Hamish MacBain

Hamish MacBain worked at NME from 2004 to 2010, where he had a front row seat to the breakup of Oasis. He wrote the words in the band's last ever official tour programme and was sitting on the train on his way to review what would have been their final UK show when it was cancelled at the last minute. With Noel Gallagher, he co-authored the 2018 book Any Road Will Get Us There (If We Don't Know Where We're Going). His sleevenotes for the reissue of Be Here Now were blown up to 8" x 8" size to form part of the 'Chasing The Sun 1993-1997' Oasis exhibition. His book A Sound So Very Loud: The Inside Story of Every Oasis Song Ever Recorded, co-written with Ted Kessler, was a released in July 2025 and was an instant Sunday Times Bestseller.

'Ted Kessler and Hamish MacBain are fantastic chaps. The Dudley Moore and Peter Cook of music journalism ' – Liam Gallagher

'Something special: a book of wit and verve about why Oasis matter' – The Telegraph