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Oasis: Don't Stop… review – optimistic lost song is a minor gem

Wistful lyrics, a knowing Beatles riff … this demo doesn’t break the mould but it is one of Noel Gallagher’s best latter-day efforts. Just don’t hold your breath on a reunion

It says something about the grip Oasis still exert over the national consciousness – or perhaps about the current lack of any music news that doesn’t involve well-meaning-but-ghastly charity singles – that Noel Gallagher putting out a demo of an unreleased song by his former band is deemed something worth reporting everywhere from the national press to the Dorset Echo.

The news has caused speculation over a reformation of the band 11 years after their split. Noel Gallagher is famously the kind of enigmatic and unknowable pop star who communicates with his fans only in impenetrable riddles, as in his recent response to a question about a possible Oasis reunion: he described his brother Liam as “that fucking idiot” and said he’d instead been considering “burning his house down or smashing his car in”. Who can divine his true intentions when the mystery man of Britpop refuses to speak plainly?

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