Ocean Colour Scene have said they would "love" to support Oasis once again when the band play their Live 27 shows at Knebworth next year.
Brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher confirmed a 38-show tour including four nights at the Hertfordshire venue on September 11, 12, 18, and 19 next year. The run also visits Glasgow’s Celtic Park, Manchester’s Etihad Stadium and Ireland’s Slane Castle.
During their set at Knebworth on August 10, 1996, Ocean Colour Scene played hits such as “The Day We Caught The Train” and “The Riverboat Song”, alongside a cover of The Small Faces’ “Song Of A Baker,” to 125,000 people, and they hope to repeat the experience.
Asked whether the band would want to play at the upcoming Knebworth shows, singer Simon Fowler told the Press Association: "I’d love to, why not if they give us the nod?"
However, despite their fond feelings for the occasion, the group admit to having very little recollection of their initial performance at the venue.
Fowler added: "Quite frankly, I can remember the terrifying opening and the (thousands of) arms in the air.. but I can’t remember anything in between."
Guitarist Steve Craddock interjects: "I don’t have any recollections of the day."
Fowler continues: "I remember getting your dad’s cine camera, and I said, ‘What do you do?’, he said, ‘Press this button. ’ So I walked up to the crowd, pressed the button, and they went arms in the air like that.
"And I was barely able to think of how to walk, because I was terrified. We probably started with ‘Riverboat’, and I cannot remember anything until the end of the gig when we did ‘The Day We Caught The Train.’
"Isn’t that disgraceful? It was one of the biggest days of our lives, and neither of us can remember it."
Ocean Colour Scene begin a 30th anniversary tour of their Moseley Shoals album—which reached number two in the UK album chart in 1996—this November, with dates at London’s The O2, Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, Cardiff’s Utilita Arena, and Belfast’s Telegraph Building.
