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Oasis 2027 tour: Everything we know about the support acts

Richard Ashcroft was the first confirmed act to support Oasis on their 2027 tour with other names rumoured to be in the pipeline

Evening Standard · Sep 19

Band who joined Oasis at Knebworth in 1996 would ‘love’ to return for Live 27

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The Independent UK · Sep 16

Ocean Colour Scene hope to rejoin Oasis for Knebworth 2027 concerts

The Britpop act are keen to return to Knebworth with Oasis having supported the Manchester band in August 1996

The Independent UK · Sep 16

No Glastonbury 2025 ticket? Here’s how to still find the party

Europe and the UK have stacks of festivals for all tastes and budgets, from free or low-budget bashes to high-end events

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2025

Ocean Colour Scene owe their success to presenter Chris Evans

Ocean Colour Scene frontman Simon Fowler will always be grateful to TV and radio presenter Chris Evans for championing the band's work during the 1990s.

BANG Premier · Apr 6, 2025

"The thing about rock, if it’s real, is that it will always be relevant": Kula Shaker's Crispian Mills on mass psychosis and the best way to solve writer's block

Kula Shaker's current tour ends in May, and you might hear some brand-new songs from the next album

Louder · Apr 1, 2025

Razorlight to play huge outdoor show supported by Ocean Colour Scene, Jake Bugg and more

Razorlight are to play at the Darlington Arena Stadium in County Durham on August 23 in an all-day event which will see them supported by Ocean Colour Scene, Jake Bugg, White Lies, Tom A. Smith, Pastel, Cammy Barnes and Matt-Felix.

BANG Premier · Feb 25, 2025

‘Liam Gallagher kissed me on the lips’: Ocean Colour Scene on making The Riverboat Song and 90s excess

‘Chris Evans told us he wanted it for the TFI Friday walk-on music. He had a thousand ideas – which is weird because he was probably the only one not doing cocaine’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025

“Was smoking Hendrix’s Strat my wildest studio experience? Oh, certainly not! We always went full tilt. There was never a dull day!” Steve Cradock on his star-studded session with Paul McCartney, SGs vs Teles – and the joint he laced with Hendrix’s guitar

The Paul Weller and Ocean Colour Scene guitarist hints at high times in the band’s studio history, and he’s looking forward to going back to track their first album in “freaking years”

Guitar World · Nov 20, 2024

“That’s true. We smoked Jimi Hendrix’s guitar... I thought it’d be fun to crumble a bit of the wood off and pop it inside a joint”: Steve Cradock once smoked the shavings of Hendrix’s Strat by rolling them in a page from the Bible

A regular studio session took a turn in the spirit of Purple Haze, when the Ocean Colour Scene guitarist ended up getting high on Hendrix's guitar

Guitar World · Nov 5, 2024