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Are Oasis in fact the greatest Irish ban...

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With the biggest reunion tour in years kicking off in Cardiff last weekend, the culture show asks if Oasis were just too Irish to be the best Britpop band in the first place?


The New Statesman's commissioning editor Finn McRedmond sits down with colleagues George Eaton, Nick Harris and Faye Curran to discuss the Gallagher brothers real allegiances.



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Oasis are the greatest Irish band of all time - George Eaton


So you want to be Irish? - Fay Curran


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