(What's the Story) Morning Glory? Tour
Introduction The '''(What's the Story) Morning Glory? Tour''' was a concert tour by English band Oasis in support of their second album ''(What's the Story) Morning Glory?''. The tour, which spanned the UK, Europe, the US and Canada, included 103 shows over a period of several months in 1995 and 1996 amidst twelve different tour legs and several cancelled legs in the US and Australia/New Zealand. The tour started on 22 June 1995 with a pre-Glastonbury festival warm up gig at the Bath Pavilion which featured the debut of new drummer Alan White and several new songs off the album which wasn't to be officially released until early October, and ended on 10 September 1996 at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia, when the band decided to halt touring to focus on the recording of their anticipated third album, ''Be Here Now''.The tour is notable for its UK summer leg of 1996 which consisted of several open-air concerts to record crowds. The tour included such venues as Maine Road in Manchester, Loch Lomond in Scotland, Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Ireland and Knebworth Park in England in which the band played to 250,000 people over two nights. Unprecedented for an open-air concert in the UK at the time, the gig also holds the record for the largest ever ticket demand in history with nearly three million (1 in 20 people) ticket applications.Whilst the tour was taking place, ''(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'' had become a worldwide success and Oasis became one of the biggest bands of the era. The Gallagher brothers regularly made tabloid headlines for their frequent fallouts and rockstar lifestyles. The tour had many disruptions and cancellations due to Noel twice walking out of the group, and Liam pulling out of a US leg. When the band broke up for a brief time in late 1996, several US tour dates and the entire Australia and New Zealand leg had to be cancelled. On one such occasion, Oasis were due to perform on MTV Unplugged at the Royal Festival Hall in London when Liam pulled out minutes before the group were to take to the stage; citing a sore throat as to why he could not perform. Noel had to take over lead vocals for the entire performance whilst Liam heckled him from a balcony in the crowd. The band later found out that Liam did not like performing acoustically.The Earl's Court and Maine Road gigs were filmed and later released as the Oasis VHS/DVD ''...There and Then''.
Set list This set list is representative of the performance on 13 April 1996 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. It does not represent the set list at all concerts for the duration of the tour. #"The Swamp Song"#"Acquiesce"#"Supersonic"#"Hello"#"Some Might Say"#"Roll with It"#"Morning Glory"#"Cigarettes & Alcohol"#"Champagne Supernova"#"Slide Away"#"Cast No Shadow"#"Whatever"#"Wonderwall"#"Don't Look Back in Anger"#"Live Forever"#"I Am the Walrus"Other songs performed:*"Shakermaker"*"Round Are Way"*"Rock 'N' Roll Star"*"The Masterplan"*"Talk Tonight"*"Listen Up"*"Columbia"*"Fade Away"*"It's Better People"*"(It's Good) To Be Free"*"Rockin' Chair"*"Take Me Away"*"Cum On Feel the Noize"*"My Big Mouth"*"It's Getting Better (Man)"
