Oasis mania's opening crescendo

Fans descend on a Hollywood pop-up to snap up merch ahead of Brit rockers' shows.

- BY PAMELA CHELIN

VIVIEN KILLILEA PEOPLE crowd into the Oasis Live '25 pop-up shop at the W Hotel in Hollywood.

With just a couple of weeks to go before Oasis storms the Rose Bowl for two sold-out shows in September — its first Los Angeles concerts in over 15 years — anticipation reached a fever pitch in Hollywood last week.

By 8 a.m. Wednesday, fans were lined up outside the W Hotel, home to the band's debut North American Oasis Live '25 popup shop full of exclusive merchandise. Some wore old Oasis T-shirts, while others planned outfits around purchases they would soon make.

Photographs by VIVIEN KILLILEA PEOPLE SHOW off their merchandise, above and below, Wednesday at the Oasis Live '25 pop-up shop in Hollywood. The rockers are headed to the Rose Bowl.

For a band whose history in Los Angeles stretches from catastrophic to triumphant, the popup’s Hollywood setting feels intentional. The shop sits across the street from Amoeba Music, a stone’s throw from the iconic Capitol Records Building, where Oasis recorded sessions in its legendary studios for the 2005 album “Don’t Believe the Truth,” and just blocks from the Palace (now Avalon), where it performed in 1995.

When fans were finally welcomed inside at 10 a.m., it felt less like a store opening and more like a pilgrimage. This certainly wasn’t retail therapy to chase away a bad mood. It was very much the opposite, with fans brimming with joy, eager to get first dibs on the collection.