Creation conquers pop

10-11 August 1996: Number 39 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicTwo summer nights in Hertfordshire confirmed how far it was possible for an indie label to travel. When Oasis played two nights at Knebworth House, in front of a total audience of 250,000, the most unlikely fantasies of their label boss, Alan McGee, must have been surpassed. McGee set up Creation in August 1983, selling just a few dozen of the label's first single, 73 in 83 by the Legend! But by embracin...

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