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John Robb\u2019s book<\/p>\nCreation label boss Tim Abbot, described as the sixth member, will make a public appearance in the city the night before the Oasis concert with a new film about the band.<\/p>\n
And as the band returns to Scotland, a new book is also being released.<\/p>\n
When The City of Edinburgh Council commented unfavourably on Oasis fans relating to their three sell-out concerts at Scottish Gas Murrayfield \u2013 the band\u2019s frontman responded quickly. <\/p>\n
Fans were described by the council as \u201crowdy\u201d who would \u201ctake up more room\u201d and drink to \u201cmedium to high intoxication\u201d. Gallagher posted on X: \u201cTo the Edinburgh council, I\u2019ve heard what you said about OASIS fans and quite frankly your attitude f**king stinks. I\u2019d leave town that day if I was any of you lot.\u201d <\/p>\n
Journalist, musician, and cultural commentator, John Robb \u2013 whose grandparents came from Edinburgh \u2013 has released a new book: Live Forever: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Oasis, which details the band\u2019s history. <\/p>\n
John Robb\u2019s book<\/p>\n
He responded: \u201cI think it\u2019s snobbery, and I have a connection to Edinburgh through my grandparents. If they can\u2019t cope with the Oasis concerts because of the Fringe, they should have let it go to Glasgow. There are always a few idiots in crowds of over 60,000 at a concert, but I think the problem here is that everyone gets tainted by them. It\u2019s one of the problems with the country as people look down on people. It\u2019s a working class band and culture and for decades, there has been a sneering attitude, a kind of \u201clook at them\u201d which is horrible. It was great that Liam stuck up for his fans.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Robb attended one of Scotland\u2019s most mythologised gigs, later writing about it in his book about The Stone Roses (The Stone Roses and the Resurrection of British Pop). Their concert under a hot, sweaty tent in Glasgow Green, as Robb suggests, paved the way for Oasis. <\/p>\n
He said: \u201cIt was the classic Roses gig. They sounded like a cross between The Beatles and the Sex Pistols, it was a much heavier gig than Spike Island. Oasis was almost a continuation of that sound and they took those references and ran with them.\u201d <\/p>\n
It\u2019s 31 years since Oasis played their first gig in Edinburgh back in April 1994 at La Belle Angele. By the end of that year, they were headlining the Glasgow Barrowlands, attended by this writer. The gig was seen as a major turning point for the band. <\/p>\n
Robb said: \u201cYou had to prove it at the Barrowlands. It was one of those gigs. Oasis were seen as an overnight success but they had two years of being ignored. Most bands have to take baby steps doing three support tours, but with Oasis, after that it was really quick.\u201d<\/p>\n
The show didn\u2019t run smoothly with Liam Gallagher walking off stage due to throat problems. It was left to Noel Gallagher to play an acoustic set while promising to return with Liam two weeks later. The promise was fulfilled, but there was something special about the first night despite Liam\u2019s absence. <\/p>\n
Robb said: \u201cIt\u2019s almost like two different bands.<\/p>\n
\u201cNoel was doing demos a few years before, and that\u2019s almost like his style with those more introspective acoustic songs that appeared on the single B-sides, along with the more raucous tabloid band on the A-side, it was like two different bands. While there was this tabloid version of the band, the truth is both brothers are super-smart.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tim Abbot<\/p>\n
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Liam Gallagher with Tim Abbot (middle) and Oasis producer Owen Coyle. PHOTO Tim Abbot<\/p>\n
Tim Abbot was the label manager for Creation Records and he is hosting a special event in Edinburgh one day ahead of the first Oasis gig in Edinburgh since 2009. <\/p>\n
The author and filmmaker also comes from Scottish roots in Dundee. He explained: \u201cI shot twenty hours of footage which began in 1993 and ran into 1994. I\u2019d say 20% of the Supersonic film is my material. It\u2019s all hand-held stuff that includes Noel playing an early version of Don\u2019t Look Back In Anger and there\u2019s footage of them working on the overdubs for Champagne Supernova. The film is the early story of the band surpassing everyone and their life on the road. I\u2019m the man in the middle of it all with a video camera backstage in places like Earl\u2019s Court\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tim has also been working on a new version of his 1996 book, Oasis Definitely, which includes photos being published for the first time. What was it like to be in the eye of the storm during the band\u2019s rise?<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t chaos,\u201d suggested Tim, \u201cif it was, then we managed to control it, we kind of harnessed it \u2026 we were all holding on for grim life. In truth, we were a functioning team and we were all Celts, there was myself and Marcus Russell, who was Welsh. Maggie Mouzakitis was the band\u2019s tour manager, and she was a bit of a star. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the wheels did come off after the gig at the Whiskey-a-go-go in L.A. I did have to go and find Noel and bring him back into the flock.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Noel disbanded Oasis in 2009, so I asked if his return to the flock this time was a surprise? \u201cIt was to be honest\u201d said Abbot, \u201cbut I always thought they would when you looked at The Stone Roses getting back together. Liam has always wanted it and when Noel became a free bird again he thought, \u201clet\u2019s get it on\u201d and why wouldn\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Tim Abbot will appear in person alongside a showing of The Lost Tapes: Oasis Like Never Before at Cineworld on 7 August. <\/p>\n
For more info click here oasisdefinitely.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n John Robb\u2019s new book Live Forever: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Oasis is out now\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752961453_900_w=1024.jpeg\")
Tim Abbot\u2019s book about the band<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752961454_254_w=683.jpeg\")
Photo Tim Abbot<\/p>\nPhoto Tim Abbot<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752961455_388_w=683.jpeg\")
Photo Tim Abbot<\/p>\n