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On this day 19 March 1996, Manchester Britpop legends Oasis played their second night at the Cardiff International Arena on their (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? Tour.
Support was provided by the Manic Street Preachers.
Review
MANCHESTER’S bad lads confirmed their status as Britain’s biggest band when they swaggered onto the stage at Cardiff.
For these boys there was no flashy set, no intricate lights, no arena-filming stage show - just five men in jeans with guitars and drums.
Any lesser band could have fallen flat, but not the three-times Brit winners, whose music was all that was needed to generate mass adoration from the 6,700 fans.
Many had waited more than eight hours to get their place on the front barrier and were rewarded by hit after hit. Supersonic and Champagne Supernova scaled new heights. While Roll With It and Some Might Say brought football crows chants of “Liam.”
But frontman Liam was untouched by the adoration in the supremely arrogant style that makes Johnny Rotten look like a gameshow host. His only acknowledgment of the hero worship was his ape-like strut onto the speaker column before the band’s final exit.
Leaving the stage after an hour - the band surprisingly conceded to showbiz by doing two encores.
Songwriter Noel armed with only a guitar came back for an unplugged return belting out Wonderwall, which sadly turned into a sing-along, and Whatever.
Then the rest of the band plugged themselves back in for the final Don’t Look Back in Anger and ended with their Beatles cover I Am the Walrus.
South Wales Echo 19 March 1996
Setlist
The Swamp Song
Acquiesce
Supersonic
Hello
Some Might Say
Roll With It
Shakermaker
Round Are Way
(Ending with Up In The Sky)
Morning Glory
Cigarettes & Alcohol
Champagne Supernova
Noel Gallagher's Acoustic Set
Whatever
(Ending with Octopus's Garden)
Wonderwall
Slide Away
Rest of Electric Set
Don't Look Back in Anger
Live Forever
I Am the Walrus
(The Beatles cover)