IT has been almost 25 years since the most famous rock and roll band ever sold out two nights in a row at Balloch.
Box office records were broken as tickets sold out to see Oasis live at Loch Lomond in just 6 hours, with music lovers from all over the country flocking to the National Park area to see the band fronted by the Gallagher brothers, who formed in Manchester in 1991.
Playing songs from their hit albums Definitely Maybe and (What's the Story) Morning Glory? The band wowed the swarming crowd that took in the summer extravaganza on the shores of Loch Lomond.
With 80,000 people turning up to the small town, Balloch residents were told to carry their passports to identify themselves to police to get them through the dense traffic.
And what was considered one of the defining gigs of the nineties in Scotland received rave reviews in the media.
Speaking to MTV News back in 1996, Noel Gallagher said: "I'd like to be nearer to the crowd, nearer to the rest of the band because we're all spread out over this 200ft stage.
"But when you get this big and sucesful that's just the way it goes."
Tributes were also made by the band to James Hunter of Hamilton, a lorry driver who was involved in preparation of the concerts who tragically died after an accident near the stage where he was crushed between a forklift truck and heavy goods vehicle.
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