£125.00
Limited edition print
Part of the BCA Print Programme. Museum-quality photographic editions released in collaboration with photographers and estates.
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Photographer Jon Shard made these photographs on his first assignment for the NME in the winter of 1995–96, documenting Oasis fans queueing outside Maine Road in Manchester for tickets to the band’s now legendary homecoming concerts. Long before online sales, securing a place meant turning up in person and waiting in the cold. Shard’s pictures capture that moment with clarity: the anticipation, the style and commitment of fans determined to be there.
Oasis played two sold-out shows at Maine Road on the 27th and 28th April 1996, at the height of their rise and just months before Knebworth. For many, the concerts marked a defining point in the story of Britpop.
Part of The British Culture Archive digital collections since 2021.