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Britpop Forever - Steve Lamacq chronicles the events in Britpop in 1995

Britpop Forever - Steve Lamacq chronicles the events in Britpop in 1995 including Pulp releasing the era defining single Common People and Blur take on Oasis

Britpop Forever - Steve Lamacq celebrates 30 years of Britpop by chronicling the events and moments of the movement during 1995

The 30th anniversary of Britpop gives us the unique opportunity to tell some of the greatest stories in pop history during such a pivotal moment in British culture. Britpop was the last hurrah for the music industry before it was changed forever by the emergence of the internet. As co Host of Radio 1’s legendary Evening Session, Steve Lamacq was there, in the middle of all of it.

In this programme, we follow Pulp who released the era defining single Common People in May before going onto headline the Glastonbury Festival in June and release their ground-breaking album Different Class in October.

1995 also saw Blur playing a legendary gig at London’s Mile End Stadium before releasing the final album in their Britpop Trilogy – The Great Escape, we hear about The Charlatans and Elastica both get to number 1 in the album charts, and of course, the biggest chart battle in 30 years as Blur’s Country House takes on Oasis’ Roll With It.

Then, in the final 30 minutes, Steve repeats Pulp’s 1995 Glastonbury Festival performance, recorded on the 24th June on the Pyramid Stage

1 hour

Last on

Thu 20 Jul 2023 18:00

Music Played

  • Sleeper

    Inbetweener

    • Indolent.
  • Elastica

    Waking Up

    • DECEPTIVE RECORDS.
  • The Boo Radleys

    Wake Up Boo

    • Creation Records.
  • Gene

    Olympian

  • Menswear

    I'll Manage Somehow

    • I'll Manage Somehow.
    • London Music Stream/Because Music.
    • 1.
  • Oasis

    Some Might Say

  • Pulp

    Common People

    • Island.
  • Oasis

    The Swamp Song

    • The Masterplan.
    • Big Brother Recordings Ltd.
    • 6.
  • Blur

    Country House

    • Food.
  • Pulp

    Sorted For E's & Whizz

    • Island.
  • Oasis

    Morning Glory

    • (What's The Story) Morning Glory?.
    • Big Brother Recordings Ltd.
    • 10.
  • Pulp

    Do You Remember The First Time? (Glastonbury 1995)

  • Pulp

    Razzmatazz

  • Pulp

    Monday Morning

  • Pulp

    Underwear

  • Pulp

    Common People

Broadcast

  • Thu 20 Jul 2023 18:00

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