It's 1987 and Maggie Mitchell is your designated, unfriendly, neighbourhood "goth girl". And when that neighbourhood is the council estate of Burnage in Manchester, Maggie has definitely not chosen the easy path in life. 17 years old and desperately waiting out the long, wet summer before she finally gets to spread her wings at college in London by working in Sifter's records she comes across one last final hurdle in her bid for freedom. A new employee that is the most insufferable, obnoxious bell end she's ever been unlucky enough to meet. Noel Gallagher is bored. 20 years old and fed up of being unemployed, on the dole and waiting to get out of Burnage somehow. As a loyal customer at Sifter's he sees a job opportunity going that'll get him where he wants to go quicker. One problem though. He'll have to work with the scary "goth girl". Fantastic.

In the Mancunnian 80s, sharp tongued teenager Sally Shaw battles with a fractured family and a habit of mouthing off that lands her in constant detention. The one place she actually feels in control is behind the school drum kit. There, she keeps noticing Noel Gallagher - a quiet, brooding year-older with a battered guitar and a reputation to match her own. They've never spoken, despite living doors apart... but when a jam session pairs them up, an after-school detention with his cheeky kid brother Liam, and a bus ride home, something unexpected begins to spark. [It's mean to be a slow-burn.]

Rebecca (Bex to her friends) Brown lives and breathes music. She spends her nights in her room as the sole content creator, editor, photographer, and printer of her fanzine: Ten Storey Love Songs. She's slowly been building a loyal fan base under the pseudonym of Ben Brown. You see, as a sixteen year old girl in 1994 it's difficult to be taken seriously in the middle aged, male dominated music world. One night, Bex takes a chance. One single decision. One single piece of advice she is given changes the course of her life. And also the life of one surly, opinionated Mancunian singer/guitarist/songwriter: Noel Gallagher. One chance meeting results in this pair weaving in and out of each other's lives for the next 30 years.

"𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆" Eleanor "Ellie" Byrne, lead guitarist and vocalist of the rising band Broken Statues, is navigating the chaotic world of Britpop. As her band tours and headlines festivals, Ellie faces the pressures of fame, friendship, and ambition. Caught between music and life, she must find her own path-or risk losing herself in the whirlwind of the 90s music scene.

Britpop was their battlefield, and every record was a loaded weapon. noel gallagher x fem!oc