Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger (2026)
“I wanna talk tonight. Until the morning light”
Who was that young man? All long hair, life by the tail, living in his first ever house with the first true love of his musical life? Who was that young man? All piss and vinegar, corporate career, ahead of the curve yet behind the 8 ball, listening to “Whatever” by the still barely known Oasis and thinking: “I’m free, to be whatever I, whatever I choose, and I’ll sing the blues, if I want” and believing this truly speaks to and for me. Who was that young man? In the 20’s prime of his physical and mental life, Bill Hicks, George Carlin, Erich von Däniken and David Icke filling his tiny mind of wonder for other wider dimensions, patterns of thought, and listening to “Definitely Maybe” endlessly before tackling each drunken night out by dancing to “Rock ’n’ Roll Star”. Who was that young man? A boy of the sea looking out on the waves of a life soon to take him away from the seaside to a new town, a new life, a whole new world, but not before getting stoned to the eyeballs and dancing to “Shakermaker” in a dingy club, alone, and long, long before Oasis became the “biggest band in the world”.
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I guess that young man was me and, for good or ill, good times or bloody great times, Oasis has been a ginormous part of my life, and here they are (well, Noel, Liam and Bonehead) back together, creating memories for a new generation of fans, and even an old fool like me still dancing to “Shakermaker”.
