Since signing up to be a blue as a nipper, Blossoms frontman Tom Ogden has watched Manchester City’s rise mirror his own band’s journey. Over the past decade, four of the jubilant indie-rock group’s five albums have gone to Number One in the UK. As the triumphant campaign to promote 2024 release Gary wound down, Stockport-born Ogden told us about Maine Road days with his mum, Manchester’s music rivalries and keeping the hunger alive...
It’s gone really well. It’s probably the most buzz we’ve had since the first record, which is strange because this is the first album we’ve done that’s not on a major label. We left nothing behind on this one. Going into it, we didn’t know what it was gonna be and you hear things like, ‘Oh, Radio 1 won’t play you anymore’. You have that fear and then it worked out. The songs got on the radio, we got on Graham Norton, we got Jools Holland again. All those things fell back in place. The hunger is still there and I’m proud of the longevity. The gigs have got bigger, we’ve pushed ourselves and we’re still friends.
Yeah. The appetite for guitar music was always there but sometimes a band of Oasis’s magnitude coming back makes it omnipresent. They’re my favourite band.
It’s always an initial talking point when you meet somebody, and we’ve seen Noel probably more at the games over the years. It’s massive. It’s been a huge connection point for us.
You get it at half-time – they’ll play a few tunes and they’ll play yours. My mum used to take me to Maine Road and then I had a season ticket at the Etihad from when I was about 14. That nostalgia never goes – being in the stadium and hearing your tunes, it’s still a buzz.
You just smile along with it! The thing with stadiums is they’re that big that no one’s looking going, ‘There’s the guy!’. People are going for a Bovril and doing their own thing. It’s worse if it comes on in a restaurant or something.
Yeah. Oasis have got all the main points. We’ll be filler within that, which I’ll happily take!
So many elements of it do feel different. The games you’re going to watch, the scale of it, the exposure the club gets. But the heart of it feels the same. Me and Joe [Donovan, Blossoms drummer] have done a few promo things for City, and walking through the corridors, you see people who have worked there since Maine Road. The core part of the club is still there from when they were the old City.
The one where we beat Real Madrid 4-0 was great, the year we won the Champions League. Even when we first got in the Champions League, going to the Etihad and hearing the music. There’s been some great nights there. The more recent memories are against Real Madrid. They’ve got a modern-day rivalry which has spun out of the last four years.
It’s friendly banter when it comes to that because ultimately your main connection is the music. You’ve got the Stone Roses and Courteeners who are United, and then you’ve got us, Johnny Marr and Oasis who are Blues. But everyone has always been really kind. Our first big support gig was with James, they’re a Manchester band, and then the Roses let us support them. Courteeners, we did loads with them. We wouldn’t be where we are now without those bands giving us the leg up.
Writing new songs and getting inspired. I’ve already written a couple of songs but you’ve got to write a hell of a lot to get to a point where you can start piecing an album together.
With the new signings they’ve made and a bit of time for Pep to take stock, I’m hoping they come back as strong as they were the year before. If anyone can rebuild and revitalise the club, it’s him.
Since signing up to be a blue as a nipper, Blossoms frontman Tom Ogden has watched Manchester City’s rise mirror his own band’s journey. Over the past decade, four of the jubilant indie-rock group’s five albums have gone to Number One in the UK. As the triumphant campaign to promote 2024 release Gary wound down, Stockport-born Ogden told us about Maine Road days with his mum, Manchester’s music rivalries and keeping the hunger alive...
It’s gone really well. It’s probably the most buzz we’ve had since the first record, which is strange because this is the first album we’ve done that’s not on a major label. We left nothing behind on this one. Going into it, we didn’t know what it was gonna be and you hear things like, ‘Oh, Radio 1 won’t play you anymore’. You have that fear and then it worked out. The songs got on the radio, we got on Graham Norton, we got Jools Holland again. All those things fell back in place. The hunger is still there and I’m proud of the longevity. The gigs have got bigger, we’ve pushed ourselves and we’re still friends.
Yeah. The appetite for guitar music was always there but sometimes a band of Oasis’s magnitude coming back makes it omnipresent. They’re my favourite band.
It’s always an initial talking point when you meet somebody, and we’ve seen Noel probably more at the games over the years. It’s massive. It’s been a huge connection point for us.
You get it at half-time – they’ll play a few tunes and they’ll play yours. My mum used to take me to Maine Road and then I had a season ticket at the Etihad from when I was about 14. That nostalgia never goes – being in the stadium and hearing your tunes, it’s still a buzz.
