When I opened my Manchester store, I booked Tom Hingley of the Inspiral Carpets to do an acoustic set. He did almost a one hour acoustic set of his solo album Keep Britain Untidy, then we went for lunch and got pissed and he came back with a keyboard played and did another hour of Inspiral’s tracks. He charged £100 and a couple of polo shirts and he even got Bez to come in for an hour as well. Bargain.
Noel Gallagher used to be a roadie for them before he started Oasis I believe.