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Gallagher style: What to wear for the Oasis Live '25 Tour

Style notes borrowed from the poster boys of Britpop

Evening Standard

Robbie Williams’s first Britpop show in Edinburgh veers from electrified showmanship to plain awful

3/5 ‘My dream is to be the best entertainer on the f***ing planet,’ the pop star tells a suitably wowed Edinburgh, and he certainly seems to mean it

The Independent UK

‘We want to stop in our prime’: Saint Etienne on their final album, turning down Cher’s Believe, and why pop is a dying art

The Britpop-defying indie trio are calling it a day after 35 years. From having their minds blown by techno to fireworks night with Aphex Twin, they recall the highs – and explain their eternal ‘psychic’ bond

The Guardian - UK

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Pulp are back and more wistfully Britpop than before

Ah, the 90s. A decade when the future seemed bright, technological modernity was pregnant with promise, and Britannia was revelling in a rediscovered sense of cool. The pop-culture emblem of this was Britpop.

The Conversation

Supergrass at the Roundhouse review: a playful, energetic trip down memory lane

4/5 The band reunited to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their hit record of I Should Coco - which they did in style

Evening Standard

Skunk Anansie’s Skin: ‘We got slated when we were booked to headline Glastonbury’

Pioneering rock artist was the subject of a racist, homophobic and misogynistic backlash when her band were booked to top the Pyramid Stage, but says they used it as fuel for their fire when they performed in 1999

The Independent UK

Stereolab: Instant Holograms on Metal Film review – after 15 years, the retro-futurists make a radiant return

Motorik grooves, Marxist critique and vintage synths – in their first album since 2010, Lætitia Sadier et al pick up where they left off yet sound more timely than ever

The Guardian - UK

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"What a time to be alive!" Listen to the most surprising single of 2025, Robbie Williams' "adrenaline-filled and balls-to-the-wall" collaboration with Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi and 'The Voice Of Rock' Glenn Hughes

Featuring driving guitars from Tony Iommi, Rocket is the first taste of Robbie Williams' forthcoming album BRITPOP

Metal Hammer

“It’s raw, there are more guitars and it’s an album that’s even more upbeat and anthemic than usual”: Robbie Williams drafts Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi to play guitar on his new single

As Iommi guest appearances go, Williams’ Rocket is no Utopian Blaster

MusicRadar

Robbie Williams unveils new album Britpop, drops rocking lead single with Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi

Robbie Williams is back with a rock song featuring Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi from his forthcoming album, 'Britpop'.

BANG Premier

Best polo shirts for men: Top picks for 2025

Discover the top polo shirts for men in 2025, from Britpop classics to modern takes

Evening Standard

Supergrass on ‘I Should Coco’ at 30: ‘The further we got into the studio stash of weed, the more psychedelic we went’

INTERVIEW: Songs played at 150mph; dressing like hippie street urchins; the singer’s mum’s ‘intervention’: Britpop’s little brother band tell Mark Beaumont about the making of a classic album and the era-defining afterlife of ‘Alright’

The Independent UK

‘It’s like sex ... and we’re the foreplay’: the Oasis tribute bands gearing up for the big reunion

Missed out on tickets to the biggest gigs of the summer? From Italy to Indonesia, there’s a covers band ready to fill the void. They’ve got the parkas, the swagger and the tambourines, but can they bring the sunshiiiine?

The Guardian - UK

Blur's Alex James suggests ABBA-style avatar show as he talks future of Britpop legends

Alex James has two ideas for the future of Britpop legends Blur.

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Metal Hammer

"There was a lot of rejection, because I was a skinny Black girl trying to be the singer of a rock band." How Skunk Anansie's Skin went from Bob Marley-attended basement parties to a Glastonbury-headlining Britrock icon

From Oasis attending their early gigs to hanging out with David Bowie and Lemmy, Skin became a true rock icon in the 90s

Louder

"Britpop was the Make America Great Again of its day, xenophobic, misogynist, just horrible. We hated it, and it fuelled our anger." Compulsion were the greatest '90s band you never listened to, and now they kinda understand why

Garret 'Jacknife' Lee is one of the world's most respected producers due to his work with U2, R.E.M.,Taylor Swift and more. But 30 years ago he and his brilliant band Compulsion hated everyone and everything

The Guardian - UK

Britpop battle between Blur and Oasis revisited in ‘punchy’ new comedy

John Niven’s debut play explores rivalry between the two British bands who vied for the No 1 spot in the charts in 1995

International Business Times

Young Indonesians Toast Britpop Scene With Singalongs, Swagger

At a smoke-filled warehouse in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, hundreds of young men and women, some clad in hijabs, throw their arms in the air, bouncing to British songs from the 1990s.

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“An album misinterpreted by lesser talents”: What do Syd Barrett, Kevin Ayers, Peter Hammill and Robert Fripp have to do with Britpop? See Blur’s Modern Life Is Rubbish for details

Okay, it’s not all-out prog – but the band’s second record contains the spirit of the genre, with its English eccentricities, non-linear approach to playing and rule-breaking flair

The Guardian - UK

Return of Bridget Jones taps into 90s trend as gen Z looks to ‘simpler’ time

It’s not just the middle-aged who are nostalgic for the Britpop decade, when ‘everything seemed a bit more fun’

MusicRadar

"In the early days, it was actually Oasis supporting us, but that changed very quickly. I suppose it was easy to look at what was happening to Oasis and think, ‘I want a bit of that’": Former Verve guitarist Nick McCabe on Britpop and musical inspiration

“I could never see the connection with the Verve, really," says McCabe. "I had nothing against Britpop at all and there was some amazing music that came out of it, but it wasn’t the sound that we wanted to make"

Marie Claire

This top-rated English Sparkling Wine is refreshingly affordable — and also has an enticing low-ABV option in the range

Blur bassist founds Britpop Alex James

The Conversation

Better Man: musical biopic of Robbie Williams as performing monkey will entertain you

I can remember the mixed feelings I experienced as a teenager in 1997, buying Life Thru A Lens – my first Robbie Williams album – cautious it was too poppy to sit with my humble-but-growing CD collection of artists that would later be known as Britpop.

Louder

10 underrated indie-rock records released in 2000 that deserve your attention

From Six. By Seven to Clinic and The Delgados to …Trail Of Dead, here’s ten albums released in 2000 worthy of a revisit 25 years later

The Guardian - UK

Parkas, bucket hats and union jacks: how the Oasis reunion tour is fuelling a comeback for the Britpop look

With Noel and Liam set to return, the style they popularised in the 1990s is back in the spotlight – but what will the Insta-fashion-conscious Gen Z make of it all?

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