Noel Gallagher revisits 1990s Camden in new Disney+ video
A new Camden video explores Oasis’ rise, opening a route into Noel Gallagher’s London years, from the Good Mixer to Primrose Hill.
The short answer: A new Camden video explores Oasis’ rise, opening a route into Noel Gallagher’s London years, from the Good Mixer to Primrose Hill.
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Noel Gallagher revisits 1990s Camden in a new Disney+ UK video about Oasis’ rise to fame. Published on 7 November 2026, the video returns to a neighbourhood that became part of Gallagher’s London life as the band broke through.
Titled Oasis’ Rise To Fame, it accompanies Camden, the documentary series that premiered on 29 May 2024. The new video offers another way into the series’ central subject: how one corner of London influenced musicians’ lives and careers.
A cab to Camden High Street
Gallagher’s own account gives that connection a practical starting point. On 10 September 2004, NME published his recollections ahead of an interview with Steve Lamacq due to air on BBC 6 Music. When the other Oasis members returned to Manchester, he said, he was left in London knowing nobody, with a flat out in Chiswick. On Friday nights, he would take a cab to Camden High Street.
I didn’t kind of know anyone but you’ll always bump into somebody down Camden and then the next thing it would be Monday afternoon. Noel Gallagher, quoted by NME on 10 September 2004 ahead of his BBC 6 Music interview with Steve Lamacq
He named the Good Mixer as a place where walking through the door could immediately bring him into company. That memory puts a human scale on the Britpop story: Camden was somewhere to go when he knew few people in his new city, not simply a backdrop to the band’s fame.
Oasis formed in Manchester, with Noel as lead guitarist and principal songwriter. Their London story also ran through the music business. Camden Market’s retrospective guide places Creation Records’ headquarters in Primrose Hill and recalls label owner Alan McGee signing Oasis in 1993. The guide also dates Noel and Meg Matthews’ move into the nearby townhouse known as Supernova Heights to 1995. Between the label’s offices, his home and the pubs he visited, Gallagher’s connection to the area extended beyond nights out.
A neighbourhood told through musicians
Camden widens that perspective beyond Oasis. Through archive footage, observational filming and interviews, the series explores artists’ experiences of the area, from discovering music and playing their first gigs to sell-out concerts and nights out. Gallagher joins contributors including Little Simz, Chris Martin, Nile Rodgers, and The Libertines’ Pete Doherty and Carl Barât.
Dua Lipa is both a contributor and an executive producer, while Asif Kapadia is the series director. The neighbourhood connects their stories, with Gallagher’s experiences forming one part of a broader musical portrait. Camden is available to stream on Disney+ in the UK.