Below you can watch a cover of Cigarettes & Alcohol by Oasis performed live by Britpop cover band ‘Britpop Reunion‘. Released in October 1994 from the debut Oasis album Definitely Maybe. This single was the fourth and final release from this award winning album. The follow up none album single “Whatever” was released a mere two months later in December of nineteen ninety four. Contact Andy Starkey from ‘Britpop Reunion‘ to hire a nineties cover band for a live event, birthday, wedding or party.
Cigarettes & Alcohol by Oasis Cover Version by Britpop Tribute Band
Watch Cover of Cigarettes & Alcohol by Oasis Tribute Band
Live at a private festival to only 200 VIP guests. Yes, Britpop Reunion perform at private festivals too. If you’ve aways wanted to have Oasis songs performed live at your manner or mansion then get in touch now to hire a band.
Is it my imagination of I have I finally found something worth living for?
Oasis wedding band performing Cigarettes And Alcohol live at a wedding all the way back in 2016 (Yes we really have been around on the scene this long)
Lyrics
Is it my imagination, or have I finally found something worth living for?
I was looking for some action, but all I found was cigarettes and alcohol.
You could wait for a lifetime, to spend your days in the sunshine.
You might as well do the white line, cuz when it comes on top.
You gotta make it happen……
Is it worth the aggravation, to find yourself a job when there’s nothing worth working for?
It’s a crazy situation, but all I need are cigarettes and alcohol.
You could wait for a lifetime, to spend your days in the sunshine.
You might as well do the white line, cuz when it comes on top
You gotta make it happen……
You gotta, you’ve gotta, you’ve gotta make it.
You gotta, you’ve gotta, you’ve gotta fake it.
Watch Britpop Reunion‘s multiple performances of Don’t Look Back In Anger Oasis Cover Version from over the years. Most of the time we don’t even need to sing this Noel Gallagher penned song at all as the audience sing it for us. Everyone knows and loves this 90’s Oasis song and have done so since its release in 1995. So Britpop Reunion will perform this as your wedding band, festival band, corporate event band, birthday band or party band as well. Hire a Britpop tribute band who have been performing Don’t Look Back In Anger since we formed in 2014. ContactBrit pop artist Andy Starkey to book his 90’s tribute band for a live event.
Don’t Look Back In Anger Oasis Cover Version Video
Festival performance of Don’t Look Back In Anger Oasis Cover Version Video
Performed live at Silverstone in 2021 to a few thousand festival goers, Don’t Look Back In Anger is always the most important song in our live set. It’s the song every festival goer has been waiting for all night long. Everyone knows every word of this Manchester bands song and they all want to sing it with us. Most of the time guests try to jump on stage to sing it themselves down our microphones.
DLBIA live at RAF Brizefest Brize Norton
Wedding Performance of ‘So Sally can wait, she knows it’s too late’
Filmed live at a festival style wedding this song is always a massive bride, groom and guest pleaser. Getting the audience to sing “So Sally can wait, she knows it’s too late as we’re walking on by” is a big part the Britpop Reunion live performance. Hire an Oasis wedding band for your reception party.
Another festival perfromance of a Noel Gallagher song from 1996.
Back in 2016 we headlined Monmouth Festival. This is literally just down the road from where Oasis recorded the song ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth in May 1995. It was released as a single on 19th February 1996 and reached number one in the UK singles chart. Overall it was the tenth largest selling single of nineteen ninety six.
Don’t Look Back In Anger performed live at a Mini Festival in 2016
Britpop Reunion also perform many other Oasis songs as well as Cigarettes & Alcohol, Wonderwall, Roll With It and more. Below is yet another example of how mad mini festival goers go for Don’t Look Back In Anger.
Lyrics to Don’t Look Back In Anger by Oasis
Note: The only tough part of this song is remembering where to sing she, her, my, we’re, so and gonna.
Slip inside the eye of your mind,
Don’t you know you might find,
A better place to play.
You said that you’d never been,
But all the things that you’ve seen,
Slowly fade away.
