Date: 29 May 1988 (or 30 May, depending on who you believe)

Location: International 2, Manchester

Type: Gig / Chance Encounter

Date: December 21, 1988

Location: The Mill Studio, Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, UK

Type: Audition

Date: 1 May 1989

Location: Inspiral Carpets tour / New Mount Street office, Manchester

Type: Job

Discover the best-selling Britpop songs of all time, featuring Oasis, Blur, and The Verve. Relive the hits of the '90s Britpop era.

From The Cure to Oasis to Radiohead, revisit legendary Glastonbury headliners from the 1990s, with top performances you need to watch.

Singer. Frontman. Brother. Professional gobshite. Accidental poet. National treasure.

Songwriter. Guitarist. Control freak. Chief.

Guitarist. Founding member. Barre Chord Bandit.

Bassist. Founding member. The quietest man in the loudest band of the ‘90s.

Drummer. Founding member. The first casualty of Oasis being Oasis.

Drummer. Debuted for Oasis on Top of the Pops looking like he had already read the ending.

Who is Scott McLeod? Bassist. Joined Oasis, quit Oasis 2 weeks later, then rang Noel to say sorry. Told to jog on.

Oasis' first proper demo, recorded in 1993 with massive help from The Real People.

Oasis’ 1994 debut. Loud, cocky, imperfect, and absolutely necessary.

Oasis’ second album. Louder, glossier, and somehow even more certain of itself.

Oasis’ third album. Fuelled by Class A's.

The real masterpiece. Not the myth. Should have been album number three.

Oasis’s 1995 single. Or how to lose a battle but win the war.

Yes. And they thought everyone else was wasting their time.

The Blur vs Oasis rivalry sits at the chaotic centre of Britpop, fusing sharp songwriting with a media-fuelled clash of class, region, and attitude. More than just a chart battle, it distilled everything Britpop stood for and still offers a jagged window into the energy, arrogance, and absurdity of 1990s Britain.