“The battling Gallagher brothers” – according to every tabloid newspaper in the land – are set to dominate headlines again this summer when the Oasis reunion rolls in with the inexorable precision of a military exercise to take up residence in the stadiums and enormodomes across the world.
Before that, a pause is called for to consider a time before their entrance and the codification of Britpop, to when their future chart rivals, Blur, were grappling with the concept of Englishness in the face of grunge’s domination and their own potential demise.
