How did the Guardian cover Oasis at Knebworth 1996? Well … we didn’t
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<p>Noel Gallagher told fans ‘this is history’ but the paper opted to review support act the Charlatans instead, as that band returned from tragedy</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/14/oasis-tour-reunion-2027-announcement-tickets-knebworth">• News: Oasis announce 2027 tour, including return to Kn
<p>Noel Gallagher told fans ‘this is history’ but the paper opted to review support act the Charlatans instead, as that band returned from tragedy</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/14/oasis-tour-r
<p>Noel Gallagher told fans ‘this is history’ but the paper opted to review support act the Charlatans instead, as that band returned from tragedy</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/14/oasis-tour-reunion-2027-announcement-tickets-knebworth">• News: Oasis announce 2027 tour, including return to Knebworth 30 years after historic concerts</a></p><p><em>Over two days in August 1996, Oasis played to 250,000 people at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire</em><em>. Riding high on two bestselling albums, the concerts were seen as the crowning moment in their career.</em></p><p><em>The Guardian covered the weekend but Caroline Sullivan’s review concentrated on the Charlatans, one of the support acts. There was a picture of the Knebworth crowds on page 7, but the main review that day was of folk-rock band Fairport Convention’s </em><em><a href="https://uploads.guim.co.uk/2026/08/17/Cropredy_review,_the_Gdn,_12_August_1996.jpg">Cropredy</a></em><em><a href="https://uploads.guim.co.uk/2026/08/17/Cropredy_review,_the_Gdn,_12_August_1996.jpg"> festival</a>. There was also a review of the </em><em>“anti-Oasis</em><em>” <a href="https://uploads.guim.co.uk/2026/08/17/Divine_Comedy_review,_the_Gdn,_12_Aug_1996.jpg">Divine Comedy</a>.</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/14/how-did-guardian-cover-oasis-knebworth-1996">Continue reading...</a>
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