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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:02,053 A quarter of a million rock fans are 2 00:00:02,054 --> 00:00:05,173 counting the hours till the Gallagher brothers take the stage. 3 00:00:05,174 --> 00:00:06,677 Did you ever think it's going to get this big? 4 00:00:06,678 --> 00:00:08,933 Two million people tried to get tickets, many 5 00:00:08,934 --> 00:00:11,120 to see the band of the moment, Oasis. 6 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:13,719 In what's been called the gig of the decade. 7 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,520 Liam would probably say, I thought it was going to be bigger than that. 8 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:18,413 Oh, I want to be a big pop star. 9 00:00:23,534 --> 00:00:24,893 I want to do loads of people's heads, 10 00:00:24,894 --> 00:00:27,133 because you're going, look at him, look at him. 11 00:00:27,134 --> 00:00:33,373 They were one of the biggest bands of the 1990s. 12 00:00:33,374 --> 00:00:35,173 They deserve all the praise that we get 13 00:00:35,174 --> 00:00:37,533 at the moment, because they write the best songs. 14 00:00:37,534 --> 00:00:38,440 Because we mean it. 15 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:40,120 We mean it, you know what I mean? 16 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,000 The most defining band of the Britpop revolution. 17 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:48,373 You can take the Britpop, stick it, just file it back into it. 18 00:00:48,374 --> 00:00:49,920 It's fucking out, you can take it. 19 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,613 But as they became legends, the two brothers' 20 00:00:53,614 --> 00:00:55,440 rivalry threatened to stop the music. 21 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:57,080 So I was like, you know what? 22 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:59,333 I'm fucking out of here, you know? 23 00:00:59,334 --> 00:01:02,640 And at that point, the tour manager came in and just went, five minutes? 24 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:06,480 No, but if I wanted to be eight, I'd be a priest or something. 25 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:13,400 Ambition, chaos, and a band that has refused to fade away. 26 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:15,040 Sometimes things ain't going right. 27 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:16,317 A lot of things are going wrong. 28 00:01:16,318 --> 00:01:18,517 Then you go for a pose where everything's going right and nothing's going wrong. 29 00:01:18,518 --> 00:01:20,080 So you've got to set the roof with this move. 30 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:21,640 Or you've got to roll with it. 31 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,120 Some idiot want to say. 32 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:26,840 This is the story of Oasis. 33 00:01:37,014 --> 00:01:39,080 Manchester, England. 34 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:43,893 It was here in the council estates of 35 00:01:43,894 --> 00:01:48,320 Burnage that two brothers were raised, Liam and his older brother Noel. 36 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,533 The family were working class and their parents, 37 00:01:52,534 --> 00:01:54,960 Peggy and Thomas, were Irish immigrants. 38 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:00,093 Their childhood was turbulent and Noel would face 39 00:02:00,094 --> 00:02:02,920 beatings from their violent alcoholic father. 40 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:09,453 In 1982, when Noel was 15 and Liam was 10, Peggy left Thomas to raise her 41 00:02:09,454 --> 00:02:11,280 children as a single mother. 42 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,093 The boys' teenage years were equally chaotic, with 43 00:02:16,094 --> 00:02:19,200 both often getting in trouble at school and with the police. 44 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:23,453 Noel would receive six months probation at the 45 00:02:23,454 --> 00:02:26,160 age of 14 for robbing a corner shop. 46 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:29,533 It would be during this probation period that 47 00:02:29,534 --> 00:02:31,200 he first began to play the guitar. 48 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,813 Liam, on the other hand, would not get 49 00:02:34,814 --> 00:02:38,840 into music until he was 18, preferring to spend his time playing football. 50 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,759 What do you remember of them as young men? 51 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,440 Well, they were just ordinary lads, really. 52 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:46,880 And people always said, did they fight in your shop? 53 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,093 And the answer, of course, is no, because, 54 00:02:49,094 --> 00:02:50,933 I mean, there's six years between them, so 55 00:02:50,934 --> 00:02:52,360 they didn't play together, did they? 56 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,413 You know, so they came in separately and 57 00:02:54,414 --> 00:02:57,320 they were just decent lads, just decent lads. 58 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,520 Although life in their hometown could be tough, 59 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,160 it was also the backdrop of an electric music scene. 60 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:11,600 The Smiths, 61 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:16,560 the Stone Roses 62 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:23,320 and others used the grit of the city to create music with impact. 63 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,480 In 1988, Liam and Noel attended a Stone Roses gig. 64 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,093 Both brothers claimed that the experience spurred them 65 00:03:35,094 --> 00:03:37,240 towards the path of forming a band. 66 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,013 Noel would meet guitarist Graham Lambert of Inspiral 67 00:03:43,014 --> 00:03:47,160 Carpets during a Stone Roses show and would become a roadie for the band. 68 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,573 Liam was invited by school friend Paul Gwigsy 69 00:03:53,574 --> 00:03:56,693 McGuigan to join his band The Rain as 70 00:03:56,694 --> 00:04:00,080 a vocalist alongside guitarist Paul Bonehead-Arthurs. 71 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:05,853 Noel returned from an American tour with Inspiral 72 00:04:05,854 --> 00:04:08,600 Carpets and attended one of his brother's gigs. 73 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,173 Unimpressed, Noel joined the band. 74 00:04:12,174 --> 00:04:16,560 He would take creative control of the group and become its sole songwriter. 75 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:21,600 I joined Bonehead, Gwigs, bass player, and Tony. 76 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,053 And like, we were really snide, we weren't 77 00:04:24,054 --> 00:04:25,760 going nowhere, it was really crap. 78 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:27,933 And then we needed songs, our kid had 79 00:04:27,934 --> 00:04:29,840 songs, but he was working all the time. 80 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:31,333 And when he come back and he found 81 00:04:31,334 --> 00:04:32,893 out his younger brother had joined a band 82 00:04:32,894 --> 00:04:34,840 doing a bit of singing, I weren't no good. 83 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,053 And like, he just thought, yeah, I can 84 00:04:37,054 --> 00:04:38,717 make him a bit better because I've got proper songs. 85 00:04:38,718 --> 00:04:43,093 We wrote a few songs in the first couple of weeks with, I think Liam was 86 00:04:43,094 --> 00:04:44,853 writing the words, and it just wasn't happening. 87 00:04:44,854 --> 00:04:46,813 So I said, well, I'm going to write all the songs. 88 00:04:46,814 --> 00:04:49,880 We knew that given a bit of time, we're getting the proper kind. 89 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:53,320 The songs will take it to where we are, and it took it within a year. 90 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,053 Got together with these songs and started getting our own sound. 91 00:04:56,054 --> 00:04:57,720 And then you start thinking, it was like, 92 00:04:58,120 --> 00:04:59,277 yeah, I can do something out of this 93 00:04:59,278 --> 00:05:00,917 because it was sound that was rocking, you know what I mean? 94 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,813 The band would tour as Oasis with a 95 00:05:09,814 --> 00:05:11,720 sound that was straightforward and bold. 96 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,093 Their early career would be inspired by legendary 97 00:05:15,094 --> 00:05:18,200 bands like the Sex Pistols and the Stone Roses. 