The Latest Breaking News from Britpop

Reach for the Stars by Michael Cragg review – hot gossip from pop’s golden age

In this hoot of an oral history the stars of 90s chart acts recall how their innocence collided with a cynical music industry

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2023

Britpop icons Blur reveal they were nearly AXED by record company before success

New documentary Britpop: The Decade That Changed Music starts on Channel 5 hears Blur drummer Dave Rowntree admit the band were given their 'last chance' with record company bosses

Daily Mirror · Mar 6, 2023

‘It was nuts what we got away with’: remembering the 00s UK indie explosion

As the film Meet Me in the Bathroom relives the glory days of the Strokes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, fans and musicians recall the sweat, swagger and skinny jeans that made the British scene they inspired even wilder

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2023

Britpop legends Pulp to headline next year's TRNSMT - see the full line-up so far

BRITPOP legends Pulp will be one of the headline acts at next year’s TRNSMT, organisers have said.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 28, 2022

Verse, Chorus, Monster! by Graham Coxon review – Britpop’s unlikely lad

In a disarmingly candid memoir, the Blur guitarist relates the madness of fame and addiction, his unease with Britpop, and how folk led him to greener pastures

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022

Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me from Success by Miki Berenyi review – a shoegaze star’s painful past

The Lush frontwoman’s memoir is a nuanced, honest portrait of a troubled childhood – and a corrective to a much-mythologised era

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2022

Blur ‘planning comeback with huge Wembley concert seven years after break’

Blur are said to be preparing for a comeback seven years after taking a break

Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2022

Paper Cuts by Ted Kessler review – ode to the glory days, and slow demise, of the music press

This colourful, self-deprecating memoir charts the author’s journey from light-fingered record shop employee to editor of Q magazine until it folded in 2020, with guest appearances from Paul Weller, Mark E Smith et al

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2022

Noel Gallagher banned from China for life as he is 'enemy of the people'

Noel Gallagher and his Oasis band-mates were asked to perform at a Tibetan Freedom Concert in New York during the time that the Britpop band were in their pomp but he was the only one to take to the stage

Daily Mirror · Jun 14, 2022

Liam Gallagher review – Knebworth return shows Britpop isn’t timeless

Back at the stately home where Oasis basked in glory in 1996, Liam’s solid solo material can’t quite conjure the same magic

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2022