The second coming of Oasis

The fans who thought they’d never see Oasis rise from the dead are desperate to see the band recapture their earlier form. The story of two warring brothers is as old as the scriptures, says Martin Saunders

Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire, 10 August 1996. The summer sun beats down in a country pregnant with hope and growing self-belief, on a crowd bristling with excitement and anticipation. More than 100,000 people are gathered in the grounds of this famous old stately home, all of them carrying a sense that history is about to be made. All of us, I should say.