Oasis News &
Tickets
Oasis Air Canada Centre - ON
Toronto,
ON Monday
3/20/2006
8:00 PM view
tickets
Oasis Riverside Theatre
Milwaukee,
WI Wednesday
3/22/2006
8:00 PM view
tickets
Oasis Murat Theatre
Indianapolis,
IN Thursday
3/23/2006
8:00 PM view
tickets
Oasis Taft Theatre
Cincinnati,
OH Saturday
3/25/2006
8:00 PM view
tickets
Oasis Ryman Auditorium
Nashville,
TN Sunday
3/26/2006
7:30 PM view
tickets
Oasis Verizon Wireless Theater-tx
Houston,
TX Tuesday
3/28/2006
7:00 PM view
tickets
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Oasis Biography:
The very first time Oasis played together
they promised they were going to be the best, that
they'd never settle for the dull thud of mediocrity.
And then they set about proving it. Right from the
off, they resisted the security of the obvious,
of doing things the way they were supposed to. They
never sent a demo to a record company, knew that
supreme self-confidence and a host of classic songs
would be enough to curve destiny their way. When
Creation Records supremo Alan McGee saw them at
a club gig in Glasgow they had no manager, no agent,
and no money. Just greatness. He signed them on
the spot. An unsuspecting world was about to be
blown away.
On April 11th 1994, Oasis released their debut
single, 'Supersonic', an elegantly noisy pop celebration.
By now their live shows were being talked of as
something very special and they'd built an extensive,
committed fan base. A trio of classic singles, 'Shakermaker',
'Live Forever' and 'Cigarettes and Alcohol' further
emphasised Oasis' soaringly assured power. Their
increasingly growing audience began to wonder what
they ever did without them.
More live shows followed, including a triumphant
New York debut and promoters soon got used to the
band breaking all records, exceeding even the wildest
expectations.
With the release of their debut album, 'Definitely
Maybe', it was time to rewrite the record books
once again. The album was the fastest selling debut
in British history, entering the charts, unsurprisingly,
at number one. It's still in the UK top twenty after
a staggering eighteen months, going way past triple
platinum and perhaps more impressively has sold
well over one million copies outside the UK.
They crowned 1994 with their No.3 Xmas single 'Whatever',
swept the readers' and writer's polls in the music
press, and were, unsurprisingly, winners at the
BRIT Awards. Barely a year between their first single
and the stratospheric. Not bad going.
In 1995 the reputation of Oasis' live shows sky-rocketed.
All around the world gigs sold out in under half
an hour, and telephone exchanges from Dublin to
Detroit blew up through the sheer weight of calls
for tickets. Furthermore they headlined Glastonbury,
played two nights in a colossal tent on Irvine Beach,
Scotland, and staged the two biggest ever indoor
gigs in Europe, at a specially-expanded Earls Court.
So loud were the latter that serious earth tremors
were reported in the Kensington and Chelsea areas.
The shows themselves were astounding, emotional,
and proof, if any was needed, that Oasis were undoubtedly
the biggest and best band in the country.
On record, too, the band had progressed, in April
'Some Might Say' provided them with their first
No. 1 single, selling over 300,000 copies. The follow-up
'Roll With It' reached 400,000, and 'Wonderwall'
is Platinum (600,000) and rising after 12 weeks
in the Top Ten, and inspired an almost instant cover
version by Mike Flowers.
Their second album '(What's The Story) Morning
Glory?' went straight in at No. 1, and became the
fastest-selling album since Michael Jackson's 'Bad'
in 1987. By the end of 1995 it was certified 6 times
Platinum, and, apart from Robson & Jerome, by
far the biggest-selling album of the year. This
success is being mirrored world-wide, with the album
hitting No. 1 in France, Sweden, Ireland and New
Zealand, as well as reaching gold in most other
countries.
If last year was magnificent, their future looks
better still. Edging into 1996 , there's 4 BRAT
Awards, 6 BRIT nominations, and 'Don't Look Back
In Anger' their ninth single in less than 2 years.
Significantly, at time of writing '...Morning Glory?'
had just jumped to No. 5 in the US Billboard charts.
How much more do they want? How much have you got'?
Oasis's bio above from the Oasis official site
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