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Oasis är ett brittiskt rockband från Manchester, bildat 1991 ur gruppen The Rain. Bandets frontfigurer är bröderna Liam och Noel Gallagher. Med 70 miljoner sålda album i världen är bandet mest känt för sina två första album, Definitely Maybe och (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, med låtarna "Wonderwall", "Live Forever" och "Don't Look Back In Anger". Bandets musikstil hörde ursprungligen till den så kallade britpopen, som fick stort genomslag i Europa i mitten av 1990-talet, men de har numera ett vanligare rocksound.[källa behövs] Samtliga av bandets sju studioalbum toppade den brittiska försäljningslistan och man hade åtta singellistettor under de 16 år man släppte ny musik. 22 raka singlar nådde dessutom topp 10-positioner i den brittiska försäljningsstatistiken. Den 28 augusti 2009 lämnade Noel Gallagher bandet, och det spekulerades en period att bandet skulle upplösas. Efter en tid bildade Liam Gallagher tillsammans med de andra kvarvarande medlemmarna ett nytt band vid namn Beady Eye. Noel Gallagher fortsatte sin musikkarriär som soloartist med bandet Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. Oasis upplöstes officiellt i februari 2010. Den 27 augusti 2024 meddelade bandet att de kommer återförenas och genomföra konserter år 2025.

Blur are an English rock band formed in London in 1988. The band consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bass guitarist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Their debut album, Leisure (1991), incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegaze. Following a stylistic change influenced by English guitar pop groups such as the Kinks, the Beatles and XTC, Blur released the albums Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995). As a result, the band helped to popularise the Britpop genre and achieved mass popularity in the UK, aided by a widely publicised chart battle with rival band Oasis in 1995 dubbed "The Battle of Britpop". Blur's self-titled fifth album (1997) saw another stylistic shift, influenced by the lo-fi styles of American indie rock groups, and became their third UK chart-topping album. Its single "Song 2" brought the band mainstream success in the US for the first time. Their next album, 13 (1999) saw the band experimenting with electronic and art rock styles, and featured more personal lyrics from Albarn and Coxon. Their seventh album, Think Tank (2003), continued their experimentation with electronic sounds and was shaped by Albarn's growing interest in hip hop and world music, featuring more minimal guitar work. Coxon left the band early in the sessions for Think Tank, and Blur disbanded for several years after the album's tour. In 2009, Blur reunited with Coxon and embarked on a European reunion tour. In the following years, they released several singles and compilations and toured internationally. In 2012, they received a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. Their eighth album, The Magic Whip (2015), was their first in twelve years and the sixth consecutive Blur studio album to top the British charts. After the Magic Whip tour, Blur went on hiatus until the release of their ninth album, The Ballad of Darren, in 2023.