Put down your oat milk flat white and fire up that MiniDisc player — Britpop is back. Well, sort of. It’s not Liam or Damon (they're probably fighting in a Soho pub over a quinoa salad), but comedian, journalist, and walking encyclopaedia of 90s chaos, Marc Burrows, is about to embark on a nostalgia-fuelled tour that will make you want to dig out your Adidas Gazelles and scream "Parklife!" into the void.
It’s going to be like 1995 again, only now your knees hurt and you actually appreciate Elastica.
The Britpop Show, rolling into over twenty venues across the UK in 2026, is Burrows’ latest love letter/send-up to the era when British music briefly forgot it was miserable and had an existential crisis in a bucket hat. It's been 30 years since Blur and Oasis squared off in the most important culture war of our time (move over, Shakespeare vs Marlowe), and Burrows is here to dig through the glittering mess of Britpop's glory, gory fall, and the cocaine-dusted aftermath.
The show promises a heady cocktail of stand-up, music history, multimedia mischief and possibly a few Hooch-fuelled hallucinations. From Cool Britannia to uncool egos, he’ll guide you through a time when guitar bands ruled the earth, everyone misused the Union Jack, and Tony Blair was considered edgy.
Burrows, whose last show on Terry Pratchett had Pratchett’s actual daughter turning up to give her blessing (no pressure, Damon), is a seasoned cultural spelunker. Having interviewed half of Britpop and probably offended the other half, he knows exactly where the bodies — and empty WKD bottles — are buried.
Whether you were there at Knebworth, dancing at the indie disco, or just Googling “What is a Bluetones?”, this show is your hilarious, heartfelt Britpop primer. Think of it as a history lesson with more shag haircuts and fewer consequences.
Catch The Britpop Show on tour in 2026 — it’s going to be like 1995 again, only now your knees hurt and you actually appreciate Elastica.
