Dig Out Your Soul Tour
Tour by Oasis | |
Associated album | Dig Out Your Soul |
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Start date | 26 August 2008 |
End date | 30 August 2009 |
Legs | 8 |
No. of shows | 116 (6 cancelled, 4 postponed) |
Oasis concert chronology |
The Dig Out Your Soul Tour was a world concert tour by English rock band Oasis, in support of their album Dig Out Your Soul. The tour started in Seattle, Washington at the WaMu Theater on the 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."[1]
History
Before the band embarked on the tour, songwriter/guitarist Noel Gallagher jokingly said he considered outplaying The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang Tour, which was the highest grossing tour of all time with $558 million earned, and lasted over two years. He fell back to minimising it to a year and a half, citing exhaustion as a reason.
The band played a special show for fans in their rehearsal studio on 14 August 2008. The setlist included some of their oldest tunes, but surprisingly included a track from Be Here Now, "My Big Mouth".[2] The band rarely play any of the album's songs live, other than special occasions and acoustic sessions. Several songs from the band, including "Gas Panic!", "The Turning", and "Bag It Up", as well as new songs such as "Everybody's on the Run", "If I Had a Gun...", "Stop the Clocks", and "A Simple Game of Genius", all of which would later be recorded for Noel's solo project, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, were played in soundchecks, but did not make any appearances at the band's actual concerts.
So far, all of the tour's concerts are listenable on several forums and blogs.
Midway during their performance of "Morning Glory" in Toronto, Canada at the annual Virgin Festival, a man ran on stage and hit Noel on the back, knocking him to the ground. The band left the stage, but after five minutes, the show continued.[3] It is unknown how the man got past security, although he was seen coming from backstage. A 47-year-old Canadian was charged with assault.[4] The incident sparked many well known media outlets all across the world, especially in North America, to report on the story.
Due to the injuries Noel sustained in the incident at the Virgin Festival, four concerts were postponed, including the 9 September show in London, Ontario,[5] and the first three shows of the European leg.[6] In addition, the 12 September concert in New York City was cancelled.[7]
Since the Toronto incident from early September, security for the rest of the 2008 shows had cracked down to disposing personal belongings. Since the start of the summer tour, it has loosened up, noticeably at the Slane Castle shows where many thousands of people had passed security gates without being searched, urging many other people who had not paid to see the band attend as well.
The Wembley Arena, London (16 October) gig was broadcast live in the United Kingdom and Ireland on MTV One.
On 24 October Oasis broke ticket sales for a single day in the UK selling over 500,000 tickets in 7 hours.
On 2 February Oasis performed in Milan, Italy in front of a crowd of 12,000 for the first time in more than three years. The Italian leg of the tour also included Rome, Treviso, Bolzano and Florence.
On 28 February, Oasis were informed by their Chinese promoters that the Chinese authorities that they had their performing licenses revoked and their gigs in Shanghai and Beijing cancelled. According to the promoters, the Chinese government had recently discovered that Noel Gallagher had performed at a Free Tibet Benefit Concert in New York in 1997, and on their MySpace page the band expressed disappointment and bewilderment at the decision.[8]
On 1 April, Oasis performed at Seoul Olympic Stadium, 3 years after their last gig in Korea at 2006. The band met such a wild and passionate crowd that during the show Noel commented that he was "good to be back...you seem to have grown crazier." The crowd sang along with the band for almost all of the songs including those from Dig Out Your Soul. Throughout the concert, there were repeated requests for the band to play Live Forever. Noel played the song acoustic after the rest of the band left the stage because "somebody said people would be very upset if they didn't hear Live Forever. So this is special for Korean fans." This was a rare occasion for the band to play Live Forever live.
On 30 April, Oasis played their first gig on Lima, Peru selling out all the tickets at Estadio Nacional, playing for more than 48,000 fans and thus surprising the band, who later on said that it was one of the best shows and crowds on the tour. During an interview in Chile before the show in Santiago, Andy Bell alongside Gem Archer said that the Lima gig was possibly his favourite gig and the best they have ever done, saying that it was "really incredible".
