Is It Worth the Aggravation?

Oasis’s reunification this week is the latest development in Britpop’s long afterlife, its leading lights continuing to carve out careers in the music industry well after the 1990s ended.

Liam (left) and Noel Gallagher on stage at the V Festival in 2009, in what was Oasis’s last show before their fallout led to the band’s split (Mark Prosch/Getty).

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This post is part of the ‘Research and Reflections’ occasional series, consisting of pieces based on my ongoing academic research, as well as on my musings on and responses to current affairs and personal developments.