Oasis fans share footage and memories as the band mark the 30th anniversary of Knebworth: “Everyone was happy. It was one huge celebration”

Oasis fans have been sharing footage and memories as the band mark the 30th anniversary of their legendary Knebworth concerts. READ MORE: An Oasis fan remembers the band’s Knebworth shows: “It was a non-stop party” Today (August 10) marks 30 years since the band first played their 1996 super gigs, which sold out in under 24 hours and saw them welcome 250,000 fans across two nights. There were reportedly 2.6million people scrambling to get tickets for those 1996 shows – the equivalent of 5 per cent of the entire UK population – and the demand was so high that they could have sold out 20 nights at the venue. The band later released a live album from the shows and later celebrated the 25th anniversary with a feature-length documentary, which went on to become the country’s highest-grossing documentary film of 2021. Today, Oasis took to Instagram to share pictures and footage from the shows. Many fans also took to social media to share footage and their memories from 30 years ago. One fan wrote: “It was my fifth or sixth Oasis gig but this was just on another level We managed to get on to the roof of a burger van right at the back of the bowl for the big finish, and watching 125,000 pe...