Marking 25 years to the day since the first night of the record breaking Knebworth 1996 concerts, today Oasis unveil the trailer for their eagerly anticipated cinematic documentary, released in cinemas worldwide from September 23 via Trafalgar Releasing. In addition, tickets to the theatrical release of âOasis Knebworth 1996â are now available.
Also announced today, a full live album and DVD/Blu-ray, also titled âOasis Knebworth 1996â, is due for release on 19th November via Big Brother Recordings Ltd.
Directed by Grammy Award-winner Jake Scott, âOasis Knebworth 1996â is a joyful and at times poignant cinematic celebration of one of the most iconic live concert events of the last 25 years, driven entirely by the music, and the fans’ own experiences of that monumental weekend.
The film celebrates the story of the special relationship between Oasis and their fans that made the largest concert of the â90âs possible. It is told entirely in the moment through the eyes of the fans who were there, built around extensive and never before seen archive concert and backstage footage from the event, with additional interviews with the band and concert organisers. Watch the official trailer here. Tickets are now on sale here.
The special live album and DVD/Blu-ray, also titled âOasis Knebworth 1996â released on November 19th via Big Brother Recordings Ltd formats include 2CD and triple LP on heavyweight vinyl with the digital version of the album featuring HD audio. The DVD will be released as a triple disc set including the âOasis Knebworth 1996â cinematic documentary plus both nights of the live concert in full, with the Blu-ray in single disc format. Limited edition formats include the 2CD with DVD of the cinematic documentary, plus a Super Deluxe Box Set including the triple LP, 2CD and triple DVD plus replicas of the original gig memorabilia, available exclusively from the bandâs online store. All formats are available for pre-order here.
Oasisâ two record breaking nights at Knebworth took place on 10th & 11th August 1996, with over a quarter of a million young music fans from all over the world converging on Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire to see the legendary sets. Tickets went on sale on 11th May 1996. Queues formed outside local record shops and ticket offices overnight, and fans around the world spent the day on their landline phones trying to get through to constantly engaged booking lines. All tickets sold out in less than 24 hours, breaking every UK box office record in the process. Organisers estimated the band could have sold two or three times as many tickets, with over 2% of the population of the UK attempting to buy tickets.
The monumental shows were set against a backdrop of the UK slowly recovering from a decade of recession. Emerging from the â80s, the mood of the nation was changing. A cultural resurgence in arts and culture was giving rise to Cool Britannia and, in their meteoric rise, Oasis embodied that new found optimism and swagger. Two short years had taken the band from their council estate in Manchester to becoming one of the biggest bands in the world and for the congregated masses, seeing themselves in the five men on stage in front of them, anything felt possible. Featuring a setlist absolutely packed from beginning to end with stone cold classics, from the opening salvo of âColumbiaâ and âAcquiesceâ, all the way to âChampagne Supernovaâ, âDonât Look Back In Angerâ, âLive Foreverâ, a triumphant, orchestra backed âI Am The Walrusâ, and the first song from the 1990s to cross one billion streams on Spotify, âWonderwall,â the Knebworth concerts were both the pinnacle of the bandâs success and the landmark gathering for a generation.
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