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 | 22 August 2009 |
Legs | 7 |
No. of shows |
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Oasis concert chronology | |
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The Dig Out Your Soul Tour was the final concert tour by English rock band Oasis to support their album Dig Out Your Soul. The tour started in Seattle, Washington, at the WaMu Theater on 26 August 2008 and was planned to continue until 30 August 2009, when they were scheduled to play their final tour show at the I-Day Festival in Milan, Italy. However, on 28 August 2009, after a fight between the Gallaghers 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's website, a statement of Noel Gallagher read: "It's with some sadness and a great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People would write and say what they liked, but I could not continue working with Liam for a day. Apologies to everyone who bought tickets for the Paris, Konstanz, and Milan shows."[1]
Background
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, earning $558 million and lasting over two years. He fell back on 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 played any of the album's songs live, other than on special occasions and acoustic sessions. Several songs from the band, including "Gas Panic!", "Live Forever" and "The Turning" 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, was played in soundchecks, but did not make any appearances at the band's actual concerts.
Midway through their "Morning Glory" performance in Toronto, Ontario, 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 worldwide, especially 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]
After the Toronto incident from early September, security for the rest of the 2008 shows cracked down to disposing personal belongings. After the start of the summer tour, it 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, and 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 was informed by their Chinese promoters that the Chinese authorities that they had their performing licenses revoked and their gigs in Shanghai and Beijing canceled. 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, three years after their last gig in Korea in 2006. During the show, Noel commented it was "good to be back...you seem to have grown crazier." [citation needed]
On 30 April, Oasis played their first gig in Lima, Peru selling out Estadio Nacional, playing for more than 48,000 fans. 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". [citation needed]
During interviews in early 2009, Noel stated that this may be the last tour they will ever embark on or at least for several years due to growing older. [citation needed]
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. [citation needed]
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. [citation needed]
On 23 August 2009, the band pulled out of their headlining slot at the V Festival in Chelmsford. The official reason given was that Liam was suffering from laryngitis, but rumours started speculating that a split was imminent. This marks the V Festival slot at Weston Park, Stafford, on 22 August 2009, as the last Oasis gig. On 28 August 2009, Noel admitted he could no longer work with Liam and that the tour and the band were now finished. [citation needed]
Support acts
- Cachorro Grande
- Caesars
- Cornershop
- 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[9]
- The Floor Is Made of Lava
- The Peth
- The Prodigy
- The Secret Machines
- The Sixteen Tonnes
- The Soundtrack of our Lives
- Tomte
- Travis
- Turbopotamos
- Twisted Wheel
Set list
This set list is representative of the performance on 11 July 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"
Other songs performed:
- "The Meaning of Soul"
- "Ain't Got Nothin'"
- "Whatever"
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue | Attendance | Box Office | Opening Acts |
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North America | ||||||
26 August 2008 | Seattle | United States | WaMu Theater | — | — | Matt Costa Ryan Adams and the Cardinals |
27 August 2008 | Vancouver | Canada | General Motors Place | |||
29 August 2008 | Edmonton | Rexall Place | 10,684 / 10,684 | $598,507 | ||
30 August 2008 | Calgary | Pengrowth Saddledome | — | — | ||
1 September 2008 | Winnipeg | MTS Centre | ||||
4 September 2008 | Ottawa | Scotiabank Place | ||||
5 September 2008 | Montreal | Bell Centre | ||||
7 September 2008[a] | Toronto | Toronto Islands Park | ||||
