Noel and Liam | The Battle of Britpop | 2

British Scandal

Wondery

Scandal, Alice Levine, Great Britain, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, British, England, History, Matt Forde, Documentary

4.5 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

It’s 1995 and Noel and Liam have a new enemy. But this time it’s not each other. The brothers have put aside their differences to face Britpop band, Blur, in the UK’s most intense chart battle for thirty years. The country is holding its breath as the groups prepare to release singles on the same day. But will the bad boy brothers of Britpop cope if they fail to emerge victorious?

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0:00.0	Just to let you know, as you may have expected, particularly if you listen to the last episode, or have any knowledge of Oasis,
0:06.8	there is a lot of swearing in this episode of the show.
0:10.4	But in our defence, we've actually removed so much swearing from the transcripts from the dialogue.
0:16.4	This is actually the PG version if you can believe that.
0:19.4	We took more swearing out of this episode than any other in our show's history and
0:23.7	still tons left.
0:26.7	August 23rd, 1996, MTV Unplugged Royal Festival Hall, London.
0:42.6	Noel Gallagher strides onto the stage.
0:45.6	It's an hour until the live show.
0:48.3	It feels oddly intimate compared to the crowds of Nedworth just a few weeks prior.
0:53.6	But tonight is a different kind of show, raw and stripped back.
0:58.3	He can feel the anticipation in the air as sound engineers rush him.
1:03.0	MTV Unplug shows can make or break a band's career in the States.
1:07.3	He doesn't intend to let another chance slip through his fingers.
1:12.1	He hears his guitar crackle to life, but his brow starts to furrow in confusion as he glances across at Bonehead.
1:18.0	It's the final sound check. The band is all set, but Liam is nowhere to be seen.
1:25.0	You've got to be kidding me. Where the hell is our kid?
1:28.0	He's about to shout to the sound crew when he hears a loud bang. He turns, spots Liam stumble at the edge of the stage.
1:37.0	He's absolutely shit-faced.
1:40.0	Liam leurches across the stage and fixes him with a look that Noel recognizes.
1:45.6	Then croaks, laryngitis, I can't sing.
1:50.3	That is wholly unfortunate, he's not been taking as a vitamin C? No Liam had various
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