OASIS
KNEBWORTH
TWO NIGHTS THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER
Photographs by Jill Furmanovsky
Text by Daniel Rachel
Publishing 5th August 2021 Cassell Illustrated, £40
“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. One in every 20 people in the UK applied for tickets.
Twenty-five years on, Oasis: Knebworth – Two Nights that will Live Forever by internationally renowned, award-winning music photographer Jill Furmanovsky and Penderyn Music Book Prize winning author Daniel Rachel is the definitive account of two nights that a generation will never forget.
Containing hundreds of never-before-seen photographs by Jill Furmanovsky –granted unprecedented access to Oasis throughout that summer – it covers events from relaxed rehearsals and warm-up concerts to being backstage with the band, flying over the site in a helicopter and even on-stage at Knebworth itself, in front of a sea of adoring fans.
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, Ocean Colour Scene, backing musicians, Creation management and many more besides.
Oasis: Knebworth – Two Nights that will Live Forever is the inside story, capturing the glory and the mayhem of those two historic nights 25 years ago.
PRAISE FOR OASIS: KNEBWORTH
‘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
‘An evocative return to those heady days’ CLASSIC POP
It’s the must-buy book of the summer’ COURIER
‘Hundreds of never-seen-before images’ i-PAPER
‘Goes behind the scenes of the gigs and gives an insight into the famously difficult relationship between the Gallagher brothers.’ SUNDAY MIRROR
‘Era defining’ ROLLING STONE