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Brawls with a cricket bat. A dog licking cocaine off the studio floor. Year by supersonic year, the highs and lows of Oasis


Today tickets go on sale for a reunion tour most people thought could never happen. The warring Gallagher brothers have put aside their differences and agreed to a 14-date Oasis tour in 2025.

During the recording Elsa the engineer’s Rottweiler licks up some cocaine that had inadvertently spilled on the floor and is out of it for the next few days, inspiring Noel’s lyric, ‘I know a girl called Elsa/She’s into alka seltzer.’ Supersonic becomes their first single. The cover photo was taken in Bonehead’s house and shows the band surrounded by objects important to them, including a poster of songwriter Burt Bacharach and pictures of footballers George Best and Rodney Marsh. The recently elected Prime Minister Tony Blair has invited several celebrities to what becomes known as the ‘Cool Britannia’ reception at Downing Street, including Noel and his wife Meg Mathews, Alan McGee and his partner Kate.

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