98 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:24,280 Most of them were about escaping and just having a good time. 99 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:28,039 Some of them were about being on your own and not having a good time. 100 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,320 This is coming from wherever they're coming from, I don't know. 101 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:34,413 Sort of, it's not, it's about, it's just 102 00:05:34,414 --> 00:05:36,973 about, I mean, I don't know, I don't really understand it. 103 00:05:36,974 --> 00:05:38,533 I mean, I wrote them, I don't understand it. 104 00:05:38,534 --> 00:05:40,213 But people, I mean, they mean whatever they 105 00:05:40,214 --> 00:05:41,640 mean to whoever's listening to them. 106 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,933 The combination of Liam's voice and stage presence 107 00:05:44,934 --> 00:05:47,933 with Noel's songwriting earned them the attention of 108 00:05:47,934 --> 00:05:50,440 Alan Magee of Creation Records. 109 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,013 They would be signed for a six-album 110 00:05:54,014 --> 00:05:58,080 contract as Magee took the tape to Sony America. 111 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:03,573 Oasis would then set off on a UK tour to promote the release of their first 112 00:06:03,574 --> 00:06:05,453 single, Supersonic. 113 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,880 ♪ I need to be myself ♪ 114 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,440 ♪ I can’t be no one else ♪ 115 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:27,080 ♪ I’m feeling supersonic, give me gin and tonic ♪ 116 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:28,853 ♪ You can have it all ♪ 117 00:06:28,854 --> 00:06:29,866 ♪ But how much do you want it ♪ 118 00:06:29,867 --> 00:06:31,542 Supersonic was followed by the release of singles 119 00:06:31,543 --> 00:06:35,253 Shaker Maker and Live Forever, with Live Forever 120 00:06:35,254 --> 00:06:38,453 marking Oasis's first entry into the top 10 121 00:06:38,454 --> 00:06:40,240 of the UK singles chart. 122 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,813 ♪ I don’t really wanna know ♪ 123 00:06:43,814 --> 00:06:46,653 ♪ How your garden grows ♪ 124 00:06:46,654 --> 00:06:49,613 ♪ ‘Cause I just wanna fly ♪ 125 00:06:49,614 --> 00:06:54,653 ♪ Lately, did you ever feel the pain ♪ 126 00:06:54,654 --> 00:06:57,133 ♪ In the morning rain ♪ 127 00:06:57,134 --> 00:07:00,093 ♪ As it soaks you to the bone? ♪ 128 00:07:00,094 --> 00:07:02,453 All three singles would appear on their debut 129 00:07:02,454 --> 00:07:07,160 album, Definitely Maybe, which was released in August 1994. 130 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,853 The album was an immediate commercial success, going 131 00:07:10,854 --> 00:07:14,960 to number one in the UK albums chart within a week of its release. 132 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:17,533 It became the fastest-selling debut album in 133 00:07:17,534 --> 00:07:19,240 British music history at the time. 134 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:23,093 We've been in this band for three and a half years now, so I think, you 135 00:07:23,094 --> 00:07:24,157 know, we've had three and a half years 136 00:07:24,158 --> 00:07:25,893 of scumming it around, doing whatever we've been 137 00:07:25,894 --> 00:07:28,720 doing and being on the dole and trying to keep the band together. 138 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:30,453 We deserve all the praise that we get 139 00:07:30,454 --> 00:07:33,760 at the moment because we write the best songs, because we mean it. 140 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:35,440 We mean it, you know what I mean? 141 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,400 The first year was hedonistic and messy. 142 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:39,893 You know, I mean, as soon as people 143 00:07:39,894 --> 00:07:41,357 realise that the majority of people in this 144 00:07:41,358 --> 00:07:44,840 country take drugs, then, I mean, the better off we'll all be. 145 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:48,573 Oh, I want to be a big pop star. 146 00:07:48,574 --> 00:07:49,757 I want to do loads of people's heads 147 00:07:49,758 --> 00:07:51,613 because they're going, look at him, look at 148 00:07:51,614 --> 00:07:53,840 him, how long, you know what I mean? 149 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,933 But I want it and I don't, I'm not embarrassed about it, you know what I mean? 150 00:07:56,934 --> 00:07:58,493 A lot of people get embarrassed about all 151 00:07:58,494 --> 00:08:00,413 this success that they get, they go, oh, 152 00:08:00,414 --> 00:08:02,413 I didn't really want it, you know what I mean? 153 00:08:02,414 --> 00:08:04,133 Of course you wanted it, you know what I mean? 154 00:08:04,134 --> 00:08:06,253 Because that's what you go out for, you do it. 155 00:08:06,254 --> 00:08:08,720 It doesn't matter whether you're in a band or you're anything, whatever. 156 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:10,080 I want to be in space, man. 157 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:14,733 See, the rock and roll lifestyle was invented 158 00:08:14,734 --> 00:08:17,133 in the 70s by groups like Led Zeppelin and stuff like that. 159 00:08:17,134 --> 00:08:18,880 Probably come off that stage and have a good time. 160 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:20,480 Keep busy, do whatever you do. 161 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:29,080 Liam especially became a tabloid interest for his drug use. 162 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,880 And his supposed loutish behaviour in public. 163 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,040 He was cocky and self-assured. 164 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:38,800 With their relentless tour schedule, cracks had started to show. 165 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,600 Things got to a breaking point at a show in West Hollywood. 166 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,933 A crystal meth fuelled Liam insulted audience members 167 00:08:46,934 --> 00:08:51,160 and threw his tambourine in an incoherent mess of a show. 168 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,599 The incident caused Noel to temporarily quit the band. 169 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,293 And although he would eventually rejoin, the tone 170 00:08:59,294 --> 00:09:02,373 had been set for the tempestuous relationship that 171 00:09:02,374 --> 00:09:04,440 would be a defining feature of Oasis. 172 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,613 The episode would later inspire the track Talk 173 00:09:07,614 --> 00:09:11,920 Tonight, which reflected a more vulnerable side to Noel's songwriting. 174 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:15,973 The song's stripped-back, acoustic-led sound would 175 00:09:15,974 --> 00:09:18,853 be built upon for their next album and 176 00:09:18,854 --> 00:09:22,400 become a feature of some of the band's most enduring music. 177 00:09:30,454 --> 00:09:32,853 As they began recording for their second studio 178 00:09:32,854 --> 00:09:36,053 album, the British press started to report on 179 00:09:36,054 --> 00:09:40,200 a rivalry between Oasis and another band, Blur. 180 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:45,880 It would become known as the Battle of Britpop. 181 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:52,360 Britpop was a cultural and musical revolution. 182 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,813 A name given to the new wave of British bands emerging in the early to mid 183 00:09:56,814 --> 00:09:58,080 1990s. 184 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:03,280 The phenomena blended music, fashion, music, and national pride. 185 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:11,160 Britpop-associated acts included Pulp, Suede, Blur, and of course, Oasis. 186 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,720 However, Oasis would ultimately reject the label. 187 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,960 What do you think about all the talk about the Britpop thing? 188 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:20,800 It's flame of the year. 189 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:22,760 Britpop. 190 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:24,360 We're not Britpop. 191 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,160 The Universal lot, that's what they are, we're not Britpop. 192 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:31,213 Because of their distinct backgrounds and styles, Blur 193 00:10:31,214 --> 00:10:34,520 and Oasis had started to be pitted against each other. 194 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:36,960 It's a battle of the press, yeah, it's all a press thing again. 195 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,600 We didn't start this band to get into competition with some other band. 196 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:44,119 We started this band to be Oasis, to be what we wanted to be. 197 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:45,437 The press are going to paint a picture, aren’t they? 198 00:10:45,438 --> 00:10:47,514 You know what I mean? You're going to be either that or that. 199 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:49,237 And we're that, we're like the bad boys, aren’t we? 200 00:10:49,238 --> 00:10:50,053 You know what I mean? 201 00:10:50,054 --> 00:10:52,533 It went beyond their music and instead became 202 00:10:52,534 --> 00:10:57,320 a clash of class, regional identity, and artistic vision. 