You just smile along with it! The thing with stadiums is they’re that big that no one’s looking going, ‘There’s the guy!’. People are going for a Bovril and doing their own thing. It’s worse if it comes on in a restaurant or something.
Yeah. Oasis have got all the main points. We’ll be filler within that, which I’ll happily take!
So many elements of it do feel different. The games you’re going to watch, the scale of it, the exposure the club gets. But the heart of it feels the same. Me and Joe [Donovan, Blossoms drummer] have done a few promo things for City, and walking through the corridors, you see people who have worked there since Maine Road. The core part of the club is still there from when they were the old City.
The one where we beat Real Madrid 4-0 was great, the year we won the Champions League. Even when we first got in the Champions League, going to the Etihad and hearing the music. There’s been some great nights there. The more recent memories are against Real Madrid. They’ve got a modern-day rivalry which has spun out of the last four years.
It’s friendly banter when it comes to that because ultimately your main connection is the music. You’ve got the Stone Roses and Courteeners who are United, and then you’ve got us, Johnny Marr and Oasis who are Blues. But everyone has always been really kind. Our first big support gig was with James, they’re a Manchester band, and then the Roses let us support them. Courteeners, we did loads with them. We wouldn’t be where we are now without those bands giving us the leg up.
Writing new songs and getting inspired. I’ve already written a couple of songs but you’ve got to write a hell of a lot to get to a point where you can start piecing an album together.
With the new signings they’ve made and a bit of time for Pep to take stock, I’m hoping they come back as strong as they were the year before. If anyone can rebuild and revitalise the club, it’s him.
Since signing up to be a blue as a nipper, Blossoms frontman Tom Ogden has watched Manchester City’s rise mirror his own band’s journey. Over the past decade, four of the jubilant indie-rock group’s five albums have gone to Number One in the UK. As the triumphant campaign to promote 2024 release Gary wound down, Stockport-born Ogden told us about Maine Road days with his mum, Manchester’s music rivalries and keeping the hunger alive...
It’s gone really well. It’s probably the most buzz we’ve had since the first record, which is strange because this is the first album we’ve done that’s not on a major label. We left nothing behind on this one. Going into it, we didn’t know what it was gonna be and you hear things like, ‘Oh, Radio 1 won’t play you anymore’. You have that fear and then it worked out. The songs got on the radio, we got on Graham Norton, we got Jools Holland again. All those things fell back in place. The hunger is still there and I’m proud of the longevity. The gigs have got bigger, we’ve pushed ourselves and we’re still friends.
Yeah. The appetite for guitar music was always there but sometimes a band of Oasis’s magnitude coming back makes it omnipresent. They’re my favourite band.
It’s always an initial talking point when you meet somebody, and we’ve seen Noel probably more at the games over the years. It’s massive. It’s been a huge connection point for us.
You get it at half-time – they’ll play a few tunes and they’ll play yours. My mum used to take me to Maine Road and then I had a season ticket at the Etihad from when I was about 14. That nostalgia never goes – being in the stadium and hearing your tunes, it’s still a buzz.
You just smile along with it! The thing with stadiums is they’re that big that no one’s looking going, ‘There’s the guy!’. People are going for a Bovril and doing their own thing. It’s worse if it comes on in a restaurant or something.
Yeah. Oasis have got all the main points. We’ll be filler within that, which I’ll happily take!
So many elements of it do feel different. The games you’re going to watch, the scale of it, the exposure the club gets. But the heart of it feels the same. Me and Joe [Donovan, Blossoms drummer] have done a few promo things for City, and walking through the corridors, you see people who have worked there since Maine Road. The core part of the club is still there from when they were the old City.
The one where we beat Real Madrid 4-0 was great, the year we won the Champions League. Even when we first got in the Champions League, going to the Etihad and hearing the music. There’s been some great nights there. The more recent memories are against Real Madrid. They’ve got a modern-day rivalry which has spun out of the last four years.
It’s friendly banter when it comes to that because ultimately your main connection is the music. You’ve got the Stone Roses and Courteeners who are United, and then you’ve got us, Johnny Marr and Oasis who are Blues. But everyone has always been really kind. Our first big support gig was with James, they’re a Manchester band, and then the Roses let us support them. Courteeners, we did loads with them. We wouldn’t be where we are now without those bands giving us the leg up.
Writing new songs and getting inspired. I’ve already written a couple of songs but you’ve got to write a hell of a lot to get to a point where you can start piecing an album together.
With the new signings they’ve made and a bit of time for Pep to take stock, I’m hoping they come back as strong as they were the year before. If anyone can rebuild and revitalise the club, it’s him.