Europe | ||||||
7 October 2008 | Liverpool | England | Echo Arena Liverpool | — | — | |
8 October 2008 | ||||||
10 October 2008 | Sheffield | Sheffield Arena | ||||
11 October 2008 | ||||||
13 October 2008 | Birmingham | National Indoor Arena | ||||
14 October 2008 | ||||||
16 October 2008 | London | Wembley Arena | ||||
17 October 2008 | ||||||
20 October 2008 | Bournemouth | Windsor Hall | ||||
21 October 2008 | ||||||
23 October 2008 | Cardiff | Wales | Cardiff International Arena | |||
24 October 2008 | ||||||
26 October 2008[b] | London | England | Roundhouse | |||
29 October 2008 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Odyssey Arena | |||
30 October 2008 | ||||||
1 November 2008 | Aberdeen | Scotland | Press & Journal Arena | Sergeant | ||
2 November 2008 | ||||||
4 November 2008 | Glasgow | Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre | ||||
5 November 2008 | ||||||
7 November 2008[c] | Cologne | Germany | Gloria Theatre | Howard Eliott Payne | ||
8 November 2008 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Falkoner Theatre | |||
10 November 2008[d] | Paris | France | Bataclan | |||
Latin America | ||||||
26 November 2008 | Mexico City | Mexico | Palacio de los Deportes | — | — | The Secret Machines |
28 November 2008 | Guadalajara | Arena VFG | ||||
29 November 2008 | Monterrey | Arena Monterrey | ||||
North America | ||||||
3 December 2008 | Oakland | United States | Oracle Arena | Matt Costa Ryan Adams and the Cardinals | ||
4 December 2008 | Los Angeles | Staples Center | 9,298 / 11,160 | $580,472 | ||
6 December 2008 | Las Vegas | Pearl Concert Theater | — | — | ||
8 December 2008 | Broomfield | Broomfield Event Center | ||||
10 December 2008 | Minneapolis | Target Center | ||||
12 December 2008 | Rosemont | Allstate Arena | 6,910 / 7,500 | $420,659 | ||
13 December 2008 | Auburn Hills | The Palace of Auburn Hills | — | — | ||
15 December 2008[e] | London | Canada | John Labatt Centre | 7,072 / 8,107 | $346,145 | |
17 December 2008 | New York City | United States | Madison Square Garden | — | — | |
19 December 2008 | Camden | Susquehanna Bank Center | 5,405 / 6,934 | $344,393 | ||
20 December 2008 | Fairfax | Patriot Center | 6,538 / 7,000 | $454,391 | ||
Europe | ||||||
12 January 2009 | Nantes | France | Zénith de Nantes Métropole | — | — | |
13 January 2009 | Brussels | Belgium | Forest National | |||
15 January 2009 | Dresden | Germany | Messe Dresden | Twisted Wheel | ||
16 January 2009 | Hamburg | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle | ||||
18 January 2009 | Berlin | Arena Berlin | ||||
21 January 2009 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Heineken Music Hall | |||
22 January 2009 | ||||||
24 January 2009 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Forum Copenhagen | Caesars | ||
25 January 2009 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Scandinavium | |||
27 January 2009 | Oslo | Norway | Oslo Spektrum | |||
28 January 2009 | Stockholm | Sweden | Globe Arena | |||
30 January 2009 | Lille | France | Zénith de Lille | |||
31 January 2009 | Bordeaux | Espace Médoquine | ||||
2 February 2009 | Milan | Italy | Datchforum | |||
4 February 2009 | Düsseldorf | Germany | Philips Halle | |||
12 February 2009 | Madrid | Spain | Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad | |||
13 February 2009 | Badalona | Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona | ||||
15 February 2009 | Lisbon | Portugal | Pavilhão Atlântico | |||
17 February 2009 | Toulouse | France | Zénith de Toulouse | |||
18 February 2009 | Marseille | Le Dôme de Marseille | ||||
20 February 2009 | Rome | Italy | PalaLottomatica | |||
21 February 2009 | Treviso | Palaverde | ||||
23 February 2009 | Bolzano | PalaOnda | ||||
24 February 2009 | Florence | Nelson Mandela Forum | ||||
26 February 2009 | Vienna | Austria | Wiener Stadthalle | |||
27 February 2009 | Munich | Germany | The Zenith | |||
1 March 2009 | Zürich | Switzerland | Hallenstadion | |||
3 March 2009 | Paris | France | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy | |||
Asia | ||||||
18 March 2009 | Nagoya | Japan | Nippon Gaishi Hall | — | — | |
20 March 2009 | Chiba | Makuhari Messe | ||||
22 March 2009 | Sapporo | Makomanai Ice Arena | ||||
24 March 2009 | Osaka | Intex Osaka | ||||
25 March 2009 | ||||||
28 March 2009 | Chiba | Makuhari Messe | ||||
29 March 2009 | ||||||
1 April 2009 | Seoul | South Korea | Olympic Gymnastics Arena | |||
3 April 2009 | Taipei | Taiwan | Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center | |||
