It's August 28, 2009. It's 9 p.m.
50,000 people, about to attend the highly anticipated performance of the British group Oasis at the Rock en Seine festival, in the park of Saint-Cloud (92).
The training of the Gallagher brothers is due to occur an hour later.
Suddenly, shouts came from the boxes, soon followed by an indefinite crash.
It's not just another argument between Noel, the group's composer, and his younger brother Liam, singer.
This time, the eldest threw in the towel, announcing not only the cancellation of the concert, but also the pure and simple end of one of the flagship groups of the Britpop movement: Oasis.
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In the battle, another casualty: Noel Gallagher's favorite Gibson, a guitar he's used for composing, recording in the studio and playing live, smashed by Liam.
A 1960 ES-335 equipped with a Bigsby tremolo, to be precise.
Either the same model as his hero, Johnny Marr, guitarist and composer of The Smiths, the biggest group...
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