On 3 May, Oasis played their fourth gig on Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the end of "Don't Look Back in Anger", Noel Gallagher got sentimental due the accompaniment of the public towards him. Before "I Am the Walrus", the people started to sing "Live Forever" (this also happened in Lima), suggesting the brothers to play it. The band didn't accept and then continued with the final song. After that, Noel Gallagher said it was one of the best shows of his life.
During interviews in early 2009, Noel had stated that this may be the last tour they will ever embark on or at least for several years due to growing older.
On 4 June 2009, Oasis played the first of three concerts at Manchester's Heaton Park and after having to leave the stage twice due to a generator failure, came on the third time to declare the gig was now a free concert, much to the delight of the 70,000 ticket holders inside the venue. Although in his diary entry he said the gig ended "in fuckin' shambles", he later admitted he still enjoyed himself under the circumstances. An estimated 20,000 fans had taken up the offer to receive a refund, to which Noel Gallagher had jokingly called them all 'Cheeky cunts!'
On 9 July 2009 at Wembley Stadium, Noel dedicated "Live Forever" to the lead singer of "The Verve" Richard Ashcroft who was in the crowd watching the show.
On 9 July 2009 at Wembley Stadium, Oasis suffered yet another sound problem whilst playing their hit song "Wonderwall" towards the end, but fans at the show were able to sing a long and help the band finish of the song in one piece.
On 11 July 2009 with the rain pouring at Wembley Noel played the guitar to Don't Look Back in Anger and didn't sing a word and the whole crowd sang it back to him, he gave the crowd a round of applause at the end of the song.
On 20 August, at 'The Spa', Bridlington. Yorkshire, Oasis played what seemed to be their last ever gig. The show was watched by under 3000 people, having been hosted in such a small venue. The gig was described as "colossal" and "Very Intimate" by a small number of fans, who were greeted by members of the band, Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer, Andy Bell, Chris Sharrock and Jay Darlington, who were signing autographs and allowing pictures to be taken with their fans, outside the venue bar shortly after the gig. Fans were allowed to look inside the Oasis tour bus briefly, moments after Liam Gallagher offered a fan his half drunk beer. Noel Gallagher, however, had disappeared moments after the end of the gig, due to the increasing sibling fall-outs of which the Gallagher's were experiencing.
On 23 August 2009, The band pulled out of their headlining slot at V Festival in Chelmsford. The official reason given was that Liam was suffering with Laryngitis, but rumours started speculating that a split was imminent. This makes the V Festival slot at Weston Park, Stafford on 22 August 2009 as the last Oasis gig.
This marked the end of Oasis. On 28 August 2009, Noel admitted he could no longer work with Liam, and that the tour was now finished.
Support acts
- Cachorro Grande
- Caesars
- Detroit Social Club
- Estelares
- Everlaunch
- Free Peace
- Glasvegas
- Howard Eliott Payne (7–10 November 2008)
- Kasabian
- Los Tipitos
- Matt Costa
- Primavera de Praga
- Reverend and The Makers
- Ryan Adams
- Sergeant
- The Blizzards
- The Cardinals
- The Enemy
- The Floor Is Made of Lava
- The Peth
- The Prodigy
- The Secret Machines
- The Sixteen Tonnes
- Tomte
- Turbopotamos
- Twisted Wheel
Set list
This set list is representative of the performance on July 11, 2009 in London, England. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
