From King Tut's to Balloch: A look back at Oasis in Scotland

One drunken night in Glasgow in 1993, Scottish music executive Alan McGee went out to a gig in the hopes of bumping into an ex-girlfriend.

But he ended up signing one of the biggest bands of all time.

After listening to the first few songs of their set at King Tut's, he knew he wanted to sign this new group from Manchester called Oasis.

The band liked McGee and agreed to sign to his label Creation Records. It was the first step on a journey which took the band to mega-stardom.

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That gig in Glasgow was one that almost never happened.

The band had to scrape together the money - £25 each - to fund their trip north, promised a supporting slot ahead of another group called Sister Lovers.

By the time music executive Alan McGee heard Oasis's second song, he knew he was signing the band to Creation Records [PA Media]

But a bouncer at the door of King Tut's didn't recognise the boys from Burnage and turned them away.

They were allowed to take to the stage only after a threat that if they couldn't perform then neither would Sister Lovers.

Debbie Turner, Sister Lovers' singer, had no idea her ex-boyfriend Alan McGee would be at the show that night, intent on showing up and "putting her on edge".

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McGee admits to being "a bit wavery" when the band came on stage, thanks to some double measures of Jack Daniels.

He recalled: "I was standing there with my kid sister Susan and she immediately went 'you should sign [them]'.

"I said: 'Let's hear the second song' and it was: 'I am signing [them]'. By the third song: 'I’m definitely signing [them]'."

The band only played four songs that night.

Oasis performed at Glasgow Green in 2000 [Getty Images]

Reflecting on the King Tuts gig in a documentary about the band, Noel Gallagher - who with his brother Liam have been the band's only constant members - said: "Fate is just a word to some people, but I understand it now.

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"Alan McGee was meant to be in that club tonight."

The only known recording from that night is a videotape - recorded by a Japanese tourist, one of only about a dozen people at the performance - which was sent to McGee years later.

The band's road to success started in Scotland, and it's a place they returned to many times.

Fans swam across loch

On their lengthy tour for the album Definitely Maybe, the band performed in Glasgow three times in 1994, at the Tramway, Cathouse and Barrowlands.

That same year they also had dates in Dundee and Edinburgh, and the T in the Park festival in Strathclyde Country Park.

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As their fame grew, in 1996 Oasis performed two shows at Balloch Castle Country Park, supported by bands like Cast and Ocean Colour Scene.

Officially, 80,000 people attended the shows - but those who attended say fences were broken down and fans even swam or rowed across Loch Lomond to see the band perform.

By 2000, Oasis were a firm staple on the Britpop scene and performed at Glasgow Green alongside Beck, Paul Weller, Stereophonics and the Dandy Warhols.

A string of tours have fallen apart over the years due to the brothers' fractious relationship.

In June 2009, Oasis performed their last show in Scotland at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh.

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Supported by the Enemy and Kasabian, the band ended their set with a cover of the Beatles song I Am The Walrus.

It was on that same tour that the famously tumultuous relationship between the Gallagher brothers erupted for the last time, with a backstage brawl taking place shortly before going on stage at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris.

The group split up.

Fans were said to have swam across Loch Lomond to crash the Balloch gig [Getty Images]

The brothers continued to argue publicly, taking every opportunity to insult each other in interviews and on social media.

But three decades on from the release of the band's most famous album, (What's The Story) Morning Glory, they made their return.

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About 70,000 people are expected to attend the gigs at Murrayfield on Friday, Saturday and Tuesday.

It could eclipse the record set at the same venue by Taylor Swift last year for the highest-attended stadium concert in Scottish history.

The host of The Oasis Podcast, James Corcoran, told BBC Scotland it was long awaited.

He said: "Liam has been ready to go back since day one, it was Noel who sort of walked away and wanted to do his own solo thing.

"They’ve had a bit of a break, the excitement has built up, its probably at the greatest its ever been... so I think the timing is probably absolutely perfect right now."

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