Since signing up to be a blue as a nipper, Blossoms frontman Tom Ogden has watched Manchester City’s rise mirror his own band’s journey. Over the past decade, four of the jubilant indie-rock group’s five albums have gone to Number One in the UK. As the triumphant campaign to promote 2024 release Gary wound down, Stockport-born Ogden told us about Maine Road days with his mum, Manchester’s music rivalries and keeping the hunger alive...
It’s gone really well. It’s probably the most buzz we’ve had since the first record, which is strange because this is the first album we’ve done that’s not on a major label. We left nothing behind on this one. Going into it, we didn’t know what it was gonna be and you hear things like, ‘Oh, Radio 1 won’t play you anymore’. You have that fear and then it worked out. The songs got on the radio, we got on Graham Norton, we got Jools Holland again. All those things fell back in place. The hunger is still there and I’m proud of the longevity. The gigs have got bigger, we’ve pushed ourselves and we’re still friends.
Yeah. The appetite for guitar music was always there but sometimes a band of Oasis’s magnitude coming back makes it omnipresent. They’re my favourite band.
It’s always an initial talking point when you meet somebody, and we’ve seen Noel probably more at the games over the years. It’s massive. It’s been a huge connection point for us.
You get it at half-time – they’ll play a few tunes and they’ll play yours. My mum used to take me to Maine Road and then I had a season ticket at the Etihad from when I was about 14. That nostalgia never goes – being in the stadium and hearing your tunes, it’s still a buzz.
You just smile along with it! The thing with stadiums is they’re that big that no one’s looking going, ‘There’s the guy!’. People are going for a Bovril and doing their own thing. It’s worse if it comes on in a restaurant or something.
Yeah. Oasis have got all the main points. We’ll be filler within that, which I’ll happily take!
So many elements of it do feel different. The games you’re going to watch, the scale of it, the exposure the club gets. But the heart of it feels the same. Me and Joe [Donovan, Blossoms drummer] have done a few promo things for City, and walking through the corridors, you see people who have worked there since Maine Road. The core part of the club is still there from when they were the old City.
The one where we beat Real Madrid 4-0 was great, the year we won the Champions League. Even when we first got in the Champions League, going to the Etihad and hearing the music. There’s been some great nights there. The more recent memories are against Real Madrid. They’ve got a modern-day rivalry which has spun out of the last four years.
It’s friendly banter when it comes to that because ultimately your main connection is the music. You’ve got the Stone Roses and Courteeners who are United, and then you’ve got us, Johnny Marr and Oasis who are Blues. But everyone has always been really kind. Our first big support gig was with James, they’re a Manchester band, and then the Roses let us support them. Courteeners, we did loads with them. We wouldn’t be where we are now without those bands giving us the leg up.
Writing new songs and getting inspired. I’ve already written a couple of songs but you’ve got to write a hell of a lot to get to a point where you can start piecing an album together.
With the new signings they’ve made and a bit of time for Pep to take stock, I’m hoping they come back as strong as they were the year before. If anyone can rebuild and revitalise the club, it’s him.
Since signing up to be a blue as a nipper, Blossoms frontman Tom Ogden has watched Manchester City’s rise mirror his own band’s journey. Over the past decade, four of the jubilant indie-rock group’s five albums have gone to Number One in the UK. As the triumphant campaign to promote 2024 release Gary wound down, Stockport-born Ogden told us about Maine Road days with his mum, Manchester’s music rivalries and keeping the hunger alive...
It’s gone really well. It’s probably the most buzz we’ve had since the first record, which is strange because this is the first album we’ve done that’s not on a major label. We left nothing behind on this one. Going into it, we didn’t know what it was gonna be and you hear things like, ‘Oh, Radio 1 won’t play you anymore’. You have that fear and then it worked out. The songs got on the radio, we got on Graham Norton, we got Jools Holland again. All those things fell back in place. The hunger is still there and I’m proud of the longevity. The gigs have got bigger, we’ve pushed ourselves and we’re still friends.
Yeah. The appetite for guitar music was always there but sometimes a band of Oasis’s magnitude coming back makes it omnipresent. They’re my favourite band.
It’s always an initial talking point when you meet somebody, and we’ve seen Noel probably more at the games over the years. It’s massive. It’s been a huge connection point for us.
You get it at half-time – they’ll play a few tunes and they’ll play yours. My mum used to take me to Maine Road and then I had a season ticket at the Etihad from when I was about 14. That nostalgia never goes – being in the stadium and hearing your tunes, it’s still a buzz.