- "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"
- "Supersonic"
- "Live Forever"
- Encore
- "Don't Look Back in Anger"
- "Falling Down"
- "Champagne Supernova"
- "I Am the Walrus"
Shows
Date | City | Country | Venue | Tickets sold/available | Box office | |
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North America | ||||||
26 August 2008 | Seattle | United States | WaMu Theatre | N/A | N/A | |
27 August 2008 | Vancouver | Canada | General Motors Place | N/A | N/A | |
29 August 2008 | Edmonton | Rexall Place | 10,684 / 10,684 (100%) | $598,507 | ||
30 August 2008 | Calgary | Pengrowth Saddledome | N/A | N/A | ||
1 September 2008 | Winnipeg | MTS Centre | N/A | N/A | ||
4 September 2008 | Ottawa | Scotiabank Place | N/A | N/A | ||
5 September 2008 | Montreal | Bell Centre | N/A | N/A | ||
7 September 2008 | Toronto | Toronto Islands Park | —[lower-alpha 1] | |||
Europe | ||||||
7 October 2008 | Liverpool | England | Echo Arena Liverpool | N/A | N/A | |
8 October 2008 | N/A | N/A | ||||
10 October 2008 | Sheffield | Sheffield Arena | N/A | N/A | ||
11 October 2008 | N/A | N/A | ||||
13 October 2008 | Birmingham | National Indoor Arena | N/A | N/A | ||
14 October 2008 | N/A | N/A | ||||
16 October 2008 | London | Wembley Arena | N/A | N/A | ||
17 October 2008 | N/A | N/A | ||||
20 October 2008 | Bournemouth | Bournemouth International Centre | N/A | N/A | ||
21 October 2008 | N/A | N/A | ||||
23 October 2008 | Cardiff | Wales | Cardiff International Arena | N/A | N/A | |
24 October 2008 | N/A | N/A | ||||
26 October 2008 | London | England | The Roundhouse | —[lower-alpha 2] | ||
29 October 2008 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Odyssey Arena | N/A | N/A | |
30 October 2008 | N/A | N/A | ||||
1 November 2008 | Aberdeen | Scotland | Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre | N/A | N/A | |
2 November 2008 | N/A | N/A | ||||
4 November 2008 | Glasgow | Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre | N/A | N/A | ||
5 November 2008 | N/A | N/A | ||||
7 November 2009 | Cologne | Germany | Gloria Theatre | N/A | N/A | |
8 November 2008 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Falkoner Theatre | N/A | N/A | |
10 November 2008 | Paris | France | Bataclan Theatre | N/A | N/A | |
North America | ||||||
26 November 2008 | Mexico City | Mexico | Palacio de los Deportes | N/A | N/A | |
28 November 2008 | Guadalajara | Arena VFG | N/A | N/A | ||
29 November 2008 | Monterrey | Monterrey Arena | N/A | N/A | ||
3 December 2008 | Oakland | United States | Oracle Arena | N/A | N/A | |
4 December 2008 | Los Angeles | Staples Center | 9,298 / 11,160 (83%) | $580,472 | ||
6 December 2008 | Las Vegas | The Pearl Concert Theater | N/A | N/A | ||
8 December 2008 | Broomfield | Broomfield Event Center | N/A | N/A | ||
10 December 2008 | Minneapolis | Target Center | N/A | N/A | ||
12 December 2008 | Rosemont | Allstate Arena | 6,910 / 7,500 (92%) | $420,659 | ||
13 December 2008 | Auburn Hills | The Palace of Auburn Hills | N/A | N/A | ||
15 December 2008 | London | Canada | John Labatt Centre | 7,072 / 8,107 (87%) | $346,145 | |
17 December 2008 | New York City | United States | Madison Square Garden | N/A | N/A | |
19 December 2008 | Camden | Susquehanna Bank Center | 5,405 / 6,934 (78%) | $344,393 | ||
20 December 2008 | Fairfax | Patriot Center | 6,538 / 7,000 (93%) | $454,391 | ||
Europe | ||||||
12 January 2009 | Nantes | France | Zénith de Nantes Métropole | N/A | N/A | |
13 January 2009 | Brussels | Belgium | Forest National | N/A | N/A | |
