'Better, tighter, and more urgent': Oasis experts hail the return of the Gallagher brothers

John Robb and Tim Abbot have both written books about Oasis. They tell Richard Purden about their own memories of the group, and explain why the reunion is such a good thing 
'Better, tighter, and more urgent': Oasis experts hail the return of the Gallagher brothers

Liam and Noel Gallagher bring Oasis to Dublin for two gigs in August.

When Oasis fans were recently criticised by Edinburgh Council in relation to the upcoming three concerts at Murrayfield Stadium in August, Liam Gallagher famously leapt to the defence of those planning on going along to the gigs.

Cultural commentator John Robb is in total agreement with the frontman’s sentiments. "I think it's snobbery,” says Robb, also a musician and journalist who recently published a new book Live Forever: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Oasis.

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