203 00:11:03,854 --> 00:11:06,333 These are two groups, Oasis and Blur, who 204 00:11:06,334 --> 00:11:09,493 actually formed on the indie circuit, who have 205 00:11:09,494 --> 00:11:11,333 grown more and more popular through just playing 206 00:11:11,334 --> 00:11:13,080 lots and lots of gigs around the country, 207 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,173 and who have now crossed right over to 208 00:11:15,174 --> 00:11:19,520 the public at large, and they're duking it out to see who is the biggest. 209 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:25,493 Oasis represented the working-class northern spirit, while 210 00:11:25,494 --> 00:11:27,173 Blur was a product of the more middle 211 00:11:27,174 --> 00:11:30,600 class art school culture of London and the South-East. 212 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:34,693 The personalities of the band's members also fuelled 213 00:11:34,694 --> 00:11:39,160 the rivalry, as Liam and Noel took aim at Blur in interviews. 214 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:42,477 He's said a lot of things about my group behind our backs, you know what I 215 00:11:42,478 --> 00:11:43,197 mean, that we've heard about. 216 00:11:43,198 --> 00:11:44,320 And they were insulting things. 217 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:45,637 And that's fine, that's fair enough. 218 00:11:45,638 --> 00:11:50,893 If he's not got the bottle to say it to our faces, then, you know, see you 219 00:11:50,894 --> 00:11:51,560 later. 220 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:53,613 The rivalry would really come to a head 221 00:11:53,614 --> 00:11:57,600 in 1995, when they released singles on the same day. 222 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:02,040 Blur's Country House and Oasis's Roll With It. 223 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,693 ♪ You gotta roll with it ♪ 224 00:12:04,694 --> 00:12:06,653 ♪ You gotta take your time ♪ 225 00:12:06,654 --> 00:12:08,653 ♪ You gotta say what you say ♪ 226 00:12:08,654 --> 00:12:11,253 ♪ Don’t let anybody get in your way ♪ 227 00:12:11,254 --> 00:12:15,720 ♪ ‘Cause it’s all too much for me to take ♪ 228 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,680 The media coined it the Battle of Britpop, 229 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:21,640 a chance for the bands to fight for supremacy in the genre. 230 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:25,093 The rivalry between Oasis and Blur is bitter, 231 00:12:25,094 --> 00:12:28,080 not just commercially, but also personally. 232 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,999 Both groups actively dislike each other. 233 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,880 I'm a little nervous about the whole thing, 234 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:38,253 obviously, because I think both bands have really 235 00:12:38,254 --> 00:12:40,693 upped the stakes, and someone's going to come 236 00:12:40,694 --> 00:12:42,613 out on top, and someone's going to come 237 00:12:42,614 --> 00:12:44,773 out second, and, you know, by the very 238 00:12:44,774 --> 00:12:47,200 nature of being in a band, you're always quite competitive. 239 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:50,160 And you want to come on top, really. 240 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:52,680 I've got nothing to say to them and all, but, 241 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:54,477 apart from get your head together. 242 00:12:54,478 --> 00:12:56,120 Stop letting your ego getting the better of you. 243 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:00,373 In spite of their success at this year's 244 00:13:00,374 --> 00:13:02,893 Brit Awards, Blur have never had a number 245 00:13:02,894 --> 00:13:07,120 one single, even though their album Parklife hit the top slot. 246 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:09,533 Oasis have gone one better with a top 247 00:13:09,534 --> 00:13:14,600 single, some might say, and a number one album entitled Definitely Maybe. 248 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:19,080 At record stores today, the Oasis-Blur battle gathered pace. 249 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:22,853 Fans saw the battle as a way to show their loyalty to one of the bands 250 00:13:22,854 --> 00:13:24,880 or regions of Manchester or London. 251 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,533 Coming from London, that's why I support them, really. 252 00:13:28,534 --> 00:13:31,173 But I'm going to buy Oasis' new single as well. 253 00:13:31,174 --> 00:13:32,600 I'm going to buy both the Blur singles. 254 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:34,840 Are you going to go for Oasis at all next week? 255 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:35,893 Why is that? 256 00:13:35,894 --> 00:13:38,013 Because I'm a big Blur fan, I want them to get to number one. 257 00:13:38,014 --> 00:13:39,680 I think Oasis, definitely. 258 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:44,040 I think Oasis, because they're a Manchester band, 259 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:46,000 and they're the best. 260 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:49,973 Blur would ultimately win the battle, outselling Oasis' 261 00:13:49,974 --> 00:13:52,720 single by about 50,000 copies. 262 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:57,413 There's only five people who don't really think 263 00:13:57,414 --> 00:13:59,600 about it too much, and that's the five people in the band. 264 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:01,533 We just record music and put it out. 265 00:14:01,534 --> 00:14:02,557 If people can buy it, they buy it. 266 00:14:02,558 --> 00:14:04,693 If they don't, that's their prerogative. 267 00:14:04,694 --> 00:14:08,213 We're not bothered about selling more records than anybody else. 268 00:14:08,214 --> 00:14:09,413 We couldn't care less about that. 269 00:14:09,414 --> 00:14:12,720 We know we're the best band in the country, and it's as simple as that. 270 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:15,533 The rivalry is remembered as one of the 271 00:14:15,534 --> 00:14:18,613 most memorable periods of British music history, and 272 00:14:18,614 --> 00:14:21,160 propelled both bands to international stardom. 273 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:24,733 Even though the battle of Britpop was over 274 00:14:24,734 --> 00:14:28,360 in the charts, the personal spats between the bands continued. 275 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,680 The release of What's The Story, Morning Glory was a huge success. 276 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:39,973 Songs like Wonderwall and Don't Look Back In Anger became instant classics. 277 00:14:39,974 --> 00:14:41,613 ♪ Like to say to you ♪ 278 00:14:41,614 --> 00:14:44,120 ♪ But I don’t know how ♪ 279 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:51,933 ♪ Because maybe ♪ 280 00:14:51,934 --> 00:14:57,493 ♪ You’re gonna be the one that saves me ♪ 281 00:14:57,494 --> 00:15:02,613 ♪ And after all ♪ 282 00:15:02,614 --> 00:15:07,720 ♪ You’re my wonderwall ♪ 283 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,760 The album is often cited as their magnum opus. 284 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,533 Is this album you've made much better than your first album? 285 00:15:15,534 --> 00:15:17,173 It's about five times as better as the 286 00:15:17,174 --> 00:15:18,397 last one, but there's no point in asking 287 00:15:18,398 --> 00:15:21,640 him here, I'm not going to say it's shit, I'm not going to buy it. 288 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:25,133 It makes you think, makes you happy, makes you cry, makes you... 289 00:15:25,134 --> 00:15:26,120 it's just real, innit? 290 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,573 In the UK, the album spent 10 weeks 291 00:15:28,574 --> 00:15:32,373 at number one and became the second best-selling British album ever, 292 00:15:32,374 --> 00:15:35,760 behind Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. 293 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,480 Critics praised its mix of confidence and emotion. 294 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:42,333 It solidified Oasis as a symbol of working 295 00:15:42,334 --> 00:15:45,720 class ambition, which resonated with their army of fans. 296 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:50,640 Oasis played huge shows back-to-back at Earls Court in London. 297 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:55,293 ♪ So, Sally can wait ♪ 298 00:15:55,294 --> 00:16:00,973 ♪ She knows it’s too late as I’m walking on by ♪ 299 00:16:00,974 --> 00:16:04,519 Scene one, a band rehearses in smoky rooms in King's Cross, 300 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:06,813 but this band has a string section, because 301 00:16:06,814 --> 00:16:10,120 this band is Oasis, minus singer Liam Gallagher. 302 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:12,933 Oasis albums have gone double platinum, but they're 303 00:16:12,934 --> 00:16:14,733 a band that have appeared out of nowhere. 