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They may not match Keats or Heaney for poetic heft, but you’re a hell of a lot more likely to recognise Oasis’s lyrics than anything written by more celebrated wordsmiths. The words penned by the brot

Wendy Rigg is planning a summer of festival fun – but what is it about nostalgic music that makes us feel so good?

From Britpop to bucket hats and the Blur and Oasis feud, music journalist Miranda Sawyer relives the highs and lows of the decade

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John Lennon called them “sons of The Beatles”. Axl Rose said there was nothing like them. But how did a trio of Brummies create the progressive orchestral pop rock band who eventually became a global phenomenon following 1975’s breakthrough album Face The Music ?