90s rock star looks unrecognisable as his band gets ready to support Oasis
INDIE legend John Power looks unrecognisable in recent pictures as he and his band gear up to support Oasis on their upcoming reunion tour. The frontman, now 56, looks worlds away from his 90s hey…
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INDIE legend John Power looks unrecognisable in recent pictures as he and his band gear up to support Oasis on their upcoming reunion tour.
The frontman, now 56, looks worlds away from his 90s heyday, where he was the leading star of one of Britain’s biggest bands, Cast.
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Indie legend John Power is gearing up to support Oasis on their upcoming reunion tourCredit: PA:Press Association5
John Power looks unrecognisable in recent picturesCredit: instagram/@johnpowermusicMany Cast fans will remember the band's performance with Oasis in Knebworth back in 1996.
Now, 29 years later, they’ll be returning to support Liam and Noel Gallagher this August for the hugely anticipated Oasis tour.
John accompanied Liam on the Definitely Maybe 30th Anniversary Tour last year but admits he didn’t have any idea the band were getting back together at the time.
Discussing the moment he got the call from Liam, he said: “Me and the band were in the dressing room when I got the call and it was something out of the movies.
“Like, the cops are there and the suspect rings up and they put a trace on the call. It was like the bat phone had just gone off. We are just over the moon. It took a while to sink in."
Cast was made up of John and Peter Wilkinson and they had an early line-up of different guitarists and drummers.
The band split in August 2001 just one month after they released Desert Drought, which sat at No. 45 in the charts.
They then cancelled a planned UK autumn tour due to "internal band circumstances" and eventually went separate ways.
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However, they reunited in 2023 and their third album since reforming in 2010 dropped last year, called Love Is The Call.
Cast were one of many acts from the 90s who were in the running to open for Oasis on their tour.
Before they were selected as the supporting band, John told Virgin Radio back in September: “I’d like to think our name’s in the hat, but as a wise person once said, ‘Don’t put your dreams in the hands of a rock and roll band’.”
“It would be great to be involved.”
John grew up in Allerton, in Liverpool, and attended Quarry Bank Comprehensive School, which is the same school The Beatles members attended. He also played John Lennon in Bob Eaton's musical Lennon at the Royal Court Theatre in London.
Back in their 90s heyday, Cast enjoyed hits such as Fine Time and Walkaway, while John was also the bassist and backing vocalist for The La's, an English rock band from Liverpool between 1983 to 1992.
Former The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft has also been confirmed as a supporting act for the Oasis tour.
Oasis - The Gallagher Feud Timeline
1991 - Liam Gallagher forms Oasis with Paul Arthurs, Paul McGuigan and Tony McCarroll, later asking Noel to join.
1993 - The band sign to Creation Records and start work on their debut album.
August 1994 - Oasis shoot to fame with their debut album, Definitely Maybe, with tracks including Rock n Roll Star, Live Forever and Supersonic. It's one of the fastest selling debuts ever for a British band.
September 1994 - Noel temporarily leaves the band's tour after Liam smacks him in the face with a tambourine on stage in Los Angeles.
1995 - The band release their second album, (What's The Story) Morning Glory? which features Wonderwall, Don't Look Back in Anger, and Champagne Supernova.
1996 - Liam is forced to sit out a leg of tour shows due to laryngitis, but causes chaos when he was filmed heckling his brother from a balcony while a taping of MTV Unplugged.
2000 - Noel quits the band temporarily for a second time when, while partying in Barcelona, Liam riles Noel by questioning if his daughter, Anais, is actually his. The pair get into a fist fight.
2005 - Noel tells Q Magazine that he's 'never forgiven' Liam for his comments about Anais and he's 'never apologised. He tells the mag: "He's my brother. I hope he's reading this and realises that. He's my brother but he's at arm's length until he apologises for what he's done."
2009 - Noel admits in an interview with Q that he 'doesn't like Liam', branding him "rude, arrogant, intimidating, and lazy". "He’s the angriest man you’ll ever meet," he added. "He’s like a man with a fork in a world of soup.”
Liam later retaliates and tells NME: “It takes more than blood to be my brother. He doesn’t like me and I don’t like him.”
August 23, 2009 - Oasis pull out of a headline slot at V Festival in the UK due to Liam having laryngitis.
August 28, 2009 - Ahead of the Rock en Seine festival, Noel and Liam get into another fight, during which time Liam breaks one of Noel's guitars after "waving it like an axe" according to Noel.
August 28, 2009 - Noel quits the band for the third and final time, saying in a statement: "It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer."
2010 - Oasis win 'best album of the last 30 years' at the Brit Awards for (What's the Story) Morning Glory. Liam picks up the gong, and thanks everyone except Noel. He later says this was misinterpreted as a dig.
2011 - Liam tries to sue Noel after he claims in the interview they cancelled their V Festival performance due to Liam being hungover. Liam disputed it said the comment "questioned my professionalism". He later apologised and the lawsuit was dropped.
2011 - Noel admits regrets at quitting before the Paris gig, telling Absolute Radio and admits if he did "we may never have split up."
2011 - 2014 - Liam and the other bandmates continue under new name, Beady Eye, while Noel forms new band, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
2015 - After years of jabs online, especially through media and Twitter, Liam teases he's buried the hatchet with Noel by sharing an All Areas pass from a High Flying Birds gig. However, the fight would recommence two months later after Noel publicly dismissed suggestion Oasis would reunite for Glastonbury 2016.
2017 - Liam performs at Manchester's One Love concert after the bombing at Ariana Grande's show, with Don't Look Back In Anger becoming a unifying anthem for the incident. He then slams Noel for not attending. Noel later tells Sunday Times: "Young music fan were slaughtered, and he, twice, takes it somewhere to be about him. He needs to see somebody.”
2018 - Liam suggests a reunion for the 2018 World Cup on Twitter, writing: “let’s get the big O back together and stop f***ing about the drinks are on me”. When it fell on deaf ears, he added: "I’ll take that as a NO then."
2019 - Noel speaks out after Liam sends 'threatening messages' to Anais after a comment made about then wife Sara McDonald. Liam later apologises publicly to Anais.
2020 - Liam urges Noel to reunite for a one-off charity gig.
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The Cast band members back in the dayCredit: Getty5
Oasis are set to reunite for their hugely anticipated tour this AugustCredit: PA5
Liam and Noel Gallagher performing on stageCredit: Getty - ContributorYOU MIGHT LIKE
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