About 15 years ago, Noel Gallagher lost a guitar.
Heaton's Andrew Cushin was barely in school born when it happened.
However, a chain of events ended up having life-changing consequences for the young singer-songwriter already drawing comparisons to Sam Fender.
Born and raised in Newcastle's East End, Andrew only properly started playing the guitar four years ago.
In that time he's gone from playing 20 minute sets at poker nights to being signed by one of the biggest record companies on Earth.
This summer, he's set to share the stage with the likes of Gerry Cinnamon and for a lad raised on a diet of Oasis, Paul Weller and the Stone Roses, he admits: "I am living the dream."
Before the coronavirus lockdown forced venues to close, Andrew played a sell-out homecoming show at The Cluny, a stone's throw from the streets in which he was raised - and Byker's 'Bottom Club', who he still plays darts for.
"We had booked it six months in advance, but we ended up selling it out in six days which was surreal" said the 20-year-old.
The gig was bumped up into the Ouseburn venue's main room after "phenomenal demand" for tickets.
For Andrew, whose debut single 'Its Gonna Get Better' was released earlier this year, he's still getting used to being spotted.
"I went into the bank to put some money in recently and people were asking if I was Andrew Cushin. I then had the plumber around too and asked if he would be long and he asked if I was Andrew too.
"He still didn't do the plumbing for nowt like, but it was still a nice moment!"
Those nice moments are set to continue. Before the crisis caused chaos on the festival scene, he had over 30 festival dates lined up this summer including a spot at
This is Tomorrow,which has now been moved to 2021.
It is a long way since his first gig.
"I was just 18, and it was proper nerve racking. It was at a bar called the Station East just over the bridge, and the band I was supporting were a band made up of bank managers.
"There was only about 13 people in the bar and my family was nine of them."
He even supported a Geordie Oasis cover band - which is the perfect time to bring up Noel's lost axe.
"My manager Leigh Macfarlane was working for British Airway's at the time, and Noel lost a guitar, and Leigh helped get it back to him," said Andrew.
The incident happened in 2005, during the tour for what would turn out to be the band's penultimate album, Don't Believe the Truth.
"They struck up a friendship afterwards, and he sent Noel a couple of videos of me playing Waiting For The Rain while I was supporting Nowaysis and it all happened from there."
What happened was like something out of a movie.
Leigh received an email back from the megastar, with Noel writing: "He's deffo got something. Great natural voice. He can play the guitar too. What's the catch is he a b***end?"
Before he knew it, the former Heaton Manor pupil had been signed to a life-changing contract with Virgin Records.
It was an incredible moment - although for Andrew, there's a tinge of sadness that his dad passed last year "just as it was kicking off".
"He was massive on the likes of the Stone Roses, The Beatles, The Who and Damian Rice. He potted around with the guitar a bit but he wasn't Slash or anything, but he loved his music and he was the one who taught me my first few chords," recalls Andrew.
"He would have loved this."
