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Britpop Anthems A - Z
The A-Z of Britpop Anthems

By Paul Brannigan Published

Mid '90s nostalgia is at a peak, but there was much more to Britpop than scene figureheads Oasis, Blur and Pulp

Bands & Artists
Clockwise from top left: At The Drive-In,Pink Floyd, Van Halen, Rage Against The Machine, The Verve, Cocteau Twins, Jane's Addiction
10 Reunions That Went Wrong

By Niall Doherty Published

They don't all go as smooth and successfully as Oasis, as The Verve, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Cocteau Twins and more will tell you...

Bands & Artists
Oasis live in London in 2025
The 10 best Liam and Noel Gallagher guest spots

By Niall Doherty Published

Ten great collaborations featuring the Gallagher brothers including The Verve, The Chemical Brothers, Ian Brown, The Prodigy and, erm, David Brent

Bands & Artists
Some of the acts who topped festival bills in 1995
Here’s the line-up of every major festival in 1995… it really isn’t too different to how they’ve shaped up 30 years later

By Niall Doherty Published

Britpop was thriving, Pumpkins were Pumpkinsing, and Skunk Anansie tried to get on every bill going…

Bands & Artists
The Verve, Supergrass, Elastica, Lush, Super Furry Animals
10 Britpop-era indie bands we need to reform in 2025

By Stephen Hill Published

Bummed at missing out on Oasis tickets? Us too. The Verve, Supergrass, Elastica, Super Furries... we need you back now, please

Bands & Artists
The Verve
The band that split-up every five minutes: Your essential guide to every album by The Verve

By Niall Doherty Published

When they weren't splitting up on a monthly basis, The Verve made some fabulous records

Albums
A montage of pictures of Oasis, The Verve and Primal Scream
A beginner's guide to 90s UK indie in five essential albums

By Stephen Hill Published

There was more to 90s indie than just Britpop, but it's a pretty good place to start... Here, the story of how one decade saw a genre morph beyond all recognition, told by the albums that made it happen

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The Verve, Urban Hymns
The Verve's Urban Hymns at 25: "a record of phenomenal depth, honesty and complexity"

By Stephen Hill Last updated

Released on September 29, 1997, The Verve's masterpiece Urban Hymns is a BritPop-era album like no other

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Rolling Stones return Bitter Sweet Symphony rights to Richard Ashcroft

By Scott Munro Published

Dispute over The Verve’s 1997 track Bitter Sweet Symphony meant Richard Ashcroft was denied royalties as it sampled orchestral version of the Stones’ The Last Time

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Cover art for The Verve - Urban Hymns album
The Verve - Urban Hymns album review

By Paul Moody Published

Twentieth-anniversary splurge of lad-rock milestone, now with B-sides and session tracks

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