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Oasis reunion: How a gay man found unity in a 'crowd of straight blokes' at Wembley (editor of UK's Attitude magazine)
Found this with other stories about Oasis this morning. I'd never heard of this magazine before (straight American woman here) so I googled it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attitude_(magazine)
https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/oasis-reunion-gay-man-found-unity-wembley-497378/
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This is more than just a gig. It’s a feeling of coming together that in the past decade we have lost in the UK. Growing up as a teen in the 90s, Oasis were ever-present. It was a different time. The reaction against this capitalist, oppressive era was rave culture, the anarchy of Britpop, and even the Spice Girls – we were exporting and defining a new era of proudly British music that would define the decades that followed.
In Oasis, we had two working class lads from Manchester who would go on to produce some of the most definitive British songs of modern times, and deliver a cultural impact that is as part of British identity as fish and chips and talking about the weather.
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In 2025, perhaps the buzz of the Oasis reunion represents a reminder of the joy and unity we find in music. This series of gigs is not just two brothers coming together after 15 years apart to sing some popular songs. To the millions of people that will see their show, perhaps it represents something else that we need right now – the ability to overcome obstacles, indifference and, indeed, a difference of opinion.
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In a time of a very dis-United Kingdom, Oasis seem to have proved to be the only people with the ability to pull this country together again. From the initial awkward holding of hands when the Gallagher brothers stepped on stage for that first gig in Cardiff in July, to them hugging at the finale of their UK shows at Wembley this weekend, the lads came together in unity for a good time and took 90,000 of us along with them.
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This is more than just a gig. It’s a feeling of coming together that in the past decade we have lost in the UK. Growing up as a teen in the 90s, Oasis were ever-present. It was a different time. The reaction against this capitalist, oppressive era was rave culture, the anarchy of Britpop, and even the Spice Girls – we were exporting and defining a new era of proudly British music that would define the decades that followed.
In Oasis, we had two working class lads from Manchester who would go on to produce some of the most definitive British songs of modern times, and deliver a cultural impact that is as part of British identity as fish and chips and talking about the weather.
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In 2025, perhaps the buzz of the Oasis reunion represents a reminder of the joy and unity we find in music. This series of gigs is not just two brothers coming together after 15 years apart to sing some popular songs. To the millions of people that will see their show, perhaps it represents something else that we need right now – the ability to overcome obstacles, indifference and, indeed, a difference of opinion.
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In a time of a very dis-United Kingdom, Oasis seem to have proved to be the only people with the ability to pull this country together again. From the initial awkward holding of hands when the Gallagher brothers stepped on stage for that first gig in Cardiff in July, to them hugging at the finale of their UK shows at Wembley this weekend, the lads came together in unity for a good time and took 90,000 of us along with them.
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A reminder of the joy and unity we find in music...
They've had a similar impact with their shows in Canada, the US and Mexico, and I've seen countless reviews and articles on that feeling of joy and unity. With the second leg of the tour starting October 21, they'll be in South Korea, Japan, AustralIa, Argentina, Chile and Brazil. And there are more and more rumors of more concerts next year - maybe a triumphant return to Knebworth on the 30th anniversary of what had been the largest concerts ever in the UK, in 1996 - though so far there's been no confirmation of new shows, let alone any new music.
They have confirmed, though, just how much music can bring us together and lift us up. A reminder we needed more than ever now.
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