"This is history. This is history. Right here. Right now. This is history!"
That's how Noel Gallagher greeted 250,000 people as Oasis took to the stage and gazed out at an adoring crowd at Knebworth.
Fittingly, that's exactly how the documentary 'Oasis Knebworth 1996' starts and after seeing the first trailer, the electricity just jumps off the screen.
In terms of the gig, over the course of the two nights, the iconic rock and roll band cemented their status as the biggest band of the '90s.
In just over three years, Oasis went from rehearsing in the Manchester Boardwalk to headlining the biggest gig in the UK with 500,000 people cheering them on over the two nights.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the legendary shows and Jake Scott's film will be released to mark the occasion.
The landmark concerts sold out in under a day with over 2% of the UK population attempting to buy tickets.
As the synopsis states: "This was a time when the UK was slowly recovering from a decade of recession. A surging confidence in arts and culture ushered in Cool Britannia and Oasis meteoric rise reflected the country's new found conviction and swagger. Featuring a setlist packed from beginning to end with stone cold classics, including Champagne Supernova, Wonderwall and Don’t Look Back In Anger, the Knebworth concerts were both the pinnacle of the band’s success and the landmark gathering for a generation.
"Oasis Knebworth 1996 is the story of that weekend and the special relationship between Oasis and their fans that made it possible. It is told through the eyes of the fans who were there, with additional interviews with the band and concert organisers. Directed by Jake Scott from extensive concert and exclusive never before seen footage, this is a joyful and at times poignant cinematic celebration of one of the most important concert events of the last 25 years."
Oasis Knebworth 1996 will be released in Irish cinemas on September 23
Speaking with Deadline, Scott said the documentary will be "story-driven entirely by the music, a rock and roll experience, told in the moment, like a visual stream of consciousness that is built around the extensive archive footage from the event. No on-camera interviews or unnecessary celebrity recollections.”
Speaking with Zoe Ball on the BBC, Noel Gallagher provided some extra information about what fans can expect.
"There’s a lot of stories in the press about it being a film company for a biopic, which of course it’s not. The gig Oasis did at Knebworth is 25-years-old in August and back in 1997 we’d filmed it all really professionally with loads of cameras, we had cameras on the trains with fans and all that.
"But for one reason or another, the film never came out but as it’s the anniversary coming up, we’re going to be releasing that documentary now. it's in production and I’ve seen a tiny trailer of it and it’s a fantastic snapshot of a bygone era before the internet. It’s great, really great."
During previous interviews, Noel Gallagher has said the Knebworth gigs were the pinnacle of the band in terms of creativity and popularity as they were riding high on the success of 1995's (What's The Story) Morning Glory.
Aside from Oasis, the billing for both gigs reads like a who's who of the Brit Pop era with Ocean Colour Scene, The Manic Street Preachers, The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, Cast, Kula Shaker, and The Charlatans all on the billing over the two nights.
