"Everyone is here. Facebook mums clink plastic cups of frozen cocktails. Dads sneak their teenage daughters to the front of the heaving queue for the women's toilets, which a girl with large hoop earrings has taken it upon herself to run like the navy (Go! No time for wiping!). A man desperately tries to keep up with his drunk-on-a-mission missus by hanging on to her belt loops, while a group of lads with photorealistic tattoos argue over whether to load up on pints"
"In every direction, best friends of all generations doggedly traverse a packed-out Wembley Stadium, each clutching two pints and a Twix to their chest. Others lean in for group selfies beneath the gigantic digital sign proclaiming Oasis Live '25. The air is a tangle of Glaswegian accents, Rochdale accents, Cardiff accents, East End accents and Scouse accents as strangers genially befriend each other; the horizon a jumble of jeans-and-shoes, jorts, and bucket hats of all designs."
"There are people in original 1994 Definitely Maybe tour shirts, and people who weren't even born when Creation Records dissolved; Gen X ravers who now manage sales teams, and millennials repping the H&M Pacha collection. There are sober twentysomethings, retired pillheads and, judging by the (small) number of people walking sideways, active ketamine enthusiasts. This is, in short, the most accurate cross-section of the British general public you will ever experience outside of a motorway service station."
"This weekend marked the final UK dates of Oasis's sold-out reunion tour, which began in Cardiff on 4 July and is due to end in Sao Paulo on 23 November. Did you miss us? Liam, chewing gum, rhetorically asks the first of two 90,000-strong crowds. Then the band promptly launch into (What's The Story) Morning Glory? and 8 pints go up in the air."
A sold-out Oasis reunion tour finale at Wembley Stadium drew two 90,000-strong crowds and showcased a vivid cross-section of British society. Attendees ranged from original 1994 Definitely Maybe-era fans to people born after Creation Records ended, spanning Gen X to millennials, sober young adults to active drug users. The atmosphere blended camaraderie, drinking, souvenir shirts, photorealistic tattoos, and regional accents, with fans sharing pints and selfies beneath a giant Oasis Live '25 sign. The tour began in Cardiff on 4 July and continues internationally, with final dates scheduled to conclude in Sao Paulo on 23 November.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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