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Group portrait of British rock band Oasis at Nomad Studios in Manchester,
United Kingdom, 29th November 1993. Noel Gallagher, Paul Arthurs, Paul
McGuigan, Tony McCarroll, Liam Gallagher. ©James Fry/Getty Images

This is a story of sibling rivalry as ancient as Cain and wholesome tunes full of emotion and power, interpreted with
Abel’s. A story of everyday madness like the ones rock culture skill and talent deriving from anger, desperation, and an
has always told us, but not the easiest to accept. instinctive, wild electric language of razor-sharp words and
Noel and Liam Gallagher, from Manchester but with Irish guitars.
blood, born in 1967 and 1972, respectively, have been loved They have chosen and accepted to get back together
and celebrated worldwide since the mid-1990s thanks to the after years of fighting and endless insults, habitually through
feats of Oasis, a band that has outrun competition for years on microphones and cameras, for the pleasure of British tabloids,
end, idolized by fans worldwide, and appreciated by critics. It always ready to enjoy their spectacular verbal (and nonverbal!)
was a goldmine for labels. For a while, they were even defined arguments. Noel, the songwriter, and Liam, the unmistakable
– like many passing wonders – as the “new Beatles”. The singer and frontman, are bringing the band back on stage.
story of Oasis is the perfect mix of fairy tale and nightmare. They had shattered it in 2010, after the umpteenth brawl in
It is the adventure of two kids who, just past their twentieth a dressing room at a concert in Paris, which buried Oasis and
birthdays, came out of the projects with a less-than-honorable every possible family relationship. Many people tried to pick
curriculum and an even worse family history (a father who up the pieces with financial offers beyond imagination, but
beat up nearly anyone then disappeared – a happy ending, after the two bad boys only thought about competing through solo
all), conquering the world with a handful of songs. Effective, projects – Noel with his High Flying Birds, Liam with Beady Eye.

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