304 00:16:14,734 --> 00:16:18,440 Years ago, we were playing at a pub called The Water Rats in King's Cross. 305 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:21,920 And just over a year ago, we were playing in the Undra Club. 306 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,253 Scene two, Earls Court, empty of seats, is 307 00:16:25,254 --> 00:16:28,520 filled with the sound of preparations for a huge pop concert. 308 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:31,253 In little more than 24 hours, this vast, 309 00:16:31,254 --> 00:16:33,853 echoing, cavernous space at Earls Court will be 310 00:16:33,854 --> 00:16:38,413 filled with 13,500 Oasis fans, 6,500 311 00:16:38,414 --> 00:16:40,213 more will be up on the balconies for 312 00:16:40,214 --> 00:16:44,200 the biggest ever indoor concert in this country. 313 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:49,040 40,000 tickets for the weekend gigs were sold out in two days. 314 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:50,973 The atmosphere will definitely sort of soak up 315 00:16:50,974 --> 00:16:54,680 through the building and everybody should have a splendid concert. 316 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,520 And everyone's coming to the splendid concert. 317 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:58,959 Who isn't coming, basically? 318 00:16:58,960 --> 00:16:59,639 Tony Blair. 319 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:04,466 Tony Blair's coming, Madonna, Alec Siggins, Georgie Best, 320 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:06,800 Oliver Reed. 321 00:17:07,120 --> 00:17:07,800 Yeah, us two, even. 322 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,333 Famed for the Mancunian design of soft southerners, 323 00:17:11,334 --> 00:17:14,973 they actually have one, working with drummer Alan White from Blackheath. 324 00:17:14,974 --> 00:17:16,373 And they're training him. 325 00:17:16,374 --> 00:17:17,373 You're bad. - Yeah. 326 00:17:17,374 --> 00:17:18,680 Yeah. - I'm getting there. 327 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:21,506 We're trying to get him off the whelks 328 00:17:21,507 --> 00:17:24,200 and the Jelly Deals or onto some bloody fire mash. 329 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:28,933 And when you're as big as Oasis, pre-gig nerves just don't figure, do they? 330 00:17:28,934 --> 00:17:31,640 I'm more worried about this spot that's developing on my chin here, man. 331 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:32,760 I'm more worried about that. 332 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:35,293 You wouldn't be human if you weren't nervous. 333 00:17:35,294 --> 00:17:36,520 I mean, of course I'd be nervous. 334 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,037 We'll be sort of sat on the side of the stage about two minutes before we 335 00:17:39,038 --> 00:17:40,120 go on and we'll be going... 336 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,653 Songs like Champagne Supernova were well-received by 337 00:17:44,654 --> 00:17:46,280 fans and critics alike. 338 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:51,093 ♪ Where were you while we were gettin’ high? ♪ 339 00:17:51,094 --> 00:17:58,733 ♪ Someday you will find me caught beneath the landslide ♪ 340 00:17:58,734 --> 00:18:03,933 ♪ In a champagne supernova in the sky ♪ 341 00:18:03,934 --> 00:18:08,093 ♪ Someday you will find me caught beneath ♪ 342 00:18:08,094 --> 00:18:12,493 They were playing bigger and bigger crowds and toured across the US. 343 00:18:12,494 --> 00:18:13,973 ♪ Each other ♪ 344 00:18:13,974 --> 00:18:17,933 ♪ We believe in one another ♪ 345 00:18:17,934 --> 00:18:21,573 ♪ And I know we’re going to uncover ♪ 346 00:18:21,574 --> 00:18:24,000 ♪ What’s sleepin’ in our soul ♪ 347 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:29,533 ♪ Because we need each other ♪ 348 00:18:29,534 --> 00:18:33,053 ♪ We believe in one another ♪ 349 00:18:33,054 --> 00:18:36,933 ♪ And I know we’re going to uncover ♪ 350 00:18:36,934 --> 00:18:39,600 ♪ What’s sleepin’ in our soul ♪ 351 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:43,440 ♪ What’s sleepin’ in our soul ♪ 352 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:45,933 I didn't know where I was today when I got up. 353 00:18:45,934 --> 00:18:48,067 No, I didn't have a clue where I was or where I was yesterday. 354 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:51,157 I was doing an interview this morning with 355 00:18:51,158 --> 00:18:52,197 someone and he said, where are you? 356 00:18:52,198 --> 00:18:54,013 And I said, I haven't got the faintest idea, mate. 357 00:18:54,014 --> 00:18:55,847 I mean, you just look out the window and it's like... 358 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:58,080 I mean, they all just look the same to me. 359 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:00,600 Michigan, Detroit, innit? 360 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:04,080 But, yeah, I know it's bloody cold, I'll tell you that. 361 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:05,080 Well, it is. 362 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:08,000 ♪ What’s sleepin’ in our soul ♪ 363 00:19:09,360 --> 00:19:17,360 ♪ What’s sleepin’ in our soul ♪ 364 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:21,973 ♪ I don’t know what it is that makes me feel alive ♪ 365 00:19:21,974 --> 00:19:26,240 ♪ I don’t know how to wake the things that sleep inside ♪ 366 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:31,240 An Oasis live show was a loud and raw, no-nonsense affair. 367 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,333 Their live performance style, paired with the rowdy 368 00:19:34,334 --> 00:19:38,360 crowd they attracted, made for a series of unforgettable concerts. 369 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:47,240 ♪ Go and tell it to the man who cannot shine ♪ 370 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:55,053 ♪ Some might say that we should never ponder ♪ 371 00:19:55,054 --> 00:20:00,173 In the summer of 1996, their rapid rise to fame culminated in two iconic 372 00:20:00,174 --> 00:20:02,440 shows at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire. 373 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:07,253 They performed to a record-breaking 125,000 374 00:20:07,254 --> 00:20:07,920 people. 375 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,453 With nearly 5% of the UK population 376 00:20:10,454 --> 00:20:13,280 applying for tickets to the sold-out gigs. 377 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:15,933 Final preparations are being made for the arrival 378 00:20:15,934 --> 00:20:17,853 of a quarter of a million rock fans 379 00:20:17,854 --> 00:20:19,733 at Knebworth in Hertfordshire for one of the 380 00:20:19,734 --> 00:20:21,920 biggest ever open-air concerts in Britain. 381 00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:24,533 Two million people tried to get tickets, many 382 00:20:24,534 --> 00:20:26,720 to see the band of the moment, Oasis. 383 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,320 And John Draper is there. 384 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:32,120 Oasis star Noel Gallagher, here inspecting the stage, 385 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:35,613 says he can barely take in the idea of playing in front of a quarter of 386 00:20:35,614 --> 00:20:36,680 a million people. 387 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:38,653 But such is the scale of the success 388 00:20:38,654 --> 00:20:41,920 of the Manchester band that two million applied for tickets. 389 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:46,813 Gallagher and his brother Liam have become the rock phenomenon of the 90s. 390 00:20:46,814 --> 00:20:50,573 ♪ Slip inside the eye of your mind ♪ 391 00:20:50,574 --> 00:20:53,933 ♪ Don’t you know you might find ♪ 392 00:20:53,934 --> 00:20:56,120 ♪ A better place to play? ♪ 393 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:01,293 ♪ You said that you’d never been ♪ 394 00:21:01,294 --> 00:21:04,733 ♪ But all the things that you’ve seen ♪ 395 00:21:04,734 --> 00:21:05,973 ♪ Gonna fade away ♪ 396 00:21:05,974 --> 00:21:07,853 We just stood on the stage, so we 397 00:21:07,854 --> 00:21:11,199 don't have to comprehend what that amount of people is going to look like. 398 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,133 As has been spoken about, I mean, it's 399 00:21:13,134 --> 00:21:15,840 like after this gig, what are we going to do next? 400 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:17,813 We can't do anything but do the biggest 401 00:21:17,814 --> 00:21:20,813 gigs, so we can't play anywhere bigger than this. 402 00:21:20,814 --> 00:21:24,333 I mean, the only other thing would be to come back in like, do a residency 403 00:21:24,334 --> 00:21:27,333 at Elbeth or something, play every night of 404 00:21:27,334 --> 00:21:29,357 the week from 8 till 11 or something like that, but we're not going to do 405 00:21:29,358 --> 00:21:30,000 that. 406 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:31,880 Did you ever think it was going to get this big? 407 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:34,133 I'd be a liar if I said, yeah. 408 00:21:34,134 --> 00:21:36,880 Liam would probably say, I thought it was going to get bigger than that. 409 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,333 But I didn't think it was going to get this big. 410 00:21:39,334 --> 00:21:43,653 I didn't even, I didn't, nobody thought that 411 00:21:43,654 --> 00:21:45,133 one day we'd, you know, we'd have sold 412 00:21:45,134 --> 00:21:50,600 10 million albums and we'd be playing to 250,000 people over two days. 413 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:52,637 Anyone that said that, they did believe that 414 00:21:52,638 --> 00:21:55,093 to lie, because we didn't, we thought we'd 415 00:21:55,094 --> 00:21:56,973 be, we thought we might play to like, 416 00:21:56,974 --> 00:21:59,253 you know, I mean, we thought, you know, 417 00:21:59,254 --> 00:22:00,773 when we done Earl's Court, which is 20 418 00:22:00,774 --> 00:22:04,533 ,000, it was like, you know, and they 419 00:22:04,534 --> 00:22:06,693 were the biggest indoor gigs ever in Europe, 420 00:22:06,694 --> 00:22:09,120 so it was like, you know, we thought, 421 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:11,120 well, it's probably as big as it's going to get. 422 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,373 And we did Main Road, which is 40 423 00:22:13,374 --> 00:22:14,040 ,000. 