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August 13, 1994: Oasis and The Verve Break Into Swedish Church Looking For Wine
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On a bender of biblical portions, members of British bands Oasis and The Verve (Verve's Richard Ashcroft and Oasis' Liam Gallagher seen above) were arrested after smashing up a hotel bar, then breaking into a church in an attempt to steal communion wine in Hultsfred, Sweden where the bands had been playing a festival.
Explaining the two bands' shared misadventures, Ashcroft said "We're kindred spirits." Oasis member Noel Gallagher, perhaps inadvertently defining his own band, then said of The Verve, They're all bonkers."
