Forever the People: Six Months on the Road with Oasis

"In September, 1997 the writer Paolo Hewitt was invited by Oasis to accompany them for six months on their world-wide trip. Starting in the UK and journeying right around the world, Hewitt was able to get closer to the band than any other writer. he followed the group literally from hotel room to the stage. And back again. Forever the People is his intimate and gripping account of all of the tour's drama. He writes of amazing gigs in Rio and court appearances in Australia. He details the band hanging out with the likes of Maradona, Johnny Depp and Naomi Campbell and he watches as three hotels and two airlines attempt to ban the group world-wide. Paolo reveals their unique humour and he perceptively illuminates the effect that life on the road has on all who undertake it.

Forever the People is no mere hagiography of Oasis. As he observes, after the amazing success of their (What's the Story) Morning Glory? album, Oasis was a 'band in search of a meaning', a band that had been rocked by criticism of their Be Here Now album while busy fighting off new contenders for their crown. This is the story of how Oasis, for many people the band of the decade, saved themselves from themselves and found a future, found new horizons.

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