Tour dates DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceNotesEurope22 June 1995BathEnglandBath Pavilion800+23 June 1995PiltonGlastonbury Festival80,000 / 80,000Festival30 June 1995RoskildeDenmarkRoskilde FestivalFestival3 July 1995MilanItalyPalalido5 July 1995LyonFranceFauvier FestivalFestival7 July 1995FrauenfeldSwitzerlandOut in the Green FestivalFestival8 July 1995BelfortFranceEurockéennes FestivalFestival9 July 1995DürenGermanyBadesee14 July 1995IrvineScotlandBeach Park6,000 / 6,00015 July 19956,000 / 6,00018 July 1995MadridSpainPlaza de Toros de Las Ventas21 July 1995ZeebruggeBelgiumBeach Festival22 July 1995SlaneIrelandSlane Castle80,000 / 80,000Supporting REM17 August 1995LondonEnglandTop of the PopsAsia21 August 1995KawasakiJapanClub Citta22 August 199523 August 1995TokyoLiquid Room25 August 1995Garden Hall26 August 199528 August 1995OsakaImperial Hall29 August 1995Europe15 September 1995MadridSpainTVE Studios28 September 1995LondonEnglandMTV Studios1 October 1995Virgin Megastore2 October 1995BlackpoolEmpress Ballroom3 October 1995StokeTrentham Gardens4 October 1995LondonXFM Radio Stations5 October 1995BournemouthBournemouth International Centre4,000 / 4,000Sold Out6 October 1995GloucesterLeisure CentreNorth America10 October 1995BaltimoreUnited StatesHammerjack's11 October 1995New York CityRoseland Ballroom13 October 1995DanburyTuxedo Junction14 October 1995BostonOrpheum Theatre16 October 1995PittsburghMetropol19 October 1995New York CityLate Show with David LettermanEurope31 October 1995BrusselsBelgiumLa Luna2 November 1995LondonEnglandGLR Radio Studios4 November 1995Earls Court Exhibition Centre 20,000 / 20,000Sold Out5 November 199520,000 / 20,0006 November 1995Capitol Radio Station7 November 1995ParisFranceZénith10 November 1995HamburgGermanyGroße Freiheit12 November 1995CologneLive Music Hall14 November 1995NantesFranceLa Trocardiére15 November 1995LilleL'Aéronef17 November 1995LeicesterEnglandGranby Halls20 November 1995StockholmSwedenAnnexet23 November 1995ParisFranceRTL Studios24 November 1995CopenhagenDenmarkK.B. Hallen26 November 1995ManchesterEnglandNYNEX Arena28 December 1995LondonLater with Jools Holland29 November 1995Brixton Academy30 November 1995North America2 December 1995SeattleUnited StatesMercer Arena, KNDD 107.7 Deck the Hall Ball7 December 1995FairfaxPatriot Center, WHFS Nutcracker 8 December 1995ChicagoRosemont Horizon, Q101 Twisted Xmas9 December 1995MinneapolisTarget Center, KEGE Holiday Festival13 December 1995TorontoCanadaThe Warehouse15 December 1995BerkeleyUnited StatesBerkeley Community Theatre, Live 105 Green Christmas16 December 1995San JoseEvent Center Arena, K.O.M.E. Almost Acoustic Christmas18 December 1995Los AngelesUniversal Amphitheatre, KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 19 December 1995West HollywoodThe Viper RoomEurope22 December 1995LondonEnglandChannel 4 Studios8 January 1996Hotel Babylon10 January 1996AmsterdamNetherlandsMusic Centre12 January 1996MunichGermanyTerminal 114 January 1996BerlinHuxley's15 January 1996BielefeldPC6919 January 1996Whitley BayEnglandWhitley Bay Ice Rink21 January 1996EdinburghScotlandIngliston Exhibition Centre22 January 199622 February 1996GlasgowBBCNorth America23 February 1996Kansas CityUnited StatesMemorial Hall24 February 1996St. LouisAmerican Theater26 February 1996MinneapolisOrpheum Theatre27 February 1996ChicagoAragon Ballroom1 March 1996MilwaukeeEagle's Ballroom2 March 1996Lakewood, OhioLakewood Civic Auditorium3 March 1996DetroitDetroit State Theater5 March 1996IndianapolisEgyptian Room at Old National Centre7 March 1996FairfaxGMU Patriot Centre9 March 1996Upper DarbyTower Theater10 March 1996ProvidenceStrand Theatre13 March 1996New York CityParamount