The unlikely story of how Manchester icons Oasis 'were almost a Liverpool band'

The Gallagher brothers are Manc through and through. Burnage boys, the announcement they’ve finally buried the hatchet has put Manchester pop culture firmly back in the mainstream. It also means other parts of the country are laying their claim to a slice of the Oasis success story - including our neighbours and ‘rivals’ Liverpool.

First of all, Oasis played at the world-famous Cavern Club here in Liverpool in the summer of 1992 - whilst still on the road towards stardom. They’ve even been called ‘the greatest living Beatles tribute band’ due to the influence of the Fab Four.

Cavern Club Director Jon Keats told our friends at Liverpool World: "As a company, we'd only taken the Cavern over in 1991. Noel was asked about playing the Cavern years later - you'd think it's The Beatles, it's the Cavern, bucket list - but he is actually quoted as saying he was a little bit disappointed because when he played here, it was more like a wine bar. I remember when we first took over, and it was."

On display in the Cavern is the last drum kit used on tour by the last drummer of Oasis, Chris Sharrock. Chris is a good friend of the club and has loaned the kit to them to display. However, that is another connection that the city has to the Mancunian band.

Jon said: "In the early days, they were almost a Liverpool band because Liverpool's legendary band, The Real People, were friends with Oasis. They got introduced at an early gig. They recorded their early demos here in Liverpool and helped hone that early Oasis sound which is very like The Real People sound themselves. It's been acknowledged throughout the years and there's a co-writing credit with The Real People."

• Watch the video above to explore more links between Liverpool and Oasis.