You just smile along with it! The thing with stadiums is they’re that big that no one’s looking going, ‘There’s the guy!’. People are going for a Bovril and doing their own thing. It’s worse if it comes on in a restaurant or something.
Yeah. Oasis have got all the main points. We’ll be filler within that, which I’ll happily take!
So many elements of it do feel different. The games you’re going to watch, the scale of it, the exposure the club gets. But the heart of it feels the same. Me and Joe [Donovan, Blossoms drummer] have done a few promo things for City, and walking through the corridors, you see people who have worked there since Maine Road. The core part of the club is still there from when they were the old City.
The one where we beat Real Madrid 4-0 was great, the year we won the Champions League. Even when we first got in the Champions League, going to the Etihad and hearing the music. There’s been some great nights there. The more recent memories are against Real Madrid. They’ve got a modern-day rivalry which has spun out of the last four years.
It’s friendly banter when it comes to that because ultimately your main connection is the music. You’ve got the Stone Roses and Courteeners who are United, and then you’ve got us, Johnny Marr and Oasis who are Blues. But everyone has always been really kind. Our first big support gig was with James, they’re a Manchester band, and then the Roses let us support them. Courteeners, we did loads with them. We wouldn’t be where we are now without those bands giving us the leg up.
Writing new songs and getting inspired. I’ve already written a couple of songs but you’ve got to write a hell of a lot to get to a point where you can start piecing an album together.
With the new signings they’ve made and a bit of time for Pep to take stock, I’m hoping they come back as strong as they were the year before. If anyone can rebuild and revitalise the club, it’s him.
Since signing up to be a blue as a nipper, Blossoms frontman Tom Ogden has watched Manchester City’s rise mirror his own band’s journey. Over the past decade, four of the jubilant indie-rock group’s five albums have gone to Number One in the UK. As the triumphant campaign to promote 2024 release Gary wound down, Stockport-born Ogden told us about Maine Road days with his mum, Manchester’s music rivalries and keeping the hunger alive...
It’s gone really well. It’s probably the most buzz we’ve had since the first record, which is strange because this is the first album we’ve done that’s not on a major label. We left nothing behind on this one. Going into it, we didn’t know what it was gonna be and you hear things like, ‘Oh, Radio 1 won’t play you anymore’. You have that fear and then it worked out. The songs got on the radio, we got on Graham Norton, we got Jools Holland again. All those things fell back in place. The hunger is still there and I’m proud of the longevity. The gigs have got bigger, we’ve pushed ourselves and we’re still friends.
Yeah. The appetite for guitar music was always there but sometimes a band of Oasis’s magnitude coming back makes it omnipresent. They’re my favourite band.
It’s always an initial talking point when you meet somebody, and we’ve seen Noel probably more at the games over the years. It’s massive. It’s been a huge connection point for us.
You get it at half-time – they’ll play a few tunes and they’ll play yours. My mum used to take me to Maine Road and then I had a season ticket at the Etihad from when I was about 14. That nostalgia never goes – being in the stadium and hearing your tunes, it’s still a buzz.
You just smile along with it! The thing with stadiums is they’re that big that no one’s looking going, ‘There’s the guy!’. People are going for a Bovril and doing their own thing. It’s worse if it comes on in a restaurant or something.
Yeah. Oasis have got all the main points. We’ll be filler within that, which I’ll happily take!
So many elements of it do feel different. The games you’re going to watch, the scale of it, the exposure the club gets. But the heart of it feels the same. Me and Joe [Donovan, Blossoms drummer] have done a few promo things for City, and walking through the corridors, you see people who have worked there since Maine Road. The core part of the club is still there from when they were the old City.
The one where we beat Real Madrid 4-0 was great, the year we won the Champions League. Even when we first got in the Champions League, going to the Etihad and hearing the music. There’s been some great nights there. The more recent memories are against Real Madrid. They’ve got a modern-day rivalry which has spun out of the last four years.
It’s friendly banter when it comes to that because ultimately your main connection is the music. You’ve got the Stone Roses and Courteeners who are United, and then you’ve got us, Johnny Marr and Oasis who are Blues. But everyone has always been really kind. Our first big support gig was with James, they’re a Manchester band, and then the Roses let us support them. Courteeners, we did loads with them. We wouldn’t be where we are now without those bands giving us the leg up.
Writing new songs and getting inspired. I’ve already written a couple of songs but you’ve got to write a hell of a lot to get to a point where you can start piecing an album together.
With the new signings they’ve made and a bit of time for Pep to take stock, I’m hoping they come back as strong as they were the year before. If anyone can rebuild and revitalise the club, it’s him.
