Musician-turned-award winning author
‘It’s brilliant, beautiful, gorgeous, stunning… the kind of book you want to smell and stroke.’ CHRIS EVANS, VIRGIN RADIO
‘Entertaining… (a) majestic book’ ’ GIGSLUTZ
‘A very handsome book’ ROBERT ELMS, BBC LONDON
‘These pages reverberate with an insight and also a superb gallows humour…it’s a story about affirmation and friendship.’ LOUDER THAN WAR
A METRO & EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR
‘A rollicking read….a tale of hedonism and opportunism, of great hope and dashed expectations.’ MAIL ON SUNDAY
‘A grade, A list oral history’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Eminently, moreishly readable’ NEW STATESMAN
‘A fascinating step back to right before the web, smartphones and streaming changed the face of culture’ STYLIST
‘I tore through it, savouring every high and low point of this hazy, hard-to-define epoch’ EVENING STANDARD
‘Remarkable’ ART REVIEW
‘Book of the Week’ GUARDIAN
‘The tumult, the triumph and the toilery of the 90s…a who’s who of the decade’ SHAUN KEAVENY, BBC 6 MUSIC
‘Without question, the definitive telling of what Britain was in the nineties, who Britain became and how that has come to define the times we live in now’ M.M.A
‘I absolutely devoured it’ CHRIS WARBURTON, BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
‘We guarantee, this will change the way you think about the era you lived through’
DAVID HEPWORTH
‘It’s so original to read about the 90s that takes in all those different perspectives and doesn’t just paint a picture of a heap of cocaine with Noel Gallagher in the middle of it’ MARK ELLEN
* WINNER: PENDERYN BOOK OF THE YEAR
* Radio 2 Book Club choice
‘A triumphant oral history’ GUARDIAN
‘A colossal and brilliant book’ SHAUN KEEVENY, BBC 6 Music
‘A majestic work’ THE WIRE
‘A fabulous book’ JONATHAN ROSS , Radio 2 Arts Show
‘Daniel Rachel’s superlative oral history… a brilliant account of the period.’ Q
‘Brilliant insight’ MOJO
‘Glorious’ TRACEY THORN, New Statesman
‘Absorbing an intriguing….a well researched and passionate book.’ LOUDER THAN WAR
‘An amazing oral history of a time when pop culture fought against the forces of darkness. ‘ BILLY BRAGG
‘An important book, crammed full of photos & the real story of how a great number bands got together & actually did something to change things in the UK.’ CHALKIE DAVIES
Hardback publication: 26 August 2021
‘A fantastical journey through what might have been. Daniel’s got a great way of writing about real life and turning deeply researched facts into exciting and compelling books. He writes like you’re kind of chatting to him down the pub.’ Chris Hawkins, BBC 6 MUSIC
‘A detailed researcher and writer capable of evoking a time and place….ingenious.’ RECORD COLLECTOR
‘Full of enthralling details about the highs and lows of the band’s last year…it’s like the DNA in a crime scene.’ David Hepworth, WORD IN YOUR EAR
‘A triumph! Absolutely loved it. Such an inspired idea and written with a wonderful balance of genuine fandom, qualified intelligence and bloody good fun!’ Ian Ramage, BMG
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
“A WONDERFUL DOCUMENT OF THE LAST GREAT GATHERING OF THE PRE-INTERNET AGE.
NO CAMERA PHONES, NO SOCIAL MEDIA, JUST A BAND AND ITS FANS AS ONE.”
– NOEL GALLAGHER
On the 10th and 11th August 1996, Oasis
played Knebworth, the concerts that would
define them, a band at the height of their
powers playing to over 250,000 people.
It was the music event of the decade.
Twenty-five years on, Oasis: Knebworth
– Two Nights That Will Live Forever by
is the definitive account of two
nights that a generation will never forget.
Over 250 breathtaking images are partnered
by Daniel Rachel’s evocative text drawing on
exclusive interviews with the people behind
the concerts, including Noel Gallagher,
Alan McGee, backing musicians, Creation
management and many more besides.
A GUARDIAN & NME BOOK OF THE YEAR
‘‘This is without doubt the finest book I’ve ever read about songwriters and the songs they write. Fantastic, insightful interviews. I remember being interviewed for it at the time and thinking, “I wish all interviews were like this’ NOEL GALLAGHER
‘After all these years to be asked original was very impressive’ ROBIN GIBB
‘Really intelligent, clued up and musically astute’ WEEKEND SPORT
‘A fascinating book’ MIRANDA SAWYER, BBC Radio 4
‘Fascinating insights’ GUARDIAN
‘As fascinating as his subjects’ NME
‘In depth, scholarly’ Q
‘An unmissable collection’ SONGWRITING
‘Absolutely fantastic’ JANICE LONG, BBC Radio 2
‘Revelations abound. This is a must for all songwriters and lovers of song’ PAUL ZOLLO, author Songwriters On Songwriting
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