What’s it like to be here now?

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

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

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

November 1989: inside a Manchester warehouse, guitarist John Squire is busy pouring cans of paint over himself and the rest of his band, The Stone Roses. Suddenly, he stops. “We’ve been stitched up he

With the Oasis reunion tour kicking off, Jonathan Dean reveals how the biggest British band of the ’90s got back together

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