424 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:18,200 It was like, well, you know, and then we'd, you know, it's 125,000. 425 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,333 It's just, I don't know where it's going to go from here. 426 00:22:20,334 --> 00:22:22,280 I'd probably play iPart next to something. 427 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:30,720 It seemed like nothing could stop Oasis. 428 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:33,880 They had never been bigger or more successful. 429 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:42,093 But within the band, rivalries, arguments and controversies 430 00:22:42,094 --> 00:22:43,640 threatened to stop the party. 431 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,893 The relationship between Noel and Liam was becoming 432 00:22:49,894 --> 00:22:53,213 more rocky, with creative disagreements and arguments about 433 00:22:53,214 --> 00:22:54,400 personal issues. 434 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,413 These arguments played out in the British media 435 00:22:57,414 --> 00:23:00,080 and often during Oasis live shows. 436 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,893 There were rumours of an Oasis split when 437 00:23:02,894 --> 00:23:06,760 Liam dropped out of their 1996 US tour last minute. 438 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:08,693 You know the story, it's in the papers. 439 00:23:08,694 --> 00:23:09,477 That's what's going on. 440 00:23:09,478 --> 00:23:10,640 You've got to move on, all right? 441 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:14,000 Nothing to say, that's what's going on. 442 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,200 Have you spoken to your brother, Liam? 443 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,693 How do you feel about not being able to go to America? 444 00:23:20,694 --> 00:23:21,573 Did you hear it? 445 00:23:21,574 --> 00:23:22,400 No stories. 446 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,573 Oasis fans besiege the North London home where 447 00:23:26,574 --> 00:23:29,053 Liam Gallagher's hiding out for a second day. 448 00:23:29,054 --> 00:23:31,813 They got his autograph, but only a glimpse 449 00:23:31,814 --> 00:23:36,040 of the reclusive star who bought in the heavies to stop unwanted callers. 450 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,093 When he broke cover with an unusual wave 451 00:23:39,094 --> 00:23:43,813 to the crowd, it was a fleeting moment that left a small army of fans and 452 00:23:43,814 --> 00:23:48,080 photographers even more puzzled about laryngitis, house hunting, 453 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:52,120 psychotherapy, theories all advanced in today's press. 454 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:54,693 Liam would end up joining the band three days later. 455 00:23:54,694 --> 00:23:56,637 Hey Liam, what do you want to say to your fans in America? 456 00:23:56,638 --> 00:23:57,280 Love ya. 457 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,200 But the tour was cancelled after two weeks. 458 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:03,453 People close to the brothers would admit there 459 00:24:03,454 --> 00:24:07,400 was a rift between them, but denied any chance of the band breaking up. 460 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:09,193 They always have arguments, you know what I mean? 461 00:24:09,194 --> 00:24:11,533 So I wouldn't like, I mean, I wouldn't look into it too much. 462 00:24:11,534 --> 00:24:12,917 They had an argument in Los Angeles about 463 00:24:12,918 --> 00:24:15,920 two years ago where Noel went on a bit of a bender. 464 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:17,000 I think it split up then. 465 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:18,973 Their behaviour at the moment is no different 466 00:24:18,974 --> 00:24:22,679 to that which it was a year ago when I was with them. 467 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:24,253 The difference is that the media are now 468 00:24:24,254 --> 00:24:26,413 looking and are therefore in a position to see. 469 00:24:26,414 --> 00:24:28,493 By all accounts, they had a pretty violent 470 00:24:28,494 --> 00:24:31,839 disagreement to cause this latest rift. 471 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:34,373 Are these based on jealousy or what? 472 00:24:34,374 --> 00:24:38,533 I mean, is it a sort of a creative tension or do they genuinely loathe each 473 00:24:38,534 --> 00:24:39,200 other? 474 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,453 It's a standard sibling relationship and as Liam 475 00:24:42,454 --> 00:24:43,893 has said in the past, if they were 476 00:24:43,894 --> 00:24:46,760 greengrocers, then they'd be arguing about where the pears go. 477 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:52,773 The problem is that they are now in a bubble, a goldfish bowl, and also the 478 00:24:52,774 --> 00:24:54,893 boredom of touring for a rock and roll 479 00:24:54,894 --> 00:24:57,733 band is what exacerbates the problem. 480 00:24:57,734 --> 00:25:01,093 If you live in a bus with your brother for 24 hours or a thousand mile 481 00:25:01,094 --> 00:25:03,360 journey, you know, something's going to go wrong. 482 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:04,853 Is there also a sense in which they're 483 00:25:04,854 --> 00:25:06,773 conscious of being very dependent on each other? 484 00:25:06,774 --> 00:25:08,373 One of them's got the creativity, the other's 485 00:25:08,374 --> 00:25:09,840 got the sex appeal, if you like. 486 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,453 I should think that Noel probably dislikes the 487 00:25:12,454 --> 00:25:16,280 fact that he is tied to Liam in any way whatsoever. 488 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,680 I think Liam is probably less concerned about that. 489 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,320 After the stratospheric success of their second album, 490 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:29,360 the pressure to surpass it also added to tensions within the band. 491 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:35,280 Their third album, Be Here Now, was released in 1997. 492 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:38,853 Preceded by the UK number one single, Do 493 00:25:38,854 --> 00:25:40,653 You Know What I Mean?, the album was 494 00:25:40,654 --> 00:25:43,213 their most anticipated to date and became the 495 00:25:43,214 --> 00:25:45,440 subject of considerable media attention. 496 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:50,933 ♪ All my people right here, right now ♪ 497 00:25:50,934 --> 00:25:54,533 ♪ D’You Know What I Mean? ♪ 498 00:25:54,534 --> 00:25:57,160 ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ 499 00:25:58,120 --> 00:26:02,813 ♪ All my people right here, right now ♪ 500 00:26:02,814 --> 00:26:06,613 ♪ D’You Know What I Mean? ♪ 501 00:26:06,614 --> 00:26:08,920 ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ 502 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,773 ♪ All my people right here ♪ 503 00:26:12,774 --> 00:26:16,973 Many critics labelled the project as overindulgent, mirroring 504 00:26:16,974 --> 00:26:20,040 the excess of the band's rock and roll lifestyle at the time. 505 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,533 Despite the mixed reviews, Be Here Now was 506 00:26:23,534 --> 00:26:25,493 the biggest selling album in the UK in 507 00:26:25,494 --> 00:26:31,240 1997 and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 in the US. 508 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,253 Following the tour of the album, the group 509 00:26:34,254 --> 00:26:38,680 kept a low profile as they were subjected to much media criticism. 510 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,813 The release of Be Here Now is often seen as the beginning of the end for 511 00:26:44,814 --> 00:26:45,480 Oasis. 512 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,173 Noel has since spoken in interviews about his 513 00:26:50,174 --> 00:26:52,933 dislike of the album, blaming their heavy drug 514 00:26:52,934 --> 00:26:55,373 use at the time alongside the immense pressure 515 00:26:55,374 --> 00:26:57,280 following their previous successes. 