Oasis have finally returned to their hometown to perform together for the first time since 2009 as Liam and Noel Gallagher walked out hand in hand once again for their reunion shows

Oasis and Blur cemented the two bands as Britpop’s warring kings, but creatively, the movement was unravelling

Guardiola is the Manchester City Football Club boss and was in attendance at the first Heaton Park show. A crescendo of boos broke out from a portion of the 80,000 fans watching. Liam had none of it, retorting playfully, “Who you fucking booing, who you fucking booing?”

Friday marks the first reunion concert in the city. Fans can visit the band's former gig venues (many lost to development), their childhood record store and themed bars

Damon Albarn has accepted that his band Blur were beaten by Oasis in the battle of Britpop and is now hailing his former rivals as "the winners" as the band gear up for their reunion tour this summer

Though Blur won the official Battle of Britpop when the single "Country House" sold more copies than "Roll With It," Oasis's place in the zeitgeist across the pond is more firm. Speaking with The Sun, Albarn admitted defeat against the Mancunians.

Tim Collis and his husband Ryan Phelps bought the master house and waiting room of an abandoned Victorian train station, not realising its link to an Oasis album