Roll With It: A Celebration of Oasis and Its Fans

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We delve into people’s personal stories and experiences with the band Oasis, highlighting how the band’s music has impacted or influenced their lives.

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00:00I wouldn't queue, I don't queue for anyone, I certainly wouldn't go in and queue for tickets.

00:13You want my money, you come and take it off me.

00:15I am, but we didn't bother because I knew it was going to be like quite high demand,

00:21so I just didn't bother.

00:23We bought it in 2007 and it was completely derelict,

00:27on a national register called the at-risk register, which means it's in danger of falling down.

00:31That's the sort of state it was in.

00:33There was no glass on the windows, there was holes in the roof,

00:36and the interior was completely missing, so it was just a shell inside.

00:40We bought the property for the house, not the cottage,

00:43and so we'd seen the house a couple of times.

00:45When we actually moved into the house, then we found the 7-inch version of that single framed in the dining room.

00:52So we knew then that there was a connection between that and the Oasis, some might say single.

00:57We've had the odd person coming around, the odd enquiry, but since the band announced their tour

01:02and they get back together again, we've had loads of enquiries.

01:05Now of all the places in Manchester that's associated with Oasis,

01:08and Learman or Gallagher in particular, this is one of the most infamous.

01:12It's probably got the biggest cult following, because this ordinary seeming record shop

01:15is actually where they used to buy their own records at the age of 16.

01:20And the owner Peter, who we're going to talk to in a minute, was actually referenced in a song

01:23and was called Mr Sifter, obviously after the name of the shop.

01:26They rang me up, you know, to, you know, and they asked if they could do it basically, you know,

01:32like I was going to say no.

01:34Not many people have got sort of verses in rock songs, haven't they?

01:38They had to find a new verse, you know, so Noel was driving past here apparently

01:43and I got lucky, didn't I? Very lucky.

01:47The sort of thing happens to other people, innit?

01:48I knew they were popular, but I had no idea they were this popular.

01:51So, I mean, that was sort of a shot in the arm for me.

01:54I've been going since 1977 and I'm just making a living, really.

01:58And then there was renewed interest.

02:00And now, of course, there's another shot in the arm, you know, for the music industry

02:03when they got back, not, not just Oasis fans, but it's, you know,

02:07and it's coincided with the increasing interest in vinyl.

02:13The Gallagher brothers are iconic, but another much-loved British duo

02:17might just have helped two Oasis fans from Bishop Auckland in the North East of England

02:22to nab some unusual but very homely accommodation for the Heaton Park gig in Manchester.

02:28A girl called Olivia, who lives near the Heaton Park in Manchester,

02:32put this tweet out and it was a couple of days before the presale

02:35and it said something along the lines of, if you're an Oasis fan

02:37and you don't want to fork out for extortionate hotel prices,

02:41come and stay in my garden.

02:43The idea was first born out of the fact that I really wanted a ticket.

02:45I really wanted to go to the Oasis.

02:47Obviously, it's going to be a gig of the century.

02:49And, you know, I saw a lot of hotels ramping up their prices around gig time,

02:55you know, somewhere extortionate as much as like £500 to just go and, you know,

02:59kipping some grotty hotel in the centre of Manchester.

03:02I don't live too far away from Heaton Park, so I thought,

03:05well, what about if I can get some people to come and camp in my garden,

03:09save them the money on accommodation,

03:12and if they can get me a ticket as well, I'll buy it off them.

03:16Then why not do that?

03:18So I thought, yeah, why not? Do you know what I mean?

03:19We'll give it a go. I'll just send her a message, nothing loose sort of thing.

03:22It was absolutely crazy. As soon as I put that tweet out, you know,

03:25it got the first few hundred and I was like, oh God, it's got 100 people viewing it.

03:28And then it just completely snowballed like overnight, you know,

03:31woke up to, I think we're on 7 million views now.

03:34So it's, yeah, it's been absolutely crazy.

03:37I did not anticipate it reaching as far as it did.

03:40So there was a point where Olivia had messaged back and she'd said,

03:42you're in the top running sort of thing.

03:44And I messaged Mark, I said, oh, we in here mate, you know what I mean?

03:47We in here mate, you know what I mean? I think we in with a good chance.

03:49And he went, ah, nah mate, it'll never happen. It'll never happen.

03:52I said, no man, I honestly think we've got a good chance here.

03:55And he said, well, does she realise that if she picks us, we rock up at her house.

03:59It's going to be like she got Ant and Dec off, wish.

04:01David was, he was one of the first people to apply anyway.

04:07And he was very keen.

04:08And I think having spoke to him, he was just really genuine.

04:12He was, you know, just as excited about coming to the gig and going to see Oasis.

04:16And I think his answers really struck out to me.

04:19I mean, one of the things that he said, he describes himself, him and Mark,

04:22who he's coming with as like Ant and Dec off wish.

04:25And I thought that was hilarious.

04:26And I thought, yeah, you guys sound like the kind of people that I want to go to the gig with.

04:31So, yeah, they were just kind of chosen there and then.

04:36I can't remember when I first heard of Oasis.

04:39I guess it was probably from Melody Maker Music Magazine.

04:42But I remember I bought Supersonic on the day it came out.

04:44So I was definitely aware of them from the start.

04:47Getting all the early 12 inches and then the albums as they came out.

04:51And then building up to going to see them at Nebworth in 1996.

04:55I'm obviously a little bit younger than Neil.

04:58I can remember sort of when I was maybe around seven or eight.

05:02I can remember Dad badly playing guitar.

05:05I can remember him playing Morning Glory and going, oh, I quite like that one.

05:08And when I sort of got a bit older, sort of discovered who Oasis were.

05:13But unfortunately, they'd split by then.

05:16Well, I think it was a lot easier to get tickets in those days.

05:19No dynamic pricing.

05:20I can't remember how much a ticket was, but I'm guessing it was probably more like about £30 or something.

05:24But yeah, I remember being excited driving down from Leicester where I was living at the time.

05:30And I guess you had a feeling of a moment in time about it, really.

05:33You kind of knew it was special on that front and they had loads of great bands supporting them as well.

05:37So it was a magical day, really.

05:39There's three bands and artists that sort of got me into music.

05:43It was The Beatles, it was Bob Marley and it was Oasis that sort of first grabbed me and went, wow, this is brilliant.

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