516 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,213 As the new millennium neared, Oasis returned to 517 00:27:03,214 --> 00:27:07,093 the studio to record their fourth album, Standing 518 00:27:07,094 --> 00:27:08,680 on the Shoulders of Giants. 519 00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:12,533 While the album included moderately successful singles like 520 00:27:12,534 --> 00:27:15,240 Go Let It Out and Who Feels Love, 521 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:20,333 this was not the same Oasis that had 522 00:27:20,334 --> 00:27:22,680 packed out Knebworth just a few years earlier. 523 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,573 During production, founding members Bonehead and Gwigsy left 524 00:27:29,574 --> 00:27:31,733 the group, which led to a significant shift 525 00:27:31,734 --> 00:27:33,720 in the band's sound and dynamics. 526 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,253 Jem Arch had joined to take over Bonehead's 527 00:27:37,254 --> 00:27:41,840 role and Andy Bell from the band Ride stepped in for Gwigsy. 528 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,613 Despite these new additions, Standing on the Shoulders 529 00:27:45,614 --> 00:27:50,320 of Giants struggled to capture the essence that fans had come to love. 530 00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:53,293 However, the album still managed to reach the 531 00:27:53,294 --> 00:27:59,160 top of the UK album charts and the band pressed on, determined to continue. 532 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,813 In the 2000s, the Gallagher brothers were still 533 00:28:03,814 --> 00:28:06,853 known for their wild lifestyle, which included heavy 534 00:28:06,854 --> 00:28:10,440 drinking, drug use and headline-grabbing antics. 535 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:12,773 Their heavy drug use had started to put 536 00:28:12,774 --> 00:28:14,733 more and more strain on the band's dynamic 537 00:28:14,734 --> 00:28:18,440 and created a reputation for unpredictability. 538 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:48,733 Throughout the 2000s, despite the turbulent inter-band 539 00:28:48,734 --> 00:28:54,200 relations, Oasis continued to release music to varying levels of success. 540 00:28:56,480 --> 00:29:00,733 2002 saw them release Heathen Chemistry, which produced 541 00:29:00,734 --> 00:29:03,040 hits like Stop Crying Your Heart Out. 542 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,653 Stop Crying Your Heart Out received mostly positive 543 00:29:07,654 --> 00:29:10,813 reviews, with some critics comparing it favourably to 544 00:29:10,814 --> 00:29:12,680 Don't Look Back in Anger. 545 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,893 Notably, the album also included Songbird, penned by 546 00:29:16,894 --> 00:29:20,960 Liam, marking the first single not written by Noel. 547 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:23,373 It put them on steadier ground than their 548 00:29:23,374 --> 00:29:27,280 previous album, but internal tensions continued to simmer. 549 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:29,893 Noel, 120,000 tickets sold in four hours. 550 00:29:29,894 --> 00:29:32,053 Even you must have been surprised by that. 551 00:29:32,054 --> 00:29:34,520 Yeah, I was surprised, not shocked. 552 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:40,573 I think, you know, I didn't think it would go that quick, but I knew we'd 553 00:29:40,574 --> 00:29:42,477 sell them, but I didn't think we'd do it in under four and a half hours. 554 00:29:45,054 --> 00:29:47,493 Why do you think there is still that interest in Oasis? 555 00:29:47,494 --> 00:29:49,997 The best thing to do is to ask the fans, because we really don't know, you know. 556 00:29:49,998 --> 00:29:52,080 We're too busy wrapping up the music, really. 557 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:56,733 I can answer the guess and say that, you know, I see people at the gigs 558 00:29:56,734 --> 00:30:00,613 who are 16, 17, 18, and we've been 559 00:30:00,614 --> 00:30:03,413 going ten years, so we must soundtrack their lives, you know what I mean? 560 00:30:03,414 --> 00:30:04,973 So, I don't know what it is. 561 00:30:04,974 --> 00:30:09,093 I suppose it's because we're honest and because 562 00:30:09,094 --> 00:30:14,053 we always try, we always try to be true to ourselves and we don't fake it, 563 00:30:14,054 --> 00:30:14,821 you know what I mean? 564 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:16,557 You also seem to be going through a 565 00:30:16,558 --> 00:30:18,573 fairly creative phase at the minute, and the 566 00:30:18,574 --> 00:30:20,213 band seems to be very cohesive. 567 00:30:20,214 --> 00:30:22,813 We don't read the stories in the press any more than we used to. 568 00:30:22,814 --> 00:30:24,400 Is that helping you creatively? 569 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:26,157 The reason why I don't read the stories 570 00:30:26,158 --> 00:30:29,253 in the press is because, for want of 571 00:30:29,254 --> 00:30:30,973 a better word, the entourage that we used 572 00:30:30,974 --> 00:30:36,013 to be involved with are now no more, and people used to pass on stories to 573 00:30:36,014 --> 00:30:40,453 the press about us for their own games, but all that's gone now and we run 574 00:30:40,454 --> 00:30:41,573 a very little tight ship. 575 00:30:47,814 --> 00:30:50,013 And you were saying earlier that Liam's firing 576 00:30:50,014 --> 00:30:51,413 on all cylinders, he's on four. 577 00:30:51,414 --> 00:30:52,080 Yeah. 578 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:56,720 If anybody's coming here who's seen him before, 579 00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:58,477 I'll tell you right now, you're going to 580 00:30:58,478 --> 00:31:00,040 see the best you've ever seen him ever. 581 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:05,533 He's just, his singing is just amazing, it's blowing people away. 582 00:31:05,534 --> 00:31:07,867 I mean, we're twice the band when he's on the case anyway, you know. 583 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:09,880 Hello? 584 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,800 Don't Believe The Truth came next in 2005, 585 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,960 emerging as one of the band's most successful albums of the decade. 586 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,973 Critics praised Don't Believe The Truth as Oasis's 587 00:31:22,974 --> 00:31:26,080 best album since What's The Story Morning Glory. 588 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:31,120 The supporting tour covered 26 countries, 113 shows, 589 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:33,693 and drew over 3.2 million fans. 590 00:31:33,694 --> 00:31:38,560 It was the band's smoothest and most successful tour in a decade. 591 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,333 After the success of Don't Believe The Truth 592 00:31:43,334 --> 00:31:46,893 and its record-breaking tour, the Gallagher brothers' 593 00:31:46,894 --> 00:31:50,760 past relationships continued to shape their public personas. 594 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:55,493 Liam's turbulent marriage to Patsy Kensett had ended 595 00:31:55,494 --> 00:32:00,000 years earlier, followed by a rocky relationship with Nicole Appleton. 596 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:04,653 Meanwhile, Noel's first marriage to Meg Matthews had 597 00:32:04,654 --> 00:32:08,053 also dissolved in 2001, though he later found 598 00:32:08,054 --> 00:32:10,320 stability with Sarah MacDonald. 599 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:14,053 Their romantic relationships were often just as chaotic 600 00:32:14,054 --> 00:32:18,840 as their sibling rivalry and remain a key part of the Oasis story. 601 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:23,480 Their final studio album was released in 2008. 602 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:27,133 Dig Out Your Soul saw backstage tensions between 603 00:32:27,134 --> 00:32:29,560 Liam and Noel at an all-time high. 604 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:40,133 Our old relationship was never as bad as people made out, you know. 605 00:32:40,134 --> 00:32:43,613 But it wasn't like, you know, we weren't 606 00:32:43,614 --> 00:32:45,400 like Milli Vanilli, do you know what I mean? 607 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:48,680 Whatever that means, I don't know, but... 608 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:52,400 I assume they got on. 609 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:55,613 It kind of all started to unravel, if 610 00:32:55,614 --> 00:32:59,000 I'm being honest, when he started his clothing label. 