TheatreEurope18 March 1996CardiffWalesCardiff International Arena19 March 199622 March 1996DublinIrelandThe Point Depot6,300 / 6,300±Sold Out23 March 19966,300 / 6,300±26 March 1996OffenbachGermanyStadthalle27 March 1996MunichTerminal 129 March 1996MilanItalyPalalido31 March 1996GrenobleFranceLe Summum2 April 1996BarcelonaSpainZelesteNorth America10 April 1996VancouverCanadaPacific Coliseum11 April 1996SeattleUnited StatesMercer Arena13 April 1996San FranciscoBill Graham Civic Auditorium18 April 1996DenverMammoth Events Center20 April 1996DallasBronco Bowl Auditorium21 April 1996AustinAustin Music HallEurope23 April 1996DublinIrelandThe Point Theatre27 April 1996ManchesterEnglandMaine Road40,000 / 40,000First Stadium Show28 April 199640,000 / 40,0003 August 1996AlexandriaScotlandBalloch Country Park, Loch Lomond40,000 / 40,000Sold Out4 August 199640,000 / 40,0007 August 1996StockholmSwedenSjöhistoriska Museet10 August 1996StevenageEnglandKnebworth Park125,000 / 125,000Sold Out11 August 1996125,000 / 125,00014 August 1996CorkIrelandPáirc Uí Chaoimh40,000 / 40,000Sold Out15 August 199640,000 / 40,00023 August 1996LondonEnglandRoyal Festival Hall, MTV UnpluggedNorth America27 August 1996RosemontUnited StatesRosemont Horizon13,875 / 18,500±30 August 1996Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn Hills31 August 1996BarrieCanadaMolson Park2 September 1996PhiladelphiaUnited StatesCoreStates Center4 September 1996New YorkMTV Video Music Awards 19966 September 1996WorcesterThe Centrum7 September 1996WantaghJones Beach Theater8 September 199610 September 1996BristowNissan Pavilion12,000 / 25,000===Cancellations and rescheduled shows=== Date City Country Venue ReasonJuly 20, 1995LisbonPortugalEstádio José AlvaladeMike Mills had abdominal surgery to remove an intestinal adhesionJuly 25, 1995HuddersfieldEnglandKirklees StadiumComplete recording for second albumOctober 17, 1995Buffalo, New YorkUnited StatesOgden Street Concert HallScott McLeod's departureOctober 20, 1995Columbus, OhioUnknown venueOctober 21, 1995ChicagoOctober 22, 1995Royal OakRoyal Oak Music TheatreNovember 28, 1995BirminghamEnglandUnknown venueLiam loses his voiceNovember 29, 1995CardiffWalesNovember 30, 1995SheffieldEnglandApril 15, 1996Los AngelesUnited StatesUniversal AmphitheatreNoel catches the fluApril 16, 1996PhoenixUnknown venue12 September 1996CharlotteCharlotte Hornets Training Center13 September 1996AtlantaOmni Coliseum15 September 1996West Palm BeachWest Palm Beach Auditorium16 September 1996OrlandoOrlando Arena18 September 1996TampaSun DomeSeptember 26, 1996DüsseldorfGermanyMitsubishi Electric HalleSeptember 29, 1996BercyParisAccor ArenaSeptember 30, 1996GenevaSwitzerlandGeneva ArenaOctober 2, 1996RomeItalyPalazzo dello SportOctober 4, 1996BordeauxFranceLa MedoquineOctober 6, 1996 MadridSpainRaimundo Saporta PavilionOctober 7, 1996 BarcelonaUnknown venueNovember 4, 1996 Los AngelesUnited StatesUniversal AmphitheatreBegin recording for third albumNovember 5, 1996 November 11, 1996 HawaiiUnknown venueNovember 15, 1996 AucklandNew ZealandSuperTopNovember 18, 1996 MelbourneAustraliaMelbourne ParkNovember 19, 1996 November 23, 1996 SydneySydney ShowgroundsNovember 26, 1996 BrisbaneBrisbane Entertainment CentreNovember 29, 1996 AdelaideAdelaide Entertainment CentreDecember 2, 1996 PerthPerth Entertainment Centre
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See also *List of highest-attended concerts
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