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Oasiswatch
, Issue 1653
BOTH the Sun and Daily Star declared last week "Oasis week", while other tabloids and broadsheets piled in equally hard to show they were mad for it ahead of the band's reunion tour. But with Noel and Liam Gallagher giving no interviews and actual news hard to come by, the coverage was as bereft of anything worth hearing as the band's last five studio albums... "Brits prefer Liam Gallagher over his brother Noel, a poll finds. Bookies Ladbrokes surveyed the nation to find out which Oasis brother people favoured ahead of the Britpop band's tour. It was a close call, with Liam nabbing 51 percent of the vote to Noel's 49 percent." – Daily Star, 26 June
"The Oasis reconciliation has never been equalled – and will never be eclipsed. It's not hyperbole or exaggeration – this is the reunion to top all reunions... the musical, media and technological landscapes have fractured so significantly over the past decades that I cannot envisage any group hereafter emerging with such impact and cultural significance, capturing the zeitgeist and empowering a nation." – Former editor turned music PR Dominic Mohan writes for the Sun, 29 June
"What Prince Harry and Prince William could learn from Liam and Noel Gallagher as the Oasis frontmen gear up for their reunion tour... despite their status as musical legends, it is understood that the Gallagher brothers have neither performed for nor met any of the royals." – Daily Mail, 3 July
"There are thought to be at least 40 Oasis tribute bands in the UK alone, with more belting out the foursome's hits in Ireland and beyond. Continuing Oasis Week at the Daily Star, here Layla Nicholson speaks to three of the biggest..." – Daily Star, 2 July
"Fans who found love, careers and more... we speak to five superfans who met their partners or found their calling through the band."– Sun, 2 July
"Exclusive: I was paid to tend garden at Liam Gallagher's £3m French chateau... but he sacked me: Meet the one man hoping tonight's mega Oasis reunion FLOPS." – Daily Mail, 3 July
"Why Oasis is like Reform" – Spectator, 4 July
"The brothers Gallagher are like the twin stars of Sirius, pulsing in the firmament, forever revolving around each other in captured orbit but never able to embrace." – Poet laureate Simon Armitage writes in the Grauniad, 4 July
"Starting from 1pm today, BBC iPlayer will be holding a live stream event for those who can't make it. Jason Mohammad and Tina Daheley will be bringing you live interviews straight from Cardiff, as well as on-the-ground updates from fans and those attending the show. You'll also be able to get an inside look at the stage set-up inside Principality Stadium before the show kicks off. Sadly, the live stream will end before the gig starts." – Radio Times, 4 July
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More top stories in the latest issue:
HULL OF A COINCIDENCE
How did the Daily Mail report news that three senior staff at the Countess of Chester Hospital, workplace of Lucy Letby, had been arrested?
LOCAL WARMING
Guardian staff were dismayed to learn their air conditioning in Kings Place had automatically shut down to, er, protect itself from damage in the hot weather.
IPSO FALSO
Another scramble to delete a story pushing a Daily Telegraph bugbear that turns out to be fictitious – this time, free cars for the disabled.
HEROES & VYLANS
The Telegraph slated the BBC for having championed Bob Vylan's early career years ago. But which newspaper gave the punk-rap duo four stars in November?
INFRA GIG
He famously played Sun City during apartheid, but when it comes to Jeff Bezos' wedding, there are some gigs to which even Elton John will not stoop.
SCOOP POOPED
Why, having bagged a cover interview with Keir Starmer, did the Observer scoop itself by putting the whole thing online two days early?
SUN DOWNER
Short-lived joy for toilers at the Scottish Sun after it bagged the Newsbrand, Scoop and Journalism Team of the Year gongs at the country's press awards.
SUMMER SCROOGE SPECIAL
Invites to Times Media's posh "summer drinks" party were kept well away from casual editorial staff, many of whom have worked for its titles for years.
GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GOVING...
Spectator editor Michael Gove published a flattering review of his ex-wife Sarah Vine's new memoir in his magazine late last month. Fancy!
COURT REPORTERS
With so few reporters left on the Daily Express, deputy editor Geoff Maynard was quick to nab the plum job of covering the start of Wimbledon…
