On This Day 02/06/1994 Oasis

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On this day, 2 June 1994, Manchester rockers Oasis played Cardiff University on their Definitely Maybe tour.

The Definitely Maybe Tour was in support of their hugely successful debut album Definitely Maybe. The tour, which spanned the UK, Europe, Japan, the US and Canada, included 143 shows over a period of several months in 1994 and 1995 amidst 10 different tour legs. The tour started on 6 February 1994 with a short concert at Gleneagles, Scotland, and ended on 22 April 1995 at the Sheffield Arena. The latter show featured an acoustic debut of the future hit "Don't Look Back in Anger", and was also the last concert to feature original drummer Tony McCarroll.

Definitely Maybe was released midway through the tour and was widely acclaimed, propelling Oasis to become one of the foremost British acts and put them squarely at the forefront of the emerging Britpop scene. The Gallagher brothers regularly made tabloid headlines for their frequent fallouts and rockstar lifestyles, and the tour had several disruptions and cancellations.

One such occasion occurred when the band used drugs prior to the 29 September 1994 gig at the legendary Whisky a Go Go in California. The gig was a failure with numerous mistakes and afterwards, Noel left the band for several days. He was ultimately tracked down by the band's management and persuaded to continue the tour. Noel wrote the song "Talk Tonight" during this time while away from the band. They then headed to a recording studio and recorded new songs.

The Cliffs Pavilion gig on 17 April 1995 was filmed and later released as the Oasis VHS/DVD Live by the Sea.

Setlist

Shakermaker

Fade Away

Digsy's Dinner

Live Forever

Bring It On Down

Up in the Sky

Cigarettes & Alcohol

Supersonic

I Am the Walrus

(The Beatles cover)

On this day 12/12/1994 Oasis

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On this day 12 December 1994, Brit Pop icons Oasis played Cardiff’s Astoria, formerly The Ritzy and the Top Rank. on the band’s Definitely Maybe Tour in support of their hugely successful debut album Definitely Maybe.

The tour, which spanned the UK, Europe, Japan, the US and Canada, included 143 shows over a period of several months in 1994 and 1995 amidst 10 different tour legs.

The tour started on 6 February 1994 with a short concert at Gleneagles, Scotland, and ended on 22 April 1995 at the Sheffield Arena.

The latter show featured an acoustic debut of the future hit "Don't Look Back in Anger", and was also the last concert to feature original drummer Tony McCarroll.

Nearly a year of constant live performances and recordings, along with a hedonistic lifestyle, were taking their toll on the band. This behaviour culminated during a gig in Los Angeles in September 1994, leading to an inept performance by Liam during which he made offensive remarks about American audiences and hit Noel with a tambourine.

The incident upset Noel to such an extent he temporarily quit the band and flew to San Francisco (it was from this incident the song "Talk Tonight" was written). He was tracked down by Creation's Tim Abbot and they made a trip to Las Vegas. Once there, the elder Gallagher was persuaded to continue with the band. He reconciled with Liam and the tour resumed in Minneapolis.

The group followed up with the fourth single from Definitely Maybe, "Cigarettes & Alcohol", and the Christmas single "Whatever", issued in December 1994 which entered the British charts at number three.

The band’s rider sells for £4,000

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On This Day 12/6/09 Oasis

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On This Day, 12 June 2009, Manchester supergroup Oasis played Cardiff’s Millenium Stadium on the group’s Dig Out Your Soul World Tour. Support was provided by Rhys Ifan’s band The Peth, The Enemy and Kasabian.

The tour started in Seattle, Washington at the WaMu Theater on 26 August 2008 and was planned to continue until 30 August 2009, where they were scheduled to play their final show of the tour at the I-Day Festival in Milan, Italy.

However, on 28 August 2009, after a fight between the Gallaghers in the backstage, their manager announced the cancellation of their concert at the Rock-en-Seine festival near Paris just minutes before it was about to begin, the cancellation of the European tour and that the group "does not exist anymore", referring a coming statement from Noel Gallagher.

Two hours later, a little before midnight, on the band website, a statement of Noel Gallagher read: "It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer. Apologies to all the people who bought tickets for the shows in Paris, Konstanz and Milan."

Review - South Wales Echo

GENERATOR problems and power cuts may have marred the opening nights of this tour, but Oasis last night had no problem electrifying thousands of fans on their only night in Wales.

Liam and Noel Gallagher put on a united front at the Millennium Stadium.

The pair have had their public differences over the years, never more so, it seemed, than earlier this year, when Noel publicly derided his brother as “rude, arrogant, intimidating and lazy”.

Certainly last night the atmosphere between the siblings was noticeably tense, even if there was no evidence of the civil war that threatened to break out following Noel’s outburst in April.

Nonetheless, the growing difference between the pair was evident from the moment they strode confidently out in front the rabid crowd of around 70,000.

Liam’s trademark green parka – part of his new Pretty Green clothing range – looked positively scruffy next to his brother’s immaculate white blazer, paired with a striped pale pink scarf.

But both outfits fitted the bill adequately as they launched into set opener Rock’n’roll Star.

Bravely following the Definitely Maybe classic with two new songs, the Manchester Britpop veterans capitalised on the teeming enthusiasm among the crowd with a sequence that might have lost the attention of a less involved audience.

Liam’s chance to shine came shortly afterwards, with early song Slide Away showcasing his distinctive vocals, and his own composition Songbird. The budding songwriter grasped it with both hands.

Kicking the evening into gear in style, the band rolled out the anthem Morning Glory, before cheekily dedicating My Big Mouth to Charlotte Church.

From there on in, there was nothing but adoration for a band fans had travelled from miles around to see, as hit after hit was blended stylishly with tracks from latest album Dig Out Your Soul.

Early support sets had come from The Peth, complete with a hobbling Rhys Ifans, and The Enemy, who were followed by a barnstorming outing from Kasabian – very much from the Oasis school of macho-posturing – which threatened to steal the show.

But a vivacious performance from the Manchester favourites put paid to any argument they should disappear quietly into the sunset

SETLIST

Rock 'n' Roll Star

Lyla

The Shock of the Lightning

Cigarettes & Alcohol

Roll With It

To Be Where There's Life

Waiting for the Rapture

The Masterplan

Songbird

Slide Away

Morning Glory

My Big Mouth

The Importance of Being Idle

Half the World Away

I'm Outta Time

Wonderwall

Live Forever

Supersonic

Encore:

Don't Look Back in Anger

(Acoustic)

Falling Down

Champagne Supernova

I Am the Walrus

(The Beatles cover

On This Day 19/3/1996 Oasis

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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)

On This Day 7/1/1994 Oasis

On this day, 7 Jan 1994, Manchester rock band Oasis started recording their debut album Definitely Maybe at the Monnow Valley Studio, South Wales. When released in August 1994, it became the fastest selling debut album of all time in the UK, (though since surpassed in 2006 by Arctic Monkeys). The album went on to sell over 12 Million copies worldwide.
The Monnow Valley Studio in Monmouth has been used by countless artists which include the Stereophonics, The Stone Roses and Black Sabbath since it began recording in 1975.
Set up originally as a rehearsal space alongside Monmouth’s famous Rockfield Studio by brother’s Charles and Kingsley Ward, when they split in the 80s, Charles took over Monnow and turned it into an independent recording studio.