So I start a revolution from my bed,
Cos you said the brains I had went to my head,
Step outside, summertime’s in bloom,
Stand up beside the fireplace,
Take that look from off your face,
You ain’t ever gonna burn my heart out.
And so Sally can wait,
She knows it’s too late as we’re walking on by.
Her soul slides away,
But don’t look back in anger, I heard you say.
Take me to the place where you go,
Where nobody knows, if it’s night or day.
And please don’t put your life in the hands,
Of a rock and roll band, we’d throw it all away.
Gonna start a revolution from my bed,
Cos you said the brains I had went to my head.
Step outside, cuz summertime’s in bloom.
Stand up beside the fireplace,
Take that look from of your face,
Cos you ain’t never gonna burn my heart out.
And So sally can wait,
She knows it’s too late as she’s walking on by,
My soul slides away,
But don’t look back in anger, I heard you say.
So Sally can wait,
She knows it’s too late as we’re walking on by,
Her soul slides away,
But don’t look back in anger, I heard you say.
So Sally can wait,
She knows it’s too late, as she’s walking on by,
My soul slides away,
But don’t look back in anger,
Don’t look back in anger, I heard you say, least not today.
Authentic guitar solo of Don’t Look Back In Anger performed by Britpop Reunion at a festival.
The B-sides of Don’t Look Back In Anger on all formats include:
Step Out – Also credited to Stevie Wonder due to its similarity with Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
Underneath the Sky
Cum On Feel the Noize – A cover of the Slade single released in 1973
Oasis Artists featuring Don’t Look Back In Anger:
Noel Gallagher
Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs
Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan
Alan White
Let’s also assume that unofficially Liam Gallagher played tambourine
Watch a live version of Roll With It By Oasis Cover performed by professional Britpop Tribute Band ‘Britpop Reunion‘ at Silverstone Classic to 10,000 plus festival goers. Everyone loves to sing this classic Oasis track (released in August 1995) back to us when we play it live. “You gotta ROLL WITH IT, you gotta TAKE YOUR TIME…” ContactBritpop singer Andy Starkey to check on price and availability of Britpop Reunion for your party, Oasis wedding, corporate event or festival. We’re the professional band for your event and we can handle any size party or festival.
Live Version Of Roll With It By Oasis Cover By Britpop Tribute Band
The b-sides of Roll With It were “It’s Better People” and “Rockin’ Chair”.
Roll With It was the second single from Oasis second album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? The 90’s track was written as ever by Oasis lead guitarist and band leader Noel Gallagher. aka The Chief.
Watch our Roll With It By Oasis Cover
Watch as everyone goes nuts to this massive nineties tune at a festival. Also check out the replica Noel Gallagher Union Jack Epiphone Sheraton guitar too. Mad for it yet? You should be, so hire a Britpop cover band and we’ll play this and also Cigarettes and Alcohol, Wonderwall and Don’t Look Back In Anger too.
In this video we asked the question should kids be allowed to goto Oasis Live ’25? Hopefully this video of young un’s singing and dancing along to our live version at RAF Brizefest answers that question.
Oasis fun facts:
Unfortunately Roll With It was the loser of the “The Battle Of Britpop” reaching number two in the UK charts with Blur’s “Country House” reaching the coveted number one position.
This is one of the only Oasis songs to start with a chorus (After the initial intro). And it has never been performed live by either Liam or Noel during their solo careers.
The first single to be released from (What’s the Story) Morning Glory was ‘Some Might Say’ which was the last song to feature original drummer Tony McCarroll.
Lyrics to Roll With It
“I know the roads down which your life will drive, I find the key that lets you slip inside. Kiss the girl she’s not behind the door. I know you think I recognise your face, but I’ve never seen you before.”
