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How did the Guardian cover Oasis at Knebworth 1996? Well … we didn’t
Noel Gallagher told fans ‘this is history’ but the paper opted to review support act the Charlatans instead, as that band returned from tragedy • News: Oasis announce 2027 tour, including return to Knebworth 30 years after historic concerts Over two days in August 1996, Oasis played to 250,000 people at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire . Riding high on two bestselling albums, the concerts were seen as the crowning moment in their career. The Guardian covered the weekend but Caroline Sullivan’s review concentrated on the Charlatans, one of the support acts. There was a picture of the Knebworth crowds on page 7, but the main review that day was of folk-rock band Fairport Convention’s Cropredy festival . There was also a review of the “anti-Oasis ” Divine Comedy . Continue reading...
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Noel Gallagher told fans ‘this is history’ but the paper opted to review support act the Charlatans instead, as that band returned from tragedy • News: Oasis announce 2027 tour, including return to Knebworth 30 years after historic concerts Over two days in August 1996, Oasis played to 250,000 people at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire . Riding high on two bestselling albums, the concerts were seen as the crowning moment in their career. The Guardian covered the weekend but Caroline Sullivan’s review concentrated on the Charlatans, one of the support acts. There was a picture of the Knebworth crowds on page 7, but the main review that day was of folk-rock band Fairport Convention’s Cropredy festival . There was also a review of the “anti-Oasis ” Divine Comedy . Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, How did the Guardian cover Oasis at Knebworth 1996? Well … we didn’t, Noel Gallagher told fans ‘this is history’ but the paper opted to review support act the Charlatans instead, as that band returned from tragedy • News: Oasis announce 2027 tour, including return to Knebworth 30 years after historic concerts Over two days in August 1996, Oasis played to 250,000 people at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire . Riding high on two bestselling albums, the concerts were seen as the crowning moment in their career. The Guardian covered the weekend but Caroline Sullivan’s review concentrated on the Charlatans, one of the support acts. There was a picture of the Knebworth crowds on page 7, but the main review that day was of folk-rock band Fairport Convention’s Cropredy festival . There was also a review of the “anti-Oasis ” Divine Comedy . Continue reading…
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