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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Mark Beaumont

‘We were all cabbaged beyond belief’: 30 years of Oasis’s masterpiece debut Definitely Maybe

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Finally, rock music’s biggest question mark has an answer as Oasis announce they will reunite for a 14-date tour next year, bringing an end to 15 years of intense feuding between Liam and Noel Gallagher. “The guns have fallen silent,” read the sibling’s joint statement announcing the news. But 30 years ago, back when the brothers’ exhilarating open warfare first broke out and swept the globe, it was all about the noise.

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