Journalist and broadcaster Dominic Mohan hosts a talk with Johnny Hopkins, Oasis press officer from 1993 until 2000 and Jill Furmanovsky, Oasis Music photographer all about the year 1996, and the now legendary Oasis shows from that year at Knebworth.
1996: Oasis rocked Maine Road and Knebworth, The Spice Girls were born and scored three number ones, including a global hit with their debut single, Wannabe. The Sex Pistols got back together and Jarvis Cocker’s infamous stage‑crash at the BRIT Awards got him arrested, while his group, Pulp, was riding high in the charts with Blur and Suede.
Trainspotting became the cult phenomenon of the decade, turning Irvine Welsh’s novel into a break-out film, and Young British Artists, Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst, had emerged as two of the most provocative voices in British art.
In football, as Three Lions echoed from the terraces and across the country, England was inches away from triumphing in Euro ’96 at Wembley. I was there for the lot.
And it was the dawn of New Labour. As John Major’s government entered its final months, Tony Blair and his party were gearing up for a landslide victory in the 1997 General Election.
Watch the entire thing here.