15 January 2009 | Dresden | Germany | Messe Dresden | N/A | N/A | |
16 January 2009 | Hamburg | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle | N/A | N/A | ||
18 January 2009 | Berlin | Arena Berlin | N/A | N/A | ||
21 January 2009 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Heineken Music Hall | N/A | N/A | |
22 January 2009 | N/A | N/A | ||||
24 January 2009 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Forum Copenhagen | N/A | N/A | |
25 January 2009 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Scandinavium | N/A | N/A | |
27 January 2009 | Oslo | Norway | Oslo Spektrum | N/A | N/A | |
28 January 2009 | Stockholm | Sweden | Stockholm Globe Arena | N/A | N/A | |
30 January 2009 | Lille | France | Zénith de Lille | N/A | N/A | |
31 January 2009 | Bordeaux | Espace Médoquine | N/A | N/A | ||
2 February 2009 | Milan | Italy | Datchforum | N/A | N/A | |
4 February 2009 | Düsseldorf | Germany | Philips Halle | N/A | N/A | |
12 February 2009 | Madrid | Spain | Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad | N/A | N/A | |
13 February 2009 | Badalona | Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona | N/A | N/A | ||
15 February 2009 | Lisbon | Portugal | Pavilhão Atlântico | N/A | N/A | |
17 February 2009 | Toulouse | France | Zénith de Toulouse | N/A | N/A | |
18 February 2009 | Marseille | Le Dôme de Marseille | N/A | N/A | ||
20 February 2009 | Rome | Italy | PalaLottomatica | N/A | N/A | |
21 February 2009 | Treviso | Palaverde Arena | N/A | N/A | ||
23 February 2009 | Bolzano | PalaOnda | N/A | N/A | ||
24 February 2009 | Florence | Nelson Mandela Forum | N/A | N/A | ||
26 February 2009 | Vienna | Austria | Wiener Stadthalle | N/A | N/A | |
27 February 2009 | Munich | Germany | The Zenith | N/A | N/A | |
1 March 2009 | Zürich | Switzerland | Hallenstadion | N/A | N/A | |
3 March 2009 | Paris | France | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy | N/A | N/A | |
Asia | ||||||
18 March 2009 | Nagoya | Japan | Nippon Gaishi Hall | N/A | N/A | |
20 March 2009 | Chiba | Makuhari Messe | N/A | N/A | ||
22 March 2009 | Sapporo | Makomanai Ice Arena | N/A | N/A | ||
24 March 2009 | Osaka | Intex Osaka | N/A | N/A | ||
25 March 2009 | N/A | N/A | ||||
28 March 2009 | Chiba | Makuhari Messe | N/A | N/A | ||
29 March 2009 | N/A | N/A | ||||
1 April 2009 | Seoul | South Korea | Olympic Gymnastics Arena | N/A | N/A | |
3 April 2009 | Taipei | Taiwan | Nangang Exhibition Hall | N/A | N/A | |
5 April 2009 | Kallang | Singapore | Singapore Indoor Stadium | N/A | N/A | |
7 April 2009 | Chek Lap Kok | Hong Kong | AsiaWorld-Arena | N/A | N/A | |
Africa | ||||||
10 April 2009 | Johannesburg | South Africa | Riversands Farm | N/A | N/A | |
13 April 2009 | Cape Town | Lourensford Wine Estate | N/A | N/A | ||
South America | ||||||
28 April 2009 | Caracas | Venezuela | Estadio de Fútbol de la USB | N/A | N/A | |
30 April 2009 | Lima | Peru | Estadio Nacional de Lima | 41,729 / 41,729 (100%) | $1,648,131 | |
3 May 2009 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | River Plate Stadium | 36,219 / 58,125 (62%) | $1,402,819 | |
5 May 2009 | Santiago | Chile | Movistar Arena | N/A | N/A | |
7 May 2009 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Citibank Hall | N/A | N/A | |
9 May 2009 | São Paulo | Anhembi Convention Center | 19,259 / 40,400 (48%) | $1,221,043 | ||
10 May 2009 | Curitiba | Expotrade Arena | N/A | N/A | ||
12 May 2009 | Porto Alegre | Gigantinho | 9,897 / 13,262 (75%) | $643,350 | ||
Europe | ||||||
4 June 2009 | Manchester | England | Heaton Park | N/A | N/A | |
6 June 2009 | N/A | N/A | ||||
7 June 2009 | N/A | N/A | ||||
