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October 2024
Cast confirmed as support act on Oasis 2025 reunion tour
John Power’s band will join Richard Ashcroft as opening acts on the UK and Ireland leg of the tour
‘We were banging our heads against a wall – the wall won’: the genius pop and tragic demise of Boys Wonder
They swaggered into the late 1980s, a potent brew of punk, glam and classic rock. But they went nowhere, then had to watch as their recipe conquered the charts. Now they’ve returned – so are they looking back in anger?
Blur v Oasis was only part of the story: the case for a wider – and wilder – Britpop canon
The UK musicians who came to prominence in the mid-90s were more diverse and thrilling than is often acknowledged. In her new book, Miranda Sawyer, who was writing for the music press at the time, looks back through 20 songs
August 2024
The look of Liam: bucket hats and Berghaus on the way back with Oasis
Band’s tour next summer expected to add to resurgence of 1990s fashion, as brands try to jump onboard
Oasis add three more UK dates to reunion tour
More shows added at Heaton Park, Wembley and Murrayfield with tickets selling for as much as £506.25
Will an Oasis reunion be a success? Definitely. Will it be worth it? Maybe
Alexis Petridis
Their first two albums and B-sides were fantastic, but after that things got bloated and weary. The reunion could go either way and that’s what makes it exciting
April 2024
‘People think I hate pop’: super-producer AG Cook on working with Beyoncé and honouring his friend Sophie
Mad fer it! The young musicians flying the flag for Britpop
March 2024
I’ve spent decades loving a band you’ve probably never heard of. But there are 199 others who get it
Zoe Williams
How we made
‘I often see fans crying or snogging to it’: Cast on how they made Walkaway
December 2023
Best music of 2023
The 50 best albums of 2023, No 8 – Blur: The Ballad of Darren
Blur’s ninth album is a perfect combination of middle-aged regret with swooning pop, a powerful career summation
October 2023
Brief letters
Why I won’t join any march about the war in the Middle East
Oasis: Liam Gallagher announces 30th anniversary Definitely Maybe tour
August 2023
Kitty Empire's artist of the week
Liam Gallagher review – when he does eventually smile, it’s perfect
The reliably aloof ex-Oasis frontman mixes old favourites and (Oasis-y-sounding) solo anthems – and fuels speculation about a reunion
July 2023
How we made
‘Suddenly misfits became pop stars, and we were part of it’: How Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq made Radio 1’s Evening Session
How we made
‘I wanted to evoke a violent, sexual world’: how Suede made Animal Nitrate
June 2023
How we made
‘It’s about disappointment – which everyone can relate to’: Shed Seven on Chasing Rainbows
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Council Skies review – not enough irresistible everyman anthems
January 2023
Blur’s Dave Rowntree: ‘I still wake at 3am thinking I’ve frittered my life away’
Drummer, lawyer, composer, politician… Blur’s busiest member on the troubled childhood that influenced his new solo album, and the band’s summer reunion gigs
December 2022
Mansun’s Paul Draper: interim stalking protection order imposed for alleged stalking of the Anchoress
The former Britpop star has denied sending ‘abusive and sexually orientated’ messages to Catherine Anne Davies, who performs as the Anchoress and worked on Draper’s debut solo album
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