HISTORICAL FACTS: Britpop - Caught on Camera

Noel Gallagher’s ex-wife Meg Mathews reveals breast cancer battle and mastectomy

Mathews was diagnosed with the condition in October 2024.

Evening Standard · Nov 1

Can UK pop cut immigration and stop the boats? I suppose we’ll find out with GB News Music Radio

An ‘all British, all day’ station is a nativist dream come true – but good luck with the playlist. And anyway: how many artists will want to be on Farage FM? asks Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21

Sing me something new: Liam Gallagher sends fans into a frenzy after hinting Oasis have a new album on the way

Oasis just might be releasing a new album, if Liam Gallagher's latest X post is to be believed.

BANG Premier · Oct 21

"Are we a punk band now?" The ugly truth behind Mezzanine, the bleak, beautiful masterpiece which ripped Massive Attack apart

Upon its release in 1998, Massive Attack's third album Mezzanine sounded like nothing that had come before. It still does

Louder · Jul 31

“Our drummer left for a sandwich and never came back. We heard he was found wandering in no man’s land by Canadian Mounties”: An epic guide to every Swervedriver album in the band’s own words

Adam Franklin takes us on an all-access tour through the Swervedriver back catalogue, from their Creation incubation up to the band's reunion and glorious second act

Louder · Jun 22

"Football unites us." Blur's Alex James to host Britpop party nights in London's Trafalgar Square ahead of England's World Cup group stage games

Blur bassist promises "the perfect aperitif for England's big games"

Louder · Jun 5

“In my older age, I’m thinking, ‘Maybe I shouldn’t have been playing Marshalls for 35 years…’” Why Graham Coxon is questioning his classic Blur guitar rig

The Britpop icon is reassessing his gear choices

Guitar World · May 26

“I was a kid with very little experience and a huge amount to prove. Critics had written us off before it came out – no-one took me seriously”: The making of Suede’s 1996 Britpop classic Coming Up

Guitarist Richard Oakes arrived in the band as Bernard Butler's replacement – a relative rookie. Suede were supposedly cooked. And yet in songs like Trash and Beautiful Ones, they had something special indeed

Guitar World · May 5

Liam Gallagher starts feud with two British bands: ‘They dress like estate agents’

Oasis musician responded to news that two 90s rock acts are heading on tour together

The Independent UK · Apr 29

“Ken, our producer said ‘Look up there lads, look at the stars’. He literally said ‘Look at the stars’”: The fateful circumstances that led to Coldplay’s biggest ever song

Coldplay’s first stab at a euphoric crowd-pleaser was a clear indication that a stadium-filling future awaited

MusicRadar · Apr 4