611 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:00,280 And... 612 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:02,440 He... 613 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:08,213 demanded that in the Oasis tour programme that 614 00:33:08,214 --> 00:33:10,493 he be allowed to advertise it, which I 615 00:33:10,494 --> 00:33:15,013 was against because I didn't think that it 616 00:33:15,014 --> 00:33:19,640 was right for him to be flogging his gear to our fans. 617 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:21,760 And there was a massive row about that. 618 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:27,853 And it kind of went back and forward for a bit, as I remember it, and 619 00:33:27,854 --> 00:33:29,133 in the end I said, all right, well, 620 00:33:29,134 --> 00:33:32,040 if you want to advertise in the programme, how much? 621 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:35,197 And he couldn't get his head around that. 622 00:33:35,198 --> 00:33:37,040 It slowly went downhill from there. 623 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:42,920 However, the band would assure fans that Oasis were going nowhere. 624 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:45,053 So, there's been a lot of rumours. 625 00:33:45,054 --> 00:33:46,757 Bookie's saying that this might be the last Oasis. 626 00:33:46,758 --> 00:33:47,453 It's not. 627 00:33:47,454 --> 00:33:48,613 Where does that come from? 628 00:33:48,614 --> 00:33:50,240 I don't know. 629 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:54,213 People make comments all the time about any stock in any of it. 630 00:33:54,214 --> 00:33:55,893 So you can nail that rumour on London tonight? 631 00:33:55,894 --> 00:33:57,400 Yeah, we're never going to spoil. 632 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:00,397 You're going to end up like the Rolling Stones? 633 00:34:00,398 --> 00:34:01,213 Hopefully, yeah. 634 00:34:01,214 --> 00:34:04,160 What's it like, Neil Young on the stage, pushing 70 at Glastonbury? 635 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:06,413 You know, as long as people want to see it, we'll do it. 636 00:34:06,414 --> 00:34:07,280 Do you know what I mean? 637 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:09,933 And I think I speak for the rest of the band. 638 00:34:09,934 --> 00:34:14,120 We all really enjoy being in the studio and making music. 639 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:18,493 In 2009, Oasis were due to appear at 640 00:34:18,494 --> 00:34:21,373 V Festival in Chelmsford, but dropped out last 641 00:34:21,374 --> 00:34:23,773 minute due to Liam contracting laryngitis. 642 00:34:23,774 --> 00:34:25,613 You know, he didn't turn up for the 643 00:34:25,614 --> 00:34:30,240 V Festival gig because he had an hangover. 644 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:35,200 You know, he claimed he had laryngitis, but whatever, you know. 645 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,720 And there was a lot of bad press around that. 646 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:42,013 I think that was the problem. 647 00:34:42,014 --> 00:34:43,293 All of a sudden, Noel sort of just 648 00:34:43,294 --> 00:34:45,200 went, Whoa, whoa, what's going on here, man? 649 00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:47,733 You mean he's still drinking and smoking and staying up? 650 00:34:47,734 --> 00:34:50,880 He pulled out this billbook of like, No, no, we've got to behave now. 651 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:52,773 Nah, that doesn't work. 652 00:34:52,774 --> 00:34:56,613 Behaving and being in Oasis is, you know, doesn't work. 653 00:34:56,614 --> 00:34:57,599 I would not behave. 654 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:01,853 I'd get the gigs done, but I'd certainly be having a crack. 655 00:35:01,854 --> 00:35:03,277 That's what rock and roll is about, isn't it? 656 00:35:03,278 --> 00:35:04,160 Having a laugh. 657 00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:07,600 Who wants to see people walk on stage and behave? 658 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:08,973 That's not what it's about. 659 00:35:08,974 --> 00:35:13,040 If I wanted to behave, I'd be a priest or something. 660 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:19,160 Their tour had many more scheduled dates, but Oasis wouldn't appear again. 661 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:21,053 They were due to play a show in 662 00:35:21,054 --> 00:35:27,173 Paris a week after, but a backstage altercation spelt the end for the band. 663 00:35:27,174 --> 00:35:28,560 And it was quite violent. 664 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:32,133 At that point, there hadn't been any physical 665 00:35:32,134 --> 00:35:35,173 violence, but it was kind of, you know, 666 00:35:35,174 --> 00:35:37,653 it's a bit like WWE wrestling, and he 667 00:35:37,654 --> 00:35:40,053 was like the macho man Randy Savage, do you know what I mean? 668 00:35:40,054 --> 00:35:42,653 There was a lot of, ooh, yeah, and all that gear going on, and it's like, 669 00:35:42,654 --> 00:35:43,720 fucking hell, you know? 670 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:47,733 And he kind of storms out of the dressing room, but on the way out, and 671 00:35:47,734 --> 00:35:50,573 I'm glad it never ended like this, but on the way out, he picked up a 672 00:35:50,574 --> 00:35:54,813 plum, and he threw it across the dressing 673 00:35:54,814 --> 00:35:57,160 room, and it smashed against the wall. 674 00:35:58,120 --> 00:35:59,733 Now, part of me wishes it kind of 675 00:35:59,734 --> 00:36:00,797 did end like that, because that would have 676 00:36:00,798 --> 00:36:02,320 been a fucking great headline, you know? 677 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:06,000 Plum throws plum and finishes fucking Oasis, do you know what I mean? 678 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:09,320 And so then he kind of leaves. 679 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,493 He goes out the dressing room, and for 680 00:36:12,494 --> 00:36:14,533 whatever reason, he went to his own dressing 681 00:36:14,534 --> 00:36:16,213 room, and he came back wielding it like 682 00:36:16,214 --> 00:36:17,600 an axe, and I'm not fucking kidding. 683 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:22,053 And I make light of it, because it's kind of, you know, it's kind of what 684 00:36:22,054 --> 00:36:24,533 I do, but it was just a real 685 00:36:24,534 --> 00:36:28,213 unnecessary violent act, and he's swinging this guitar 686 00:36:28,214 --> 00:36:29,600 around, and he kind of... 687 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:33,120 You know, he nearly took my face off with it, you know? 688 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:36,053 It sounds by all accounts like maybe it 689 00:36:36,054 --> 00:36:38,253 wasn't as explosive an event back there in 690 00:36:38,254 --> 00:36:39,973 that dressing room as the reality. 691 00:36:39,974 --> 00:36:40,640 No, no. 692 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:41,760 It wasn't. 693 00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:44,600 Not in my books it wasn't. 694 00:36:45,720 --> 00:36:46,480 It wasn't. 695 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:47,933 But it obviously wasn't. 696 00:36:47,934 --> 00:36:49,797 I just think he wanted out, man, you know what I mean? 697 00:36:49,798 --> 00:36:51,197 To be quite honest, I think he's probably 698 00:36:51,198 --> 00:36:52,893 got a batch of songs that he doesn't 699 00:36:52,894 --> 00:36:55,493 want his brother singing or whatever, and he 700 00:36:55,494 --> 00:36:58,680 wants to go down another road, but that's cool, you know what I mean? 701 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,600 It was Noel who finally decided to end the group. 702 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:04,693 I mean, there was people in the band 703 00:37:04,694 --> 00:37:06,573 not saying anything, kind of looking the other way. 704 00:37:06,574 --> 00:37:08,317 It wasn't even a big dressing room, do you know what I mean? 705 00:37:08,318 --> 00:37:10,327 We were all involved in it, and nobody was saying anything. 706 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:13,520 So I was like, you know what? 707 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:15,573 I'm fucking out of here, you know? 708 00:37:15,574 --> 00:37:19,720 And at that point, the tour manager came in and just went, five minutes. 709 00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:27,533 I kind of got in the car, and I sat there for five minutes, and I 710 00:37:27,534 --> 00:37:28,477 just said, fuck it, that's it. 711 00:37:28,478 --> 00:37:30,893 I can't do it anymore, you know? 712 00:37:30,894 --> 00:37:31,653 And there you go. 713 00:37:31,654 --> 00:37:36,880 And it's a shame because I was comfortable in that band. 714 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:41,093 I'd perfected that role of that guy who 715 00:37:41,094 --> 00:37:43,173 just stood on the right and played the 716 00:37:43,174 --> 00:37:45,799 lead guitar and done backing vocals and sang the acoustic. 717 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:47,013 I fucking mastered that. 718 00:37:47,014 --> 00:37:48,693 It took me 18 years. 719 00:37:48,694 --> 00:37:51,400 It took me to fucking get that right, and I was brilliant at it. 720 00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:53,077 And if anybody came to the last tour, 721 00:37:53,078 --> 00:37:54,487 you'll know, I mean, I was fucking great. 