01/05/89: Noel Gallagher Hits The Road

No one wrote it down. No one thought it fucking mattered. May 1989. Manchester. Noel Gallagher, 21, took a job as a roadie for the Inspiral Carpets. Not a headline. Not a moment anyone would call history. But it was.

It wasn’t a stage. It wasn’t a spotlight. It was a van. A bag of crisps. A chance to learn.