21/12/88: The Noel Gallagher Audition

A cold, wet Wednesday night in Oldham. December 21, 1988. The kind of night that makes you question your choices. Noel Gallagher, 21, stood at a bus stop in Manchester, clutching a scrap of paper with directions. Three buses. Rain pissing down. No mobile phones. No backup plan. Just a pub, a rehearsal room called The Mill, and a shot at becoming the new singer for Inspiral Carpets.