Andrew ridgeley

I left school at 15 and my outlook on life was the same as it is now. I was always a hopeful child if not always a happy one. I was outgoing, sociable, funny, and I was accepted by my peers. All I was

It was a 24/7 existence. The phone did not stop ringing. It was like being on Concorde for six years, and I loved it. The speed at which they went from A-Z was incredible. They did the Marquee, then t

When I was 16, my life was a strange mixture. I’d just lost my dad [Double Formula One world champion Graham Hill], but at the same time I could get a moped. So everything was opening up for me, but o

At 16 I’d been at boarding school in Wolverhampton for nine years, and my main preoccupation was just getting the fuck out. Boarding school is pretty boring. You’re there a long, long time. And boys a

In August 1991, Oasis played their debut gig at the Boardwalk club in Manchester – Noel Gallagher was in attendance to see his younger brother’s band, which he would soon join, assuming control over t

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