You want to book a UK Britpop Cover Band to provide you with live entertainment. ‘Britpop Reunion‘ are available to book for your 90’s event throughout the United Kingdom, Europe and the rest of the world. All over England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Our Brit pop group perform huge hits from Oasis, Blur, Supergrass, The Verve, Pulp. Continuing through James, Ocean Colour Scene, Reef and more. Book a Britpop cover band who perform classic 90’s songs written by nineties superstars. Artists like Britpop Legends Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn, Richard Ashcroft, Gaz Coombes, Liam Gallagher, Jarvis Cocker, Graham Coxon and more. Contact leader member Andy Starkey to check on price and availability for your britpop festival band, britpop party band, britpop wedding band, corporate entertainment band, charity event entertainment band and more. This is a booking you’ll never regret making when you hire professional musicians for your event.
UK Britpop Cover Band
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As the United Kingdom’s best and only professional Brit pop cover band our 90’s tribute band will take you back to the best decade in music featuring the biggest and boldest nineties musicians. Britpop musician Andy Starkey from ‘Britpop Reunion‘ will have you thinking it’s the 1990’s all over again. Period guitars, amplifiers and drum kits mixed with retro 90’s clothing and nineties swagger. Established in 2014 Britpop Reunion instantly upped the game of what you should expect when you book a Britpop covers band. Massively entertaining performances and musicians engaging with the crowd. Therefore getting everyone to sing along and throw their hands in the air. Couple that with the best Britpop musicians around and you can be assured of one heck of a premium 90’s party.
You’ll be singing along to Britpop with us:
All the people so many people and they all go hand in hand, hand in hand through their Parklife.
So Sally can wait she knows it’s too late as she’s walking on by. Her soul slides away, but don’t look back in anger, I heard you say.
We are young, we run green, keep our teeth, nice and clean, see our friends, see the sights, feel Alright.
I wanna live like Common People, I wanna see whatever Common People see.
Sometimes I, fantasise, when the streets are cold and lonely and the cars they burn below me.
All these exciting live performances you can see in our high end videos. We’re not just filming a local pub performance on a smart phone…. With terrible audio and video quality. We’re shooting on multiple DSLR and mirrorless cameras. With live audio expertly recorded from a mixing desk at high end bookings. ‘Britpop Reunion‘ put in all this extra effort to prove to your what we’re capable of. Read reviews and you’ll soon see how every single client who has ever booked Britpop cover band ‘Britpop Reunion‘ has given us a 100% positive rating.
What you get when you hire a UK brit pop covers group
Depending on the size of your event will depend on whether we bring along our state of the art PA & lighting system. For parties with under approx 150 guests its no problem for us to handle all the events audio for you. For events larger than approx 150 guests read more on what you get when you hire a britpop band.
A live performance of Ready To Go by Republica cover version at Silverstone Classic festival to 10,000+ festival goers. This classic 90’s song has lived on over the years having been used on television adverts for many many years since its release including companies such as Halfords. Everyone enjoys singing along to the chorus with us massively “Baby I’m Ready To Go” screaming it back to Andy Starkey on stage. Hire a Britpop band for an event such as a wedding, birthday party, festival or corporate event. Contact band leader Andrew Starkey to check price and availability to hire a 90’s cover band for a live event.
Ready To Go by Republica Cover Version
Ready To Go by Republica Cover Version
Ready To Go was released in the UK on 15th April 1996. Then again in 1997, 2007 and 2020. There are currently 5 different versions of the song.
Ready To Go was written by:
Saffron
Tim Dorney
Andy Todd
Johnny Male
Trivia about the band.
Saffron’s real name is Samantha Marie Sprackling. Prior to being a musician she appeared in the music video of ‘The One And Only’ by Chesney Hawkes (Released 1991) and also as the singer/dancer in British Dance group “N-Joi’s” single ‘Mindflux’. Although it’s doubtful she provided the actual vocals for that dance track. Saffron sings about a “Craic” in the song, but what is a craic exactly? It is an Irish terms pronounced “Crack” that means to enjoy yourself / to have a good time.
Lyrics to Ready To Go by Republica
Verse
You’re weird, in tears, too near and too far away.
He said, saw red, went home stayed in bed all day.
Bridge
Your t-shirt, dish dirt, always love the one you hurt.
Chorus
It’s a craic, I’m back yeah I’m standing on the rooftops shouting out.
