内容摘要：If you want change, change your buying habits. At least, that's what Shaun Beyen, believes: "Everything is consumer-driven".

If you want change, change your buying habits. At least, that's what Shaun Beyen, believes: "Everything is consumer-driven".

The gigs became the biggest the UK had ever seen and went on to be considered Britpop's crowning moment.This was a time when very few people had mobile phones and no tickets were sold online. So how did fans get hold of them?

"The phone lines opened early morning and there was an army of mums doing the heavy lifting in our road, redialling again and again to ensure we got the tickets," says Peter Aitken, who in 1996 was an A-level student living with parents in Coventry."One of the mums struck gold mid-morning and got four tickets including coach travel and that was enough to cover us all."Peter, now 46, who lives in St Albans in Hertfordshire, says he went to the gig with three school friends.

He is now hoping to see Oasis for a third time, having entered the ballot earlier this week for their world tour."The new system should be better," he adds.

"I don't know which is worse – waiting for a phone to be answered or seeing tickets on the internet disappearing before your eyes as you try to book them."

Fans buying tickets or arranging coach travel to Knebworth were able to call three 24-hour hotlines."I will only strike a deal if it's in the national interest," he said.

"That's my priority - strength abroad, security and renewal at home," he added.The PM was speaking as a trio of US stock markets opened 4.4% to 5% down amid concern about a global recession.

Earlier, the government announced it wouldand provide £2.3bn to boost electric car take-up and improve charging infrastructure as a "down payment" on Britain's industrial future.