A brand new four-part collection Britpop: The Music That Modified Britain will kick off this weekend to have fun the style’s thirtieth anniversary.
The collection will doc the story of the integral British style from begin to end. There shall be “unique new interviews with the important thing gamers”, who will inform “fascinating behind-the-scenes tales”, and a “uncommon and unseen archive of all of the period’s huge names”.
The primary episode tells the story of Britpop’s rise to fame and the notorious rivalries between Blur, Oasis, Suede and Elastica. Some pivotal artists featured embody Alex James and Dave Rowntree of Blur who’ll discuss their “disastrous” early tour and creating their basic ‘Parklife’ album.
Additionally, we’ll see Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher speak in rarely-seen archived interview footage from the early days of their profession. This units up properly for the second episode’s deep dive into the Oasis vs Blur chart battle and feud.
The brand new four-part collection Britpop: The Music That Modified Britain shall be premiering on Sunday (March 12) at 9pm on Channel 5 within the UK.
Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn have buried the hatchet at the least, with the previous providing to sprinkle some extra “Northern magic” on new Gorillaz materials following earlier collaborations.
In different information, Noel Gallagher not too long ago revealed that he would “by no means say by no means” to an Oasis reunion. The band have been remained break up since 2009. Noel, in the meantime, is gearing as much as launch his new album ‘Council Skies‘ with the Excessive Flying Birds on June 2, having not too long ago shared the Robert Smith remix of the only ‘Fairly Boy‘.
Additionally, Blur are set to go out on upcoming reunion tour, beginning with two nights in Wembley Stadium. Different exhibits embody Italy‘s Lucca Summer season Competition, Dublin’s Malahide Citadel, Øya in Norway and France’s Beauregard Competition.
