Get on the Rollercoaster

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Twenty-five years ago New Zealand welcomed the most notorious rock 'n' roll stars of the 1990s </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Oasis</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> to its shores.  </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The band's first two albums </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Definitely Maybe</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>(What's the Story) Morning Glory?</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> had already reached cult status cementing their place in music history but it took until 1998 and the release of their divisive third album </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Be Here Now</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> to secure a visit down under.   </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The story of that tour is detailed in this book a heady mix of triumph joy and disappointment as seen and retold mostly through the eyes of concertgoers and the band's crew including interviews with </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Michael O'Connor</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (Production Manager) </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Paolo Hewitt</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (band biographer and DJ) and </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Gareth Williams</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (Monitor Engineer) amongst others.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>From the early ripples of excitement in the New Zealand press when the band released its debut album through to their commercial peak the scene is set for their much-anticipated 1998 visit. The only time the band would grace these shores. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The tour itself is covered through a unique combination of historical information advertising material media coverage and never-before-seen photographs to complement the previously untold accounts from the fans crew and some famous New Zealand musicians influenced by Oasis including </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Tom Larkin of Shihad</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Foreword by New Zealand music and pop culture writer </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Simon Sweetman</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. Heavily illustrated with over 50 photographs and rarely seen press material. Printed on uncoated paper.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Written by the fans for the fans. This is the </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>unofficial story </strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>of Oasis in New Zealand. </span></p>