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Select - The great lost Noel Gallagher interview.
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First Oasis news article - Manchester Evening News
Oasis will go places.
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First magazine article. Uptown Magazine.
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King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Oasis forces their way on to the bill at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow, Scotland. Alan McGee, the head of Creation Records, is in attendance and offers the band a recording contract on the spot.
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/geoff-ellis-king-tuts-remembering-14712454 -
Oasis. A band with a vision. Manchester evening news.
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First Live Radio Broadcast
Oasis' first ever live radio session on the BBC 5 show "Hit The North" is broadcast. The session was recorded on August 11, 1993. The band played the following songs: Bring It On Down, I Will Believe, Digsy's Dinner, Cigarettes & Alcohol and Rock 'n' Roll Star. -
MTV interview.
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MTV Miles Hunt interview
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Liam drunk interview
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Splash Club, Water Rats, Kings Cross, London, UK
Oasis performs their first gig of 1994 at the legendary Water Rats venue. The gig is widely regarded as Oasis' big breakthrough gig in London. -
Something for the weekend gig.
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Gleneagles Hotel, Pershire, Scotland, UK
Oasis film their first professionally recorded gig in full at Gleneagles Hotel in Pershire, Scotland, UK at an event for Sony music executives prior to having released any music. The gig also represents the start of the UK tour to promote Definitely Maybe. I Am the Walrus is played during the sound check and later released as a b-side to Cigarettes & Alcohol. -
Amsterdam Overnight Ferry Incident.
Liam Gallagher, Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll are arrested on the ferry ride over to Amsterdam, Netherlands to play Oasis's first foreign gig in support of The Verve. The four are deported back to the UK upon docking in The Netherlands.
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First Live TV Appearance.
Oasis' first ever live TV appearance on Channel 4's The Word is broadcast. The band played a shortened version of Supersonic.
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First NME interview
Noel & Liam Gallagher.
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Wibling Rivalry
Liam and Noel Gallagher are interviewed by John Harris of the NME at the Forte Crest Hotel in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. The interview becomes infamous thanks to its release as the bootleg Wibbling Rivalry.
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Supersonic Released.
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First NME Cover.
Liam Gallagher appears for the first time on the cover of the New Musical Expression magazine. Liam is pictured standing in front of The Oasis Bar with the caption: "Totally Cool - Oasis: What the world is waiting for". -
Oasis Perform at Creation Undrugged Event.
Undrugged", at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. They share the bill with other Creation Records acts Bob Mould (former front man of Husker Dü), Ride and The Boo Radleys. Noel Gallagher references the litigation brought by Coca Cola over the lyrics to the song Shakermaker by ending it with the line "Now, we all drink Pepsi". -
Noel NME interview
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PEOM interview
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Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Shepton Mallet, Pilton, UK
Oasis appear at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Shepton Mallet, Pilton, UK for the first time.
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ITV/The Beat Interview
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ITV/The Beat interview
Noel and Liam.
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First Appearance on Top of the Pops.
Oasis records an appearance on the BBC TV show Top of the Pops for the first time. The band "performs" Shakermaker. The show is broadcast on June 30, 1994
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Oasis Banned from Columbia Hotel in London, UK
Whilst recording at Maison Rouge in Fulham, London, UK, band members trash the bar and rooms at the Columbia Hotel in Paddington, London, UK. Some furniture tossed from the room lands on the car belonging to the hotel manager. This leads to the band members being banned for life from the hotel. -
Wetlands Preserve Festival, New York, New York, USA
Oasis play their first gig in North America at the Wetlands Preserve Festival in New York, New York, USA.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/10741593/Paul-Bonehead-Arthurs-remembers-Oasiss-first-American-tour-1994.html -
Never mind the Bollocks here's the Sex Beatles...The Face.
