The following episode of PTO Extra on Oasis and the cultural phenomenon of Britpop

was recorded last year, but with the Manchester band's reunion tour kicking off yesterday

evening, it seemed like a good time to make the episode more widely available.

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Hello and welcome to another episode of PTO Extra.

In today's show, Jeremy Gilbert joins me to discuss the news that the Manchester Britpop

band Oasis have announced that they will be reforming to perform a series of gigs next summer.

We discussed the reaction to that news,

why 90s nostalgia is so prevalent,

and why it was that of the various guitar groups of the time,

it was Oasis who became so successful in the mid-1990s.

Jeremy Gilbert is Professor of Cultural and Political Theory

at the University of East London.

His most recent book, co-authored with Alex Williams, is Hegemony Now,

How Big Tech and Wall Street Won the World, and How We Win It Back.

And you can find a link to our conversation on that book in the description notes of today's show.

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