Baby I’m ready to go, I’m back and ready to go.
From the rooftops shout it out, shout it out.
Verse
You sleep, too deep, one week is another world.
Big mouth, drop out, you get what you deserve.
Bridge
You’re strange, insane, one thing you can never change.
Chorus
It’s a craic, I’m back yeah I’m standing on the rooftops shouting out.
Baby I’m ready to go, I’m back and ready to go.
From the rooftops shout it out, shout it out.
Bridge
Abused, confused, always love the one that hurt ya, hurt ya, hurt ya, hurt ya.
Chorus
It’s a craic, I’m back yeah I’m standing on the rooftops shouting out.
Baby I’m ready to go, I’m back and ready to go.
From the rooftops shout it out, shout it out.
Ending
It’s a craic, baby I’m ready to go, baby I’m ready to go.
Baby I’m ready to go, Baby I’m ready to go.
Contact to book a britpop cover band your event and have ‘Britpop Reunion‘ take care of all your live music all night long.
Why not book a Brit Pop Tribute Band for a Festival, Party, Wedding, Birthday, Corporate Event? You know the 90’s were the decade of partying. By booking Brit pop Reunion you’re be hiring a live band performing 90’s indie by artists like Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Supergrass, Verve and more. ‘Britpop Reunion‘ are the UK’s very best live brit pop band for your live event. We can handle and perform at any size event large or small. Brit pop Reunion have performed at festivals to 20,000 people to house parties to 20 people since we formed in 2014. And we’ve played live at everything in between too like weddings, school reunions, private parties, birthdays, corporate events and much more. Contact band leader Andy Starkey to check on price and availability of a brit pop cover band as soon as you can. We’re sure you probably only have one date in mind, but we have lots of customers wanting to book us for your one date.
Brit Pop Tribute Band
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Relive the decade known as the 90’s when Cool Britannia meant something to a heck of a lot people. Indie pop bands where what every musician wanted to be in. Writing songs about every day life and every day folks or the “Common People” as Pulp sang. All the best British pop songs from the 1990’s performed live for your party. “Johns’ got brewers droop he gets intimidated by the dirty pigeons. They love a bit of him, PARKLIFE“. “Slip inside the eye of your mind, don’t you know you might find, a better place to play”. Also “See our friends, see the sights, feel ALRIGHT“. Britpop Reunion have the musicianship, the knowledge and a fantastic stage show to entertain guests of all sizes and ages. Singalong with us “And after all, you’re my Wonderwall“, “All sit down, all sit down“.
Contact to book a Brit pop Reunion for a live event and have professional musicians wow all your party goers. You can even check out what we’ve been up to on Facebook too. This will further support our credentials. No tribute works harder to prove to you what they do week in week out.
Performed to thousands of festival goers here is Britpop Reunion performing Tubthumping by Chumbawamba cover version video. Also known as “I get knocked down, but I get up again, you ain’t never going to keep me down“. This songs always gets the festival or party going instantly. Hire a nineties tribute group for a festival, birthday, corporate event, party or any live event. Don’t leave it up to chance, book professional musicians for your live event and have a 90’s tribute group entertain you. See how we can handle crowds of any size. Contact band leader Andy Starkey from Britpop Reunion to check on price and availability to hire a Brit pop party band as soon as possible.
Tubthumping by Chumbawamba Cover Version Video Nineties Tribute Group
Tubthumping by Chumbawamba Cover Version
The song “Tubthumping” was released in August 1997 from Chumbawamba’s eight studio album album “Tubthumper”. Reaching number two in the UK charts it is in the key of D Major.
Thought of as a throw away song to some this is a massive favourite of all our clients as you will see in the above video with everyone pitching in to chant and sing-along in the chorus. Some folks even make up their own dance routines too at our live performances.
For most people this is probably the only song they’d know by Chumbawamba, yet the follow up single “Amnesia” faired well in the UK charts too hitting the top ten. Do you remember it though? No, us neither 🙂 ….Get it, remember amnesia? Ha-ha…..
