Biography

John Harris was born in 1969. He is a writer, known for Oasis: Supersonic (2016), Oasis: Definitely Maybe (2004) and Timeshift (2002).

British journalist and critic.

Like countless thousands, I spent a good deal of Christmas watching my Live Aid (1985) DVD box set. Much of it - Sade, Simple Minds, Nik Kershaw, Kenny "Footloose" Loggins (Kenny Loggins) - sent me straight to the fast-forward button. The odd moment had me gawping at the screen, thinking that the 1980s had amounted to a period of collective psychosis: who, I am still wondering, ever came to the conclusion that Spandau Ballet were a good idea?