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Oasis Brawl with Fans at Riverside in Newcastle, UK
After back and forth with fans during a gig at Riverside in Newcastle, UK, a fight breaks out on stage resulting in Noel Gallagher damaging a 1960's sunburst Gibson Les Paul guitar given to him by Johnny Marr of The Smiths. The band refuse to continue the show after 5 songs, leading to fans surrounding the band's van. Noel Gallagher would require stitches as a result of the attack.
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Oasis Play Hultsfred Festival/Labeled "English Scum" by Swedish Press
August 13, 1994 After playing a set at the Hultsfred Festival in Stockholm, Sweden, Oasis, The Verve and Primal Scream cause over £1,000 of damage to a hotel bar. The band is arrested and asked to leave Sweden.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNh4pVMFhvQ
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Oasis Appear on MTV's Most Wanted
Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher and Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs appear on MTV's Most Wanted to promote the release of their upcoming debut album Definitely Maybe and a live show later that evening at the Kentish Town Forum in London, UK.
https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/oasis-10-greatest-tv-performances-and-one-hilarious-clip-of-them-drunk-in-philadelphia-9375 -
The Independent Definitely Maybe review.
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Definitely Maybe Released
Oasis' debut studio album Definitely Maybe is released by Creation Records. It would go on to become the fastest selling debut album in UK chart history at the time. -
Oasis Play the Virgin Metastore in London to Promote the Release of Definitely Maybe
To celebrate the release of Definitely Maybe, Oasis play a short set of six songs at London's Virgin Megastore. Evan Dando (of the band The Lemonheads) joins Oasis on stage, playing the tambourine. -
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September 3, 1994 First Gig in Ireland
Oasis perform their first gig in Ireland at the Tivoli Theatre in Dublin. The gig is also noteable for the first live solo acoustic performance of D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?.
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NME Supersonic review
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Hotpress interview.
Noel and Bonehead.
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First Gig in Japan
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Live 105
Noel and Liam with Blur in SF.
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The Whiskey A Go Go, Los Angeles, California, USA
Oasis perform an infamous gig at the Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles, California, USA that results in Noel Gallagher leaving the band. He would rejoin the band about a week later and continue the tour. -
Granada TV interview
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MTV
Noel and Bonehead.
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Oasis Win 'Best New Band' Award at the NME Brat Awards.
Oasis win the 'Best New Band', 'NME Album of the Year (Definitely Maybe)' and 'Best Single (Live Forever)' awards at the NME Brat Awards in London, UK. It would also mark one of the first head to head battles between Oasis and Blur, who bested Oasis by taking home four awards that night.
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Addicted to noise interview. Noel.
Noel Gallagher - Addicted To Noise interview. San Fran.
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Oasis win the 'Best British Newcomer' award at the BRIT Awards.
Oasis win the 'Best British Newcomer' award at the BRIT Awards, which is held at the Alexandra Palace in London, UK. Their soon-to-be rivals Blur take home four awards, including 'Best British Group' and during their acceptance speech for the award, Damon Albarn states that the award "should have been shared with Oasis."
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Oasis Win 'Best New Band' Award at the NME Brat Awards
Oasis win the 'Best New Band', 'NME Album of the Year (Definitely Maybe)' and 'Best Single (Live Forever)' awards at the NME Brat Awards in London, UK. It would also mark one of the first head to head battles between Oasis and Blur, who bested Oasis by taking home four awards that night.
https://www.nme.com/awards-history/1995-606160
https://www.nme.com/awards-history/1996-606158
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Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, UK
Oasis film their performance at Cliffs Pavilion in Southend, UK. It is later officially released under the title Live By The Sea.
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Noel & Liam Gallagher - The Guardian
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Brawl ends (What's The Story) Morning Glory Recording Session.
After a trip to a pub in Monmouth, Liam Gallagher returns to Rockfield Studios with journalist John Robb, members of the band Cable and some local residents. An altercation breaks out between members of Cable and Liam in the residence at the studio. Noel Gallagher confronts brother Liam about the fracas, starting an argument that leads to Liam breaking his hand and Noel striking Liam with a cricket bat. The result is an abrupt end of the recording session after only one week. -
Noel & Liam Gallagher - Rolling Stone
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(What's The Story) Morning Glory Recording Session Resumes at Rockfield Studios, Gwent, Wales, UK.