Here’s another video of us performing this massive 90’s song
Tubthumping Lyrics
We’ll be singing, when we’re winning, we’ll be singing
I get knocked down, but I get up again,
You ain’t never gonna keep me down
Pissing the night away
He drinks a whiskey drink, he drinks a vodka drink, he drinks a lager drink, he drinks a cider drink.
Sings the songs that remind him of the good times.
He sings the songs that remind him of the better times.
Oh, Danny Boy, Danny Boy, Danny Boy
I get knocked down, but I get up again,
You ain’t never gonna keep me down
Pissing the night away
He drinks a whiskey drink, he drinks a vodka drink, he drinks a lager drink, he drinks a cider drink.
Sings the songs that remind him of the good times.
He sings the songs that remind him of the better times.
Don’t cry for me, next door neighbour
I get knocked down, but I get up again,
You ain’t never gonna keep me down
Below you can view number one 90’s tribute Britpop Reunion live rendition of Country House by Blur cover version video to a few thousand guests at a large music festival. To book a Britpop tribute band contact band leader Andy Starkey to check on price and availability to hire a band for a live event. We’d love to perform britpop and 90’s covers for you and all your guests. And we know they’ll love to hear music from the “Last sane decade” too.
Country House by Blur Cover Version Video Brit Pop Tribute Band
Watch Country House by Blur Cover Version Video
City dweller successful fella, thought to himself whoops I’ve got a lot of money. Caught in a rat race terminally…..He lives in a house, very big house in the country.
The single was released on 14th August 1995 by Food Records. The front cover of the song features a photo of Neuschwanstein Castle in Southern Bavaria, Germany.
Below is a live performance of Country House by Blur at Silverstone Festival by Britpop Reunion.
and then another live version at one of our many 90s Party Night events
B-Sides for Country House over cassette singles and various CD singles are:
Watch our live cover version of The Day We Caught The Train by Ocean Colour Scene filmed live at Silverstone festival. Everyone loves singing along to the chorus with us “Ooh la-la, Ooh la-la, Ooh la-la, Ooh la” with their hands in the air. ‘Britpop Reunion‘ are a Britpop and 90’s cover band. To book a Brit pop tribute band for your live event contact bass player Andrew Starkey to check on price and availability. We’ll perform this song and many more nineties bangers too.
The Day We Caught The Train by Ocean Colour Scene Cover Version Live Video
B-Sides of the various singles:
The Clock Struck 15 Hours Ago
I Need a Love Song
Chicken Bones and Stones
Travellers Tune
Justine
The Day We Caught The Train by Ocean Colour Scene Cover Version Live Video
Live at Silverstone Festival
Live at a festival in leeds in 2024
Lyrics to The Day We Caught The Train
I never saw it as the start, it’s more a change of heart.
Rapping on the windows, whistling down the chimney pot.
Blowing off the dust in the room where I forgot.
I laid my plans in solid rock.
Stepping through the door like a troubadour,
whiling just an hour away.
Looking at the trees on the roadside, feeling it’s a holiday.
You and I should ride the coast and wind up in our favourite coats
just miles away.
Roll a number, write another song like, Jimmy heard the day he caught the train.
Ooh lala, ooh lala.
He sips another rum and coke, told a dirty joke.
Walking like Groucho, sucking on a number 10.
Rolling on the floor with the cigarette burns walked in.
I’ll miss the crush and I’m home again.
Stepping through the door with the night in store,
whiling just an hour away.
Step into the sky in the starbright, feeling it’s a brighter day.
You and I should ride the coast and wind up in our favourite coats just miles away.
Roll a number, write another song like, Jimmy heard the day he caught the train.
Ooh lala, ooh lala
You and I should ride the tracks and find ourselves just wading through tomorrow.
And you and I, when we’re coming down, we’re only getting back
And you know I feel no sorrow.
Ooh lala, ooh lala.
When you find that things are getting wild, don’t you want days like these.
Ooh lala, ooh lala.
