What’s the story? British peer says Oasis will play Knebworth – then rows back

Liam Gallagher performing at Knebworth in 1996. The band played two shows, which have since become part of pop-culture folklore. Photograph: Roberta Parkin/Redferns

The wood-panelled chambers of the House of Lords aren’t renowned for rock’n’roll hyperbole or for being a place where big music announcements are made.

So when a British peer stood in the upper house and declared that Oasis would perform five back-to-back anniversary gigs at Knebworth House, the music world barely noticed.