722 00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:03,773 But at the end of the day, he's obviously not, he doesn't like me, but he 723 00:38:03,774 --> 00:38:05,493 doesn't like me in a violent way. 724 00:38:05,494 --> 00:38:06,877 I don't get on with him, you know what I mean? 725 00:38:06,878 --> 00:38:11,613 But he kind of takes it to a level that's, for me, there's no point in 726 00:38:11,614 --> 00:38:13,480 being in a band with people you fight with. 727 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:14,893 What's the point? 728 00:38:14,894 --> 00:38:16,133 Just go on and do bigger tours and 729 00:38:16,134 --> 00:38:19,013 make more fucking money and just always be arguing about shit. 730 00:38:19,014 --> 00:38:20,280 It's just nonsense. 731 00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:23,320 So I kind of did everybody a favour. 732 00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,240 See him at the football every now and again. 733 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,077 And that's it. Don't see him on the streets, you know what I mean? 734 00:38:31,078 --> 00:38:34,720 I don't really got... He doesn't move in the circles that I move in. 735 00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:37,120 I see my mum when I see her, regardless of him. 736 00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:40,613 If he's there, he's there, but he's not there when I see her or when she 737 00:38:40,614 --> 00:38:41,480 comes down to me. 738 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:43,893 I don't want the band to get back together. 739 00:38:43,894 --> 00:38:45,197 We shouldn't have split up, you know what I mean? 740 00:38:45,198 --> 00:38:46,677 There was no big deal, you know what I mean? 741 00:38:46,678 --> 00:38:51,693 He's making out as if I've stabbed one of his cats or slapped one of his 742 00:38:51,694 --> 00:38:55,133 kids or, dare I say it, tried it on with his missus, you know what I mean? 743 00:38:55,134 --> 00:38:56,933 It's like, leave it out, mate. 744 00:38:56,934 --> 00:38:58,277 It's like we had a little argument, you 745 00:38:58,278 --> 00:39:01,653 know what I mean, about things, you know what I mean? 746 00:39:01,654 --> 00:39:04,293 It wasn't just... We've always argued, you know what I mean? 747 00:39:04,294 --> 00:39:07,573 So I just think he wanted out, you know what I mean? 748 00:39:07,574 --> 00:39:09,277 And he wanted to make me the scapegoat, you know what I mean? 749 00:39:09,278 --> 00:39:10,637 He obviously wasn't getting enough attention. 750 00:39:10,638 --> 00:39:12,547 He just wanted it all for himself, you know what I mean? 751 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:16,733 Although it appeared Oasis was finished, their musical 752 00:39:16,734 --> 00:39:19,200 legacy continued to influence the scene. 753 00:39:20,720 --> 00:39:23,093 Bands like The Killers and Coldplay have often 754 00:39:23,094 --> 00:39:25,360 cited Oasis as a key inspiration. 755 00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:32,653 Following the dissolution of Oasis, both brothers pursued 756 00:39:32,654 --> 00:39:36,373 solo ventures, though neither arguably reached the heights 757 00:39:36,374 --> 00:39:38,280 of success achieved by the band. 758 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:40,640 Well, it's me and it's Gem and it's Andy. 759 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:43,120 We've got a new bass player who's mega. 760 00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:45,320 We've got the old drummer, Chris Sharrock. 761 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:47,013 We've got the old keyboard player. 762 00:39:47,014 --> 00:39:49,573 We're sort of going through the mill about getting new names. 763 00:39:49,574 --> 00:39:50,520 Nothing's sticking. 764 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,133 So we've sort of drawn the line on the names at the moment. 765 00:39:54,134 --> 00:39:55,517 Obviously, people are always going to go, yeah, 766 00:39:55,518 --> 00:39:57,400 we're still Oasis, but it's not Oasis anymore. 767 00:39:58,040 --> 00:39:59,280 Life's too short to be... 768 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:01,600 about with what people think. 769 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:07,557 We'll see what happens, you know what I mean? 770 00:40:07,558 --> 00:40:09,967 When the record's done, we're concentrating on the music at the moment. 771 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:14,640 Liam continued with the other band members in a group called BDI. 772 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:19,320 The group released two albums before disbanding in 2014. 773 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,800 Liam would then launch a solo career. 774 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:24,813 People are asking me about what I'm doing. 775 00:40:24,814 --> 00:40:26,040 I'm telling them how it is. 776 00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:27,397 And I'm telling them, people are asking me 777 00:40:27,398 --> 00:40:31,013 about, no, I'm not going to not shut up and go, you can't speak about your brother. 778 00:40:31,014 --> 00:40:32,693 He's my brother, you know what I mean? 779 00:40:32,694 --> 00:40:34,893 And people forget that he's been speaking about 780 00:40:34,894 --> 00:40:36,853 me in recent things, and they just think 781 00:40:36,854 --> 00:40:38,517 that I'm the one who's blabbing it, you know what I mean? 782 00:40:38,518 --> 00:40:41,399 But he's doing his thing. 783 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:42,600 We're doing our thing. 784 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:44,160 I wish them all the best. 785 00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:46,600 Don't release it the same day as us, because we'll have you. 786 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:49,853 And I'm feeling really confident about that, you know what I mean? 787 00:40:49,854 --> 00:40:51,093 But I don't wish it on him. 788 00:40:51,094 --> 00:40:52,117 He's my brother, you know what I mean? 789 00:40:52,118 --> 00:40:52,880 I love him to death. 790 00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:56,813 Noel would form the band Noel Gallagher's High 791 00:40:56,814 --> 00:41:00,800 Flying Birds in 2010, which would act as his solo project. 792 00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:09,560 For the next 15 years, Liam and Noel had virtually no relationship. 793 00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:15,213 In January 2024, Liam revealed he hadn't even 794 00:41:15,214 --> 00:41:18,693 spoken to his brother since the 2009 confrontation. 795 00:41:18,694 --> 00:41:23,960 This revelation made what would happen next even more surprising. 796 00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:28,000 Me and him are like telepathic, you know what I mean? 797 00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:30,960 I know my brother better than anybody else. 798 00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:34,400 When both come together, love, greatness. 799 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:51,653 Liam and Noel shocked fans in late August 800 00:41:51,654 --> 00:41:56,293 of 2024 when they announced an Oasis 2025 801 00:41:56,294 --> 00:41:57,400 stadium tour. 802 00:41:58,080 --> 00:41:59,973 I kind of teach my kids, like, this 803 00:41:59,974 --> 00:42:03,760 is a massive, massive thing, Oasis getting back together after 15 years. 804 00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:07,413 I think it's pretty overwhelming for people, actually. 805 00:42:07,414 --> 00:42:08,679 I think they're a bit shocked. 806 00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:09,480 Oh, I'm buzzing. 807 00:42:09,720 --> 00:42:11,240 Yeah, can't wait. 808 00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:18,720 And suddenly, the Oasis cultural phenomena last seen in the 90s was back. 809 00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:22,533 Words can't explain how I'm feeling. 810 00:42:22,534 --> 00:42:24,653 Feeling a feeling of dread that I won't 811 00:42:24,654 --> 00:42:26,533 get a ticket, feeling of excitement if I 812 00:42:26,534 --> 00:42:28,520 do get a ticket, a feeling of anticipation, 813 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:29,914 thinking, oh my goodness. 814 00:42:31,720 --> 00:42:33,880 Demand for the tickets was astronomical. 815 00:42:34,240 --> 00:42:36,173 Spent my whole life, like, listening to my 816 00:42:36,174 --> 00:42:38,293 dad telling stories of Oasis and Oasis gigs 817 00:42:38,294 --> 00:42:40,253 and thinking, oh my God, what I'd do 818 00:42:40,254 --> 00:42:42,653 to live through that and this happening. 819 00:42:42,654 --> 00:42:44,853 It's just, like, I found out and I was in tears. 820 00:42:44,854 --> 00:42:47,120 I've cried about five times already about it. 821 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:50,013 The announcement of the Oasis reunion has brought 822 00:42:50,014 --> 00:42:54,013 together generations young and old, proving that after 823 00:42:54,014 --> 00:42:57,360 all the chaos, the music was always worth the wait. 824 00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:59,973 It's a great ongoing soap opera, isn't it? 825 00:42:59,974 --> 00:43:02,853 It's a nice conclusion to a great story, isn't it? 826 00:43:02,854 --> 00:43:04,813 One of the great British rock and roll stories. 70627

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