Oasis releasing entire ‘Knebworth 1996’ concert

Live album and Blu-ray/DVD set for Nov 19th via Big Brother Recordings

Marking 25 years to the day since the first night of the record breaking Knebworth 1996 concerts, Oasis has unveiled the trailer for their eagerly anticipated cinematic documentary set to be released in cinemas worldwide on September 23rd via Trafalgar Releasing. In addition, tickets are now available, where possible. Due to lockdowns in parts of the country, not all Australian cinemas are on sale at this time.

It’s also been announced that the full concert will be available as a live album on 2 CD/Blu-ray, 2 CD/DVD, 2 CD, 3 LP, and Blu-ray on November 19th via Big Brother Recordings Ltd. A Limited Edition Super Deluxe Box Set including 2 CD, 3 LP and double cassette of the live album, triple DVD (including the feature length documentary, full Saturday and Sunday night concerts), plus replicas of the original show memorabilia – numbered concert ticket, AAA pass, show information booklet, art print, and rare commemorative event binocular gifted to VIP guests at the show.

Directed by Grammy Award-winner Jake Scott, Oasis Knebworth 1996 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 ‘90’s 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 organizers.

The special live album and Blu-ray/DVD formats include 2 CD 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 Oasis Knebworth 1996 cinematic documentary plus both nights of the live concert in full, with the Blu-ray in single disc format. Limited edition formats include the 2 CD with DVD of the cinematic documentary, plus a Super Deluxe Box Set including the triple LP, 2 CD and triple DVD plus replicas of the original gig memorabilia, available exclusively from the band’s online store.

Oasis’ two record breaking nights at Knebworth took place on August 10-11 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 May 11, 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. Organizers estimated the band could have sold two or three times as many tickets, with over two percent 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 ‘80s, 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 “Columbia” and “Acquiesce,” all the way to “Champagne Supernova,” “Don’t Look Back In Anger,” “Live Forever,” a triumphant, orchestra backed “I Am The Walrus,” and the first song from the 1990s to cross one billion streams on Spotify, “Wonderwall,” the Knebworth concerts were both the pinnacle of the band’s success and the landmark gathering for a generation.

The film is produced by Black Dog Films for Kosmic Kyte Ltd. Noel Gallagher and Liam Gallagher serve as executive producers. It is financed and distributed by Sony Music Entertainment and will be released theatrically by Trafalgar Releasing.

DVD 1: Oasis Knebworth 1996 Documentary

1. Opening Credits
2. Cool Britannia
3. Tickets
4. Leading Up To Knebworth
5. Friday 9th August 1996
6. Going To Knebworth
7. Support Bands
8. Build Up
9. Columbia
10. Acquiesce
11. Supersonic
12. Cigarettes & Alcohol
13. Enjoying The Show / Screen Visuals
14. Cast No Shadow
15. Fans Singing
16. The Masterplan
17. What Would You Give The Band?
18. Live Forever
19. Saturday To Sunday
20. Sunday Build Up
21. Hello
22. Some Might Say
23. Roll With It
24. Slide Away
25, Morning Glory
26, Don’t Look Back in Anger
27. Who The Fuck Are Man United
28. Champagne Supernova
29. I Am The Walrus
30. Wonderwall
31. End Credits

DVD 2: Saturday night at Knebworth

1. Columbia (Live at Knebworth)
2. Acquiesce (Live at Knebworth)
3. Supersonic (Live at Knebworth)
4 Hello (Live at Knebworth)
5 Some Might Say (Live at Knebworth)
6. Roll With It (Live at Knebworth)
7. Slide Away (Live At Knebworth)
8. Morning Glory (Live at Knebworth)
9. Round Are Way (Live at Knebworth)
10. Cigarettes & Alcohol (Live at Knebworth)
11. Whatever (Live at Knebworth)
12. Cast No Shadow (Live at Knebworth)
13. Wonderwall (Live at Knebworth)
14. The Masterplan (Live at Knebworth)
15. Don’t Look Back In Anger (Live at Knebworth)
16. My Big Mouth (Live at Knebworth)
17. It’s Gettin’ Better (Man!!) (Live at Knebworth)
18. Live Forever (Live at Knebworth)
19. Champagne Supernova (Live at Knebworth)
20. I Am The Walrus (Live at Knebworth)

DVD 3: Sunday night at Knebworth

1. Columbia (Live at Knebworth)
2. Acquiesce (Live at Knebworth)
3. Supersonic (Live at Knebworth)
4 Hello (Live at Knebworth)
5 Some Might Say (Live at Knebworth)
6. Roll With It (Live at Knebworth)
7. Slide Away (Live At Knebworth)
8. Morning Glory (Live at Knebworth)
9. Round Are Way (Live at Knebworth)
10. Cigarettes & Alcohol (Live at Knebworth)
11. Whatever (Live at Knebworth)
12. Cast No Shadow (Live at Knebworth)
13. Wonderwall (Live at Knebworth)
14. The Masterplan (Live at Knebworth)
15. Don’t Look Back In Anger (Live at Knebworth)
16. My Big Mouth (Live at Knebworth)
17. It’s Gettin’ Better (Man!!) (Live at Knebworth)
18. Live Forever (Live at Knebworth)
19. Champagne Supernova (Live at Knebworth)
20. I Am The Walrus (Live at Knebworth)

Buddy Iahn
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