10 June 2009 | Sunderland | Stadium of Light | N/A | N/A | ||
12 June 2009 | Cardiff | Wales | Millennium Stadium | N/A | N/A | |
14 June 2009 | Vienne | France | Théâtre Antique de Vienne | N/A | N/A | |
17 June 2009 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Murrayfield Stadium | N/A | N/A | |
20 June 2009 | Slane | Ireland | Slane Castle | 80,241 / 80,241 (100%) | $7,991,543 | |
2 July 2009[A] | Werchter | Belgium | Werchter Festival Grounds | —[lower-alpha 3] | ||
3 July 2009 | Roskilde | Denmark | Roskilde Festival Grounds | —[lower-alpha 4] | ||
7 July 2009 | Coventry | England | Ricoh Arena | N/A | N/A | |
9 July 2009 | London | Wembley Stadium | N/A | N/A | ||
11 July 2009 | N/A | N/A | ||||
12 July 2009 | N/A | N/A | ||||
14 July 2009 | Cornwall | Eden Project | N/A | N/A | ||
16 July 2009 | Benicàssim | Spain | Benicàssim Festival Grounds | —[lower-alpha 5] | ||
18 July 2009 | Bern | Switzerland | The Gurten | —[lower-alpha 6] | ||
19 July 2009[E] | Gräfenhainichen | Germany | Ferropolis | —[lower-alpha 7] | ||
21 July 2009 | London | England | The Roundhouse | —[lower-alpha 8] | ||
Asia | ||||||
24 July 2009 | Naeba | Japan | Naeba Ski Resort | —[lower-alpha 9] | ||
26 July 2009 | Icheon | South Korea | Jisan Valley Ski Resort | —[lower-alpha 10] | ||
Europe | ||||||
20 August 2009 | Bridlington | England | The Spa | N/A | N/A | |
22 August 2009 | Staffordshire | Weston Park | —[lower-alpha 11] | |||
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
9 September 2008 | London | John Labatt Centre | Rescheduled to 15 December 2008. |
12 September 2008 | New York City | Terminal 5 | Cancelled. |
27 September 2008 | Cornwall | Eden Project | Rescheduled to 14 July 2009. |
29 September 2008 | Cologne | Gloria Theatre | Rescheduled to 7 November 2008. |
30 September 2008 | Paris | Bataclan Theatre | Rescheduled to 10 November 2008. |
25 November 2008 | Mexico City | Palacio de los Deportes | Cancelled. |
23 August 2009 | Chelmsford | V Festival | Cancelled. |
28 August 2009 | Paris | Rock en Seine | Cancelled. |
Notes
- ↑ The 7 September 2008 concert in Toronto is a part of the Virgin Festival.
- ↑ The 26 October 2008 concert in London is a part of the BBC Radio 2 Electric Proms.
- ↑ The 2 July 2015 concert in Werchter is a part of Rock Werchter.
- ↑ The 3 July 2015 concert in Roskilde is a part of Roskilde Festival.
- ↑ The 16 July 2015 concert in Benicàssim is a part of Festival Internacional de Benicàssim.
- ↑ The 18 July 2015 concert in Bern is a part of Gurtenfestival.
- ↑ The 19 July 2015 concert in Gräfenhainichen is a part of Melt! Festival.
- ↑ The 21 July 2015 concert in London is a part of the iTunes Festival.
- ↑ The 24 July 2015 concert in Naeba is a part of the Fuji Rock Festival.
- ↑ The 26 July 2015 concert in Jisan is a part of the Jisan Valley Rock Festival.
- ↑ The 22 August 2015 concert in Staffordshire is a part of V Festival.
References
- ↑ Harris, Chris. "Noel Gallagher Quits Oasis With "Great Relief"". Rolling Stone. 28 August 2009
- ↑ "Oasis invite fans into studio for live preview | News". New Musical Express. UK. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ↑ "Oasis' Noel Gallagher assaulted in Toronto". NME.com. Sept 8, 2008.
- ↑ "CBC News – Music – Oasis brother hurt in attack during Toronto concert". Cbc.ca. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ↑ "Oasis News". Oasisinet.com. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
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- ↑ "OASIS op MySpace Music – Gratis gestreamde MP3's, foto's en Videoclips". Myspace.com. Retrieved 27 March 2010.