Fans remember when Oasis came to Irvine 25 years on

The Gallagher brothers swaggered onto the stage at Irvine Beach Park on Friday and Saturday, July 14 and 15 1995 to play in front of 12,000 fans over the two nights.

The gigs were a mixture of shades, celebrities and of course Cigarettes and Alcohol.

Following on from the success of their debut number one album Definitely Maybe, the Manchester group arrived in Ayrshire with a host of new songs from the upcoming album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory, which was released a few months later.

Reviews from the time capture a wind battered tent, as the typical Scottish weather welcomed hits such as Live Forever, Don’t Look Back in Anger and Rock ‘n’ Roll Star.

A year later the band would return to Scotland to play a sell-out gig at Loch Lomond, before their monumental Knebworth shows in which Oasis played to 250,000 over two nights.

The Irvine Times were there to cover the event, and last week we asked fans to tell us about some of their memories from the town’s most ‘Mad For It’ weekend.

For those lucky enough to grab a ticket for the sell out shows - they got in for just £12.50 and were also greeted to supporting acts of The Verve, Cast and Ocean Colour Scene.

Lorna Nixon said: “My memories are just kind of turning up something to do, carry out from Asda, not realising how important that moment was. It was Irvine and Oasis…Best times!”

Barry McEwan celebrated his 19th birthday at the gig but one of his friends may remember the gig for the wrong reasons, he said: “What a day/ night. My mate Kevin Esson lost a timberland boot at the start of the gig.

Ally McCoist made an appearance

“We found it after up the back of the tent all mangled.”

His pal Kevin Esson added: “Never wore white socks to a gig since.”

Yvette Moffat didn’t make it too the gig, but the band made so much noise she could hear it from having her windows open.

She said: “I phoned my niece in Manchester and held the phone out the window so she could hear it too.”