5 April 2009 | Singapore | Singapore Indoor Stadium | ||||
7 April 2009 | Hong Kong | AsiaWorld–Arena | ||||
Africa | ||||||
10 April 2009 | Johannesburg | South Africa | Riversands Farm | — | — | |
13 April 2009 | Cape Town | Lourensford Wine Estate | ||||
Latin America | ||||||
28 April 2009 | Caracas | Venezuela | Estadio de Fútbol de la USB | — | — | |
30 April 2009 | Lima | Peru | Estadio Nacional del Perú | 41,729 / 41,729 | $1,648,131 | |
3 May 2009 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | River Plate Stadium | 48,965 / 66,269 | $1,402,819 | |
5 May 2009 | Santiago | Chile | Movistar Arena | — | — | |
7 May 2009 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Citibank Hall | |||
9 May 2009 | São Paulo | Arena Anhembi | 19,259 / 30,400 | $1,221,043 | ||
10 May 2009 | Pinhais | Expotrade Arena | — | — | ||
12 May 2009 | Porto Alegre | Gigantinho | 12,897 / 13,262 | $643,350 | ||
Europe | ||||||
4 June 2009 | Manchester | England | Heaton Park | — | — | Kasabian The Enemy Twisted Wheel |
6 June 2009 | ||||||
7 June 2009 | ||||||
10 June 2009 | Sunderland | Stadium of Light | Reverend And The Makers The Enemy Kasabian | |||
12 June 2009 | Cardiff | Wales | Millennium Stadium | The Peth | ||
14 June 2009 | Vienne, Isère | France | Théâtre Antique de Vienne | |||
17 June 2009 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Murrayfield Stadium | Reverend And The Makers The Enemy Kasabian | ||
20 June 2009 | County Meath | Ireland | Slane Castle | 80,241 / 80,241 | $7,991,543 | |
2 July 2009[f] | Werchter | Belgium | Werchter Festival Grounds | — | — | |
3 July 2009[g] | Roskilde | Denmark | Darupvej | |||
7 July 2009 | Coventry | England | Ricoh Arena | |||
9 July 2009 | London | Wembley Stadium | Reverend And The Makers The Enemy Kasabian | |||
11 July 2009 | ||||||
12 July 2009 | ||||||
14 July 2009[h] | Cornwall | Eden Project | ||||
16 July 2009[i] | Benicàssim | Spain | Benicàssim Castellón | |||
18 July 2009[j] | Bern | Switzerland | The Gurten | |||
19 July 2009[k] | Gräfenhainichen | Germany | Ferropolis | |||
21 July 2009[l] | London | England | Roundhouse | |||
Asia | ||||||
24 July 2009[m] | Yuzawa | Japan | Naeba Ski Resort | — | — | |
26 July 2009[n] | Icheon | South Korea | Jisan Valley Ski Resort | |||
Europe | ||||||
20 August 2009 | Bridlington | England | Bridlington Spa | — | — | |
22 August 2009[o] | Staffordshire | Weston Park | ||||
Total | 248,998 / 283,286 (88%) | $15,651,453 |
Cancelled shows
Date | City | Venue |
12 September 2008 | New York City | Terminal 5 |
25 November 2008 | Mexico City | Palacio de los Deportes |
23 August 2009 | Chelmsford | Hylands Park (V Festival) |
28 August 2009 | Paris | Parc de Saint-Cloud (Rock en Seine) |
29 August 2009 | Konstanz | Bodenseestadion (Rock am See) |
30 August 2009 | Milan | Fiera Milano (I-Days Festival) |
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 7 November 2008 concert in Cologne was originally scheduled to take place on 29 September 2008.
- ^ The 10 November 2008 concert in Paris was originally scheduled to take place on 30 September 2008.
- ^ The 15 December 2008 concert in London, Ontario was originally scheduled to take place on 9 September 2008.
- ^ The 2 July 2009 concert in Werchter is a part of Rock Werchter.
- ^ The 3 July 2009 concert in Roskilde is a part of Roskilde Festival.
- ^ The 14 July 2009 concert in Cornwall is a part of the Eden Sessions. This show was originally scheduled to take place on 27 September 2008.
- ^ The 16 July 2009 concert in Benicàssim is a part of Festival Internacional de Benicàssim.
- ^ The 18 July 2009 concert in Bern is a part of Gurtenfestival.
- ^ The 19 July 2009 concert in Gräfenhainichen is a part of Melt! Festival.
- ^ The 21 July 2009 concert in London is a part of the iTunes Festival.
- ^ The 24 July 2009 concert in Yuzawa is a part of the Fuji Rock Festival.
- ^ The 26 July 2009 concert in Jisan is a part of the Jisan Valley Rock Festival.
- ^ The 22 August 2009 concert in Staffordshire is a part of V Festival.
References
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- ^ "Oasis invite fans into studio for live preview". 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. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
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- "The Importance of Being Idle"
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- "The Shock of the Lightning"
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- "Falling Down"
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