And on Friday evening, I advised everybody to have their bags ready to go because if the plow was to get through in the morning, if you want to leave, that’s the way. But the majority of people that were here were due to stay here in our guest rooms. There was only one or two people that had concerns because they had very young children at home a couple larger vehicles were able to get them out. By nine o'clock, it was pretty obvious that no one was going to be leaving. Groups of friends can use these rooms to sing and drink. It started to snow early on in the evening, and then it just got worse. In higherclass karaoke clubs, large private rooms with bigscreen television sets are the norm. There were 61 people -some people were put off by the threat of the weather, I guess. We had an Oasis tribute band, Noasis, playing on Friday evening, and we expected about 145 people.
General manager Nicola Townsend got on the phone with Esquire to talk about the moment she knew they'd wait it out together, how the group plans to reunite-and whether this might be what gets us an Oasis reunion. It had all the makings of a nightmare, but with the help of 15 barrels of beer, a few acoustic sets, and a good attitude, the snow-in ended on Monday morning and the group left with a few unexpected friends and a weird-as-hell memory. They were stranded there after a snowstorm trapped everyone inside for the then-foreseeable future. Before the evening was over, the outfit, along with 61 show attendees, weren't just hanging out at the Tan Hill Inn. On Friday, November 26 that performance slot featured Noasis, an Oasis cover band that's played the Tan Hill Inn in the past.
Up in the Pennine Mountain Chain stands the Tan Hill Inn, which bills itself as "the highest pub in the United Kingdom." At 1,732 feet above sea level, the venue regularly hosts guests from all over the country for dinner or a few nights away from home, and on weekends, patrons can regularly find any one of a rotating docket of musical guests.