Most of the songs lyrics are inspired by the 1973 rock opera Quadrophenia written by rock band The Who. Which then became a film in 1979 starring Phil Daniels (Later of Blur Parklife fame) in the lead roll as Mod ‘Jimmy Cooper’. Lyrics like “Jimmy heard the day he caught the train” and “Ride the coast” (referring to Jimmy riding his Lambretta mod scooter to Brighton at weekends to get into fights with Rockers) make this obviously so.
Even the official video for the single features Quadrophenia esque mod scooters being driven around paying homage back once again.
Ocean Colour Scene were based in Moseley Birmingham (B13 postcode) and even named their second album “Moseley Shoals”
Moseley Shoals singles:
You’ve Got It Bad
The Riverboat Song
The Day We Caught the Train
The Circle
The Day We Caught the Train was released 3rd June 1996 and entered the charts at number 4 in the UK charts on 9th June 1996 which was its highest position. Ocean Colour Scene were a part of the mod revival and Britpop scene in the mid 1990’s along side Oasis, Blur, Supergrass, Pulp, Sleeper, Elastica etc.
The band supported Oasis on part of their 1995 tour. OCS performed at Balloch Castle Country Park in August 1996 with Oasis, Cast (Featuring John Power from The La’s), Heavy Stereo (Gem Archer would later go on to join Oasis as guitarist) Black Grape (Featuring Shaun Ryder from The Happy Mondays, Manic Street Preachers and The Bootleg Beatles.
Ocean Colour Scene became a household name in the mid 90’s when their song ‘The Riverboat Song’ was used whenever celebrities walked through the audience on ‘TFI Friday’ to be interviewed by Chris Evans
What could be better than having a 90s tribute band perform live for you at your event? Huge 90’s hits played live from Oasis, Blur, Supergrass, Pulp, James & Chesney Hawkes. Massive hits like Don’t Look Back In Anger, Sit Down, Alright, Common People, The One & Only and more. Britpop Reunion are the only professional choice for your 90’s party, 90’s festival, 90’s wedding or corporate event. Our 90’s band formed way back in 2014 and were an instant success with clients all over the country. Widely considered to be the U.K.’s best 90s tribute band you can book with the clear confidence that your event will be handled by professional musicians putting on a true to life 90’s performance. Contact lead singer Andrew Starkey to check on price and availability to book a 90s tribute band for an event.
90s Tribute Band
What happens when you hire a 90’s tribute band.
When you hire a 90’s tribute band your guests really will feel they’re right back in the nineties all over again. We’ve got the 90’s look, the 1990’s sound and the nineties swagger you want. You’ll be spouting off 90’s sayings like “As if….Talk to the Hand….Boo-ya…Sweet…Word” when we perform live for you. Get your Adidas Gazelle trainers on, slip into your Naf-Naf (or Naf Co. ’54 if you weren’t super rich) puffa jacket and come dance with us. Also why not grab that twin tipped Fred Perry polo shirt too?
All the nostalgia of the nineteen nineties will come flooding back you….Remember Furby? Remember Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (Do you even remember they WEREN’T called NINJAS in the UK?) Did you own a Tamagotchi or a Nintendo 64? We had so many original toys and computer games systems come and go from 1990 to 1999. What about Beavis and Butt-Head with their mayhem and music video reviews? Stereograms? Remember them? Visual illusions of a 3D scene from a 2D image with odd dots and shapes that was all a bit trippy. Also known as Magic Eye or Autostereogram. Can you view our own custom magic eye image below designed by our very own Britpop musician Andy Starkey?
Britpop Reunion Magic Eye Stereogram
The 90s were the decade of Supermodels. Stunners like Kate Moss, Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, and Christy Turlington. All of which earned yearly million pound contracts. Also it was also the decade of the ‘Wonderbra’ with the fantastic “Hello Boys” poster campaign featuring Eva Herzigová.
The 90s Decade – Singalong with the Common People
But mostly you remember the 90’s music don’t you. It’s still very prominent played all over the radio, TV and online to this very day. Some songs have even made it into commercials over the years (‘Ready To Go’ by Republica, Alright by Supergrass, Parklife by Blur for instance).
