Forever the People

<p><em>Oasis had risen so swiftly so dramatically they now faced the question that no band has yet successfully answered. How do you maintain that rush of excitement which accompanies a rise to the top? And while you're at it where exactly do you perform after you've played the biggest-ever UK gigs? This six-month tour would give them the answers. But not the ones they expected.</em></p><p>In the late 1990's Oasis ruled the world. Their album <em>(What's the Story) Morning Glory?</em> had become one of the fastest selling records in history ultimately one of the bestsellers of all time. And along with their instantly-legendary musical reputation went another - as the royal rabble-rousers of Britpop. The Gallagher brothers in particular were famous for drinking and fighting the scourge of hotel managers the world over.</p><p>In 1997 came a new multi-million selling album <em>Be Here Now</em> and the start of a marathon global tour. With the band went writer Paolo Hewitt their unofficial scribe and confidant. The result is this intimate warm and hilarious account of a charismatic world-famous group on tour and under stress on-stage and off. It's a unique document featuring cameos from Maradona Paul Gascoigne Johnny Depp and Naomi Campbell while three hotels and two airlines attempted to ban the group worldwide.</p><p>International hotel chains will never see the like of Oasis again. And neither will we.</p>