WENDOVER: Real Magic Books

Thursday 17th July, 2025

6:30pm

Event information

Join us to celebrate the publication of A Sound So Very Loud - The Inside Story of Every Song Oasis Recorded. This is the first and definitive book about the music of Oasis, written by two insider
journalists and publishing as the reunion tour begins.

'Ted Kessler and Hamish MacBain are fantastic chaps. The Dudley Moore and Peter Cook of music journalism LG x' Liam Gallagher

A Sound So Very Loud is not only a deeply researched tribute to the generational creative talent and star power of the Gallaghers, it is also crammed with unknown detail and the kind of anarchic, brilliantly funny anecdotes that only Oasis could generate.

Music journalists Ted Kessler and Hamish MacBain first met Liam and Noel in 1994, when the brothers were playing tiny venues, and have since interviewed them dozens of times, tracking the astonishing success of Oasis as they became one of the biggest bands in the world.

In this comprehensive telling of the Oasis story through their spectacular back catalogue, Kessler and MacBain focus on the enduring power of the music, exploring the tales behind the lyrics and revealing the background to the writing, recording and impact of all the songs, from megahits like ‘Live Forever’, ‘Wonderwall’, ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’ and ‘Champagne ‘Supernova’ to the fan-favourite B-sides and deep cuts such as ‘Acquiesce’, ‘The Masterplan’, and ‘Half the World Away’. With their unique perspective on all things Oasis and their numerous encounters with the band across the years, they bring this story to life in glorious colour.

Ted and Hamish will be in conversation with Real Magic Record's Sean Rowley for a night that is guaranteed to be pure entertainment.

After the talk we'll all be heading round to the King and Queen for a free Oasis pub quiz. Join us!

‘Astute, intimate, hilarious and candid, Kessler and McBain have produced the definitive Oasis book. Every page is jam-packed with insight, analysis, access and anecdotes’
Terri White, author of Coming Undone

‘This, unquestionably, will become the Oasis book against which all others will be judged. . . to read it from start to finish is to fall in love with Oasis all over again’
Simon Goddard, author of the Bowie Odyssey series, in The A-Z of Oasis magazine

‘The definitive account. Kessler and MacBain capture them brilliantly: the humour, the chaos, the surprising perceptiveness’ Will Hodgkinson, Chief Rock & Pop Critic, The Times

‘Whatever Hamish and Ted know about the songs that have played a key part in my life I want to know’ Emma Barnett, BBC Radio 4

‘Genuinely essential for any Oasis fan’ Felix White, The Maccabees & Tailenders