On the 30th anniversary of this very famous gig, we dissect the various accounts from those who were there on the night.
Music history was made thirty years ago tonight, as Oasis performed four songs at Glasgow's King Tut's Wah Wah Hut and secured their passport to become Britpop giants.
The all-girl outfit had a slot booked at King Tut’s, supporting Glasgow bands Boyfriend and 18 Wheeler, who were both signed to Creation Records. Here we look at several different versions of events from key figures both from Oasis and King Tut's to purge some rock and roll myths and examine what exactly happened that fateful evening.In 1997, Oasis' lead guitarist and songwriter Noel recalled: "We hired a van, put loads of people in it, charged them money for petrol and told them 'we'll get you into the gig for free and have a good night'.
"What it was, was that we got told we were playing when we got there, the geezer goes ‘No, you’re not playing’.” Naturally, it didn’t go down well with the Mancunians: “What do you mean, we’re not playing? We just forked out for a van. Here, come one, let us play, we’re good.”Tony McCarroll's recollections
“The wrong thing to say to a van-load of hooligans. Big ‘Un started the questioning: ‘Who owns the club, d******d? Get him out here now; tell him this club is getting razed’.Geoff Ellis' recollections "The whole thing about them turning up and demanding to play is one of the biggest myths in rock `n' roll history.
No bands were going to be on till 10 , but McGee walked through the doors at 8.30pm. Normally he wouldn’t have arrived so early, but he’d also wanted to catch up with his friend, Debbie Turner from Sister Lovers, who he knew from the Hacienda in Manchester. “They came on, and I realised it was the people I’d seen sitting at the table. The guy in white was the singer and he looked even better onstage than he did sitting down. He looked like he was born to be on stage.
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