I donвЂ™t believe you can play like that and be off your nut. вЂњOther than the visible intake of Guinness on LiamвЂ™s part, they donвЂ™t seem like spliffheads. During the edit for вЂCast No ShadowвЂ™ is where it really dawned on me вЂ“ вЂBlimey, theyвЂ™re really tight this band, theyвЂ™re really good.вЂ™ I mean, the musicianship is classy. вЂњThe audio is off the desk and LiamвЂ™s vocals are just spot on,вЂќ Jake agrees. The crowd may have been sorted for Es, whizz and lukewarm lager, but the tight as a duckвЂ™s proverbial performance suggests that coming off stage the band would have passed a drugs test. That symbiosis вЂ“ or symbi oasis вЂ“ definitely comes across with Liam, in particular, clearly feeding off the seething mass in front of him. вЂњI really wanted to make the film a story about the fans and their relationship with the band and vice versa and how that symbiosis occurred over two days.вЂќ IвЂ™ve looked at the footage intimately and what comes across is the crowdвЂ™s genuine love of the band, love of the music and love of the lyrics вЂ“ they know every fucking word. вЂњOasis had this вЂladвЂ™s bandвЂ™ label but it was very equal in terms of boys and girls. ThereвЂ™s doubtless a story there but letвЂ™s return to the matter in handвЂ¦ вЂњYeah, there were no phones, very few tattoos, very little dyed hair, very little piercings,вЂќ Jake nods from his ex-wifeвЂ™s home in Los Angeles. вЂњThere was no one holding a phone or an iPad in front of me вЂ“ it just seemed easier to enjoy the gig and get lost in the moment and not having to prove to somebody that you were thereвЂќ, says Emma Alonby, one of the mad-for-it fans who get to reminisce in Jake (son of Ridley) ScottвЂ™s viscerally thrilling film, which includes a hefty dose of social history. The lack of digital technology also had a huge impact on how the massive crowd interacted with Noel, Liam, Guigsy, Bonehead and oft forgotten drummer Alan as they performed the hits, the whole hits and nothing but the hits.

The demand for tickets in those pre-internet days вЂ“ 250,000 were sold and 2.5 million applied for вЂ“ caused meltdowns in telephone exchanges the length and breadth of New Labour Britain, which had its de facto cultural capital in Madchester. Christmas comes early for Oasis fans on Thursday September 23 with the cinematic release here of Knebworth 1996, the documentary account of how the brothers Gallagher more or less defined a generation with their two nights at David Lytton-CobboldвЂ™s Tudor pile in Hertfordshire, which had previously played host to the legendary likes of Pink Floyd, Led Zepellin and The Rolling Stones.

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