Lady Lava caught up with ‘Love Island USA’ Chelley Bissainthe & Billboard’s Kyle Denis on the red carpet at the Caribbean Music Awards 2025.
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.
Mya caught up with ‘Love Island USA’ Chelley Bissainthe & Billboard’s Kyle Denis on the red carpet at the Caribbean Music Awards 2025.
Problem Child caught up with ‘Love Island USA’ Chelley Bissainthe & Billboard’s Kyle Denis on the red carpet at the Caribbean Music Awards 2025.
Jessie Woo caught up with ‘Love Island USA’ Chelley Bissainthe & Billboard’s Kyle Denis on the red carpet at the Caribbean Music Awards 2025.
Elephant Man caught up with ‘Love Island USA’ Chelley Bissainthe & Billboard’s Kyle Denis on the red carpet at the Caribbean Music Awards 2025.
Serani caught up with ‘Love Island USA’ Chelley Bissainthe & Billboard’s Kyle Denis on the red carpet at the Caribbean Music Awards 2025.
The U.S. division of global entertainment lifestyle platform company HYBE, HYBE AMERICA, has named Jenni Pfaff as the new chief people and transformation officer. Pfaff, who is based in the company’s Los Angeles office, will report directly to HYBE AMERICA CEO and chairman Isaac Lee.
“A strong company culture is a top priority as we continue to build HYBE AMERICA,” said Lee in a release. “Attracting and retaining top talent and providing them with a fulfilling work environment will help us succeed as a company. I believe in a collaborative environment and am always mindful of the impact our business has on various audiences. Given Jenni’s strong background, I’m confident we will be good partners in building a company that is a magnet for artists, employees, and partners.”
In her new role, Pfaff will oversee all human resources functions, including recruiting and hiring, training and development, employee relations, performance management, feedback and coaching, and related initiatives. She will also lead internal corporate communications efforts. In conjunction with Lee, Pfaff will focus on further developing HYBE AMERICA’s creative and collaborative company culture built on trust, transparency, and empowerment, according to the company.
“I’ve always been a builder,” said Pfaff in a release. “Leading through compassion and creating the best possible work environment is a priority for me. One of the things that attracted me to HYBE AMERICA was the chance to be part of one of the most exciting and fastest-growing parts of the music and entertainment business.”
Prior to joining HYBE, Pfaff served as executive vp of strategy, integration and operations at Warner Chappell Music since 2019. She oversaw the Business Intelligence division, enabling data-driven decision-making to better serve the company’s songwriters, and worked closely with Warner Music’s technology department and senior leadership to enhance the company’s technology portfolio.
Earlier in her career, Pfaff held positions at PwC, Activision Blizzard and Northrop Grumman. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and a master’s degree in industrial-organizational psychology, and is a certified executive coach.
Rock music from the 1980s doesn’t get a lot of respect, with much of the focus going to such dated style elements as big hair and heavy eyeliner. The curators at Grammy Museum Mississippi have decided, in the immortal words of Twisted Sister, “We’re Not Gonna Take It.”
In their new exhibit “’80s Rock: The Wildest Decade in Music,” Grammy Museum Mississippi tells the story of what it calls “one of the most under-appreciated eras in rock history.” The exhibit will explore how hair metal and glam metal became so popular and why their fans remain loyal to this day.
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The exhibit will open to the public on Friday, Sept. 26, and will be on display through 2026. It will feature artifacts and memorabilia from bands who made a huge splash during the ’80s, including Mötley Crüe, Poison, Skid Row, Warrant, Ratt, Guns N’ Roses, Cinderella, Def Leppard, Lita Ford and Vixen.
Fans will also have the opportunity to have their photo taken in front of a large backdrop depicting the exterior of the iconic Sunset Strip venue Whisky a Go Go.
“We couldn’t be more excited to debut our new special exhibit ‘’80s Rock: The Wildest Decade in Music’,” Emily Havens, executive director of Grammy Museum Mississippi, said in a statement. “Not only is this genre of music one of my personal favorites, but the bands who were launching their careers on the Sunset Strip during this decade made an impact on young people that has lasted for generations. We’re here to give the bands of hair metal and glam metal their due credit and tell the story of one of the most under-appreciated genres of music in rock history.”
An exclusive pre-opening event will be held Thursday, Sept. 25, at 6 p.m., featuring a reception and program with stories and conversation from members of Twisted Sister. This event is reserved for exhibit sponsors and Grammy Museum Mississippi members. Tickets for members are available at the museum’s website.
The exhibit will feature artifacts, instruments and memorabilia from bands of the ’80s hair and glam metal scene, and bands from the pre-glam ’70s scene, including:
- Ozzy Osborne stage costume
- Mötley Crüe’s drum kit
- Def Leppard Washburn bass
- Guns N’ Roses smashed bass and Appetite for Destruction lithograph
- Pink bodice worn by Nancy Wilson of Heart
- Lita Ford’s “Black Widow” guitar and outfit
- Poison autographed guitars and signed memorabilia
- Guitar played by Ratt
- Warrant drumhead
- Photographs from the era by Mark Weiss
Grammy Museum Mississippi, in Cleveland, Mississippi, is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 3 p.m. The museum is closed on Mondays. Tickets can be purchased in person at the box office, or by visiting the museum’s website.
Singer Katy Perry has sold 1.1 million tickets on The Lifetimes tour and grossed more than $80 million in sales, according to figures provided by her management.
The Live Nation backed tour officially launched April 23 in Mexico City, and is scheduled to run through Dec. 7, wrapping up in Abu Dhabi. The Lifetimes Tour, which is themed around Perry saving the world by rescuing a motif-heavy kaleidoscope of butterflies meant to represent her various musical eras, is a true world tour making stops in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America across 91 shows.
The U.S. leg of the tour kicked off May 7 in Houston and wrapped up Aug. 23 in Miami, hitting over 20 cities including Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Atlanta and more. In Canada, Perry’s tour played Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Quebec City before heading to Australia with 13 shows from June 9 through 30.
After North America, Perry heads to Latin America for the first time in her career where she will be performing three stadium shows before beginning the European leg of her tour in October, with shows across the U.K. (Glasgow, Manchester and London) as well as Belgium, Germany, Denmark, France, Spain, Italy and more.
So far, she has added additional shows due to demand, with two more concerts added in Paris, five more in Australia and one extra show in China. Perry’s six shows in China – two in Hangzhou, three in Shanghai and one in Haikou — sold out one minute after going on sale, according to Perry’s management.