Oasis resumes recording its second album (What's The Story) Morning Glory? at Rockfield Studios in Gwent, Wales, UK after the previous session ended in an intra-band fight.
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First Gig of the (What's The Story) Morning Glory? World Tour
Oasis play their first gig of the world tour to support their second album (What's The Story) Morning Glory? at Bath Pavilion, Bath, UK. It is the first gig with Alan White as drummer and is also the live debut of the songs Hello, Roll With It and Morning Glory. -
Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Shepton Mallet, Pilton, UK
Oasis headline the first night of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton, UK. They split their set between songs from Definitely Maybe and new songs from their upcoming second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
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NME Noel interview.
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Q Magazine. Noel interview.
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Blur Beat Oasis to Number One.
After a week of sales, it is revealed that Blur's Country House has beaten Oasis' Roll With It to number on in the UK singles charts. Blur appear on the BBC's Top of the Pops that week with bassist Alex James wearing an Oasis T-Shirt. -
Noel Gallagher Wishes Damon Albarn and Alex James of Blur die of AIDS
In an article published in The Observer (The Guardian), Noel Gallagher says of his rivarly with Blur: "I hope the pair of them catch AIDS and die because I fucking hate them two" (referring to Damon Albarn and Alex James). Noel immediately retracts the comment, saying that AIDS is no joking matter.
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NME "Morning story" interview. Noel.
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Ripped snortin tunes. NME C&A Review.
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Oasis Sweep the NME Brat Awards.
Oasis sweep the 'Best' awards (Live Act, Band, LP and Single) at the NME Brat Awards in London, UK.
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The Sunday Times. Noel and Liam.
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Oasis Dominate the BRIT Awards.
Oasis beat out rival Blur for the British Group, British Album of the Year and British Video of the Year BRIT awards. During their acceptance speech for British Group of the Year, Noel and Liam performed a taunting version of Blur's Parklife. The award ceremony is broadcast by ITV a few days later on February 22.
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RTE The late show. Noel.
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Melody Maker - Noel & Liam.
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Melody Maker Maine Road gig review.
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Maine Road, Manchester, UK - First Night.
Oasis play the first to two sell-out nights at Maine Road stadium, the former home of Manchester City Football Club. It represents a homecoming for the band. Tickets for the 40,000 seat stadium sold out in under 3 hours when they went on sale in February, leading to the addition of a second show. Parts of the show appear in the official live video ...There and Then.
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Select Magazine interview.
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Oasis Appear on Cover of Rolling Stone Magazine.
Oasis appear on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine for the first time. The accompanying story is not so flattering, focusing more on the band's extracurricular activities.
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BBC Radio 1/Chris Evans. Noel.
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Musician. Noel interview.
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Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, UK - First Night.
Oasis play the first to two sell-out nights at Knebworth Park, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK. Oasis play to 125,000 people each night, with a guest list of 7,000. They debuted two new songs which would later be included on their third studio album, Be Here Now: It's Gettin' Better (Man!!) and My Big Mouth. Support acts included The Charlatans, Manic Street Preachers, The Prodigy, Kula Shaker, Cast and Dreadzone.
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Select Magazine interview. Noel.
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Select. Definitely Maybe review.
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Oasis Antics at MTV Music Awards in New York.
During a performance of Champagne Supernova at the MTV Music Awards in New York, New York, USA, Liam Gallagher infamously swears at the audience, spits on stage and hurls an open beer can into the crowd. -
Oasis Cancels Remaining US Tour Dates.
After a fight between Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher and issues with ticket sales for a concert in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, Noel Gallagher leaves the tour and flies home to the UK. All subsequent dates in the US and Australia are cancelled. -
Daily Telegraph live review.
Oasis no longer people's band. Be here now live review.
