shop window, every bar, you could hear Oasis, and they sounded better than they ever have.