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On April 28th 1996 Oasis played the second of two nights at Maine Road.


An estimated 80,000 people attended the gigs, support for the shows included Manic Street Preachers and Ocean Colour Scene.

Bonehead speaking to the NME on Oasis playing at Maine Road in 1996.

"We weren’t just coming back to play the Manchester Indoor Arena, we were coming back to play Maine Road. We’d all spent years of our childhood there. It was the crowd who made it, for me".

Noel Gallagher when asked what his career high was in 2006.

"I guess, is playing at Maine Road in Manchester because it was the grounds of the football team I’ve supported since I was a child. It was the first stadium we played and it was amazing".

Bonehead in 2016 on Oasis playing at Maine Road in 1996.

"Maine Road was where we all used to go as kids. So I was standing there, trying to make sure I never forgot this moment. And now I can’t remember a fucking thing about it, and yet I stood there for an hour and a half”

Noel Gallagher on Oasis playing at Maine Road.

"Maine Road was where we all used to go as kids, It looked like a big front room, except there were 42,000 people in it.”

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