Starlight Society - Global Music Discovery

In the early 1990s, England had a series of reactions to the grunge and shoegaze movements, the biggest of which was a desire to return to the classic rock stylings of the 60s and 70s. This spawned the movement known as BritPop, whose heyday ran from 1991 until 1997 or so.

Over the next three hours, I'll walk you through some of the key moments in BritPop, play you some of the biggest tunes, introduce you to a bunch of "also-rans" and talk about what ended up causing BritPop's decline (Spoiler: mostly BritPop itself).

It's a fun show, a "best of BritPop" if you will, full of lots of bright and bouncy songs, plus a whole lot of England.

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Setlist:

• "Common People" - Pulp
• "Animal Nitrate" - Suede
• "Popscene" - Blur
• "Wonderwall" - Oasis
• "Come Together" - The Beatles
• "Live Life" - The Kinks
• "Girlfriend In A Coma" - The Smiths
• "The Drowners" - Suede
• "Parklife" - Blur
• "Lipgloss" - Pulp
• "Rock'n'Roll Star" - Oasis
• "Caught By The Fuzz" - Supergrass
• "Daydreamer" - Menswear
• "Wide Open Space" - Mansun
• "Connection" - Elastica
• "Wake Up Boo!" - The Boo Radleys
• "The Life Of Riley" - The Lightning Seeds
• "Going For Gold" - Shed Seven
• "Slight Return (John Peel Session 1994)" - The Bluetones
• "Changingman" - Paul Weller
• "The Riverboat Song" - Ocean Colour Scene
• "One To Another" - The Charlatans
• "Ladykillers" - Lush
• "Sonnet" - The Verve
• "A Design For Life" - Manic Street Preachers
• "Girl From Mars" - Ash
• "Female Of The Species" - Space
• "I'm So Lonely" - Cast
• "Miss Trudy" - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
• "You're Gorgeous" - Babybird
• "Songs Of Love" - The Divine Comedy
• "Come Back To What You Know" - Embrace
• "A Girl Like You" - Edwyn Collins
• "Waking Up" - Elastica
• "Atom" - Echobelly
• "Road Rage" - Catatonia
• "What Do I Do Now?" - Sleeper
• "Don't Go Away" - Oasis
• "Bittersweet Symphony" - The Verve
• "Song 2" - Blur
• "Karma Police" - Radiohead
• "The Shock Of The Lightning" - Oasis