(What's the Story) Morning Glory? Tour

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.

(What's the Story) Morning Glory? Tour

Tour by Oasis
Associated album	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Start date	22 June 1995 (1995-06-22)
End date	10 September 1996 (1996-09-10)
Legs	12
No. of shows	100
Oasis concert chronology

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.

1. "The Swamp Song"
2. "Acquiesce"
3. "Supersonic"
4. "Hello"
5. "Some Might Say"
6. "Roll with It"
7. "Morning Glory"
8. "Cigarettes & Alcohol"
9. "Champagne Supernova"
10. "Slide Away"
11. "Cast No Shadow"
12. "Whatever"
13. "Wonderwall"
14. "Don't Look Back in Anger"
15. "Live Forever"
16. "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

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Europe
22 June 1995	Bath	England	Bath Pavilion	800+
23 June 1995	Pilton		Glastonbury Festival	80,000 / 80,000	Festival
30 June 1995	Roskilde	Denmark	Roskilde Festival		Festival
3 July 1995	Milan	Italy	Palalido
5 July 1995	Lyon	France	Fauvier Festival		Festival
7 July 1995	Frauenfeld	Switzerland	Out in the Green Festival		Festival
8 July 1995	Belfort	France	Eurockéennes Festival		Festival
9 July 1995	Düren	Germany	Badesee
14 July 1995	Irvine	Scotland	Beach Park	6,000 / 6,000
15 July 1995				6,000 / 6,000
18 July 1995	Madrid	Spain	Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas
21 July 1995	Zeebrugge	Belgium	Beach Festival
22 July 1995	Slane	Ireland	Slane Castle	80,000 / 80,000	Supporting REM
17 August 1995	London	England	Top of the Pops
Asia
21 August 1995	Kawasaki	Japan	Club Citta
22 August 1995
23 August 1995	Tokyo		Liquid Room
25 August 1995			Garden Hall
26 August 1995
28 August 1995	Osaka		Imperial Hall
29 August 1995
Europe
15 September 1995	Madrid	Spain	TVE Studios
28 September 1995	London	England	MTV Studios
1 October 1995			Virgin Megastore
2 October 1995	Blackpool		Empress Ballroom
3 October 1995	Stoke		Trentham Gardens
4 October 1995	London		XFM Radio Stations
5 October 1995	Bournemouth		Bournemouth International Centre	4,000 / 4,000	Sold Out
6 October 1995	Gloucester		Leisure Centre
North America
10 October 1995	Baltimore	United States	Hammerjack's
11 October 1995	New York City		Roseland Ballroom
13 October 1995	Danbury		Tuxedo Junction
14 October 1995	Boston		Orpheum Theatre
16 October 1995	Pittsburgh		Metropol
19 October 1995	New York City		Late Show with David Letterman
Europe
31 October 1995	Brussels	Belgium	La Luna
2 November 1995	London	England	GLR Radio Studios
4 November 1995			Earls Court Exhibition Centre	20,000 / 20,000	Sold Out
5 November 1995				20,000 / 20,000
6 November 1995			Capitol Radio Station
7 November 1995	Paris	France	Zénith
10 November 1995	Hamburg	Germany	Große Freiheit
12 November 1995	Cologne		Live Music Hall
14 November 1995	Nantes	France	La Trocardiére
15 November 1995	Lille		L'Aéronef
17 November 1995	Leicester	England	Granby Halls
20 November 1995	Stockholm	Sweden	Annexet
23 November 1995	Paris	France	RTL Studios
24 November 1995	Copenhagen	Denmark	K.B. Hallen
26 November 1995	Manchester	England	NYNEX Arena
28 December 1995	London		Later with Jools Holland
29 November 1995			Brixton Academy
30 November 1995
North America
2 December 1995	Seattle	United States	Mercer Arena, KNDD 107.7 Deck the Hall Ball
7 December 1995	Fairfax		Patriot Center, WHFS Nutcracker
8 December 1995	Chicago		Rosemont Horizon, Q101 Twisted Xmas
9 December 1995	Minneapolis		Target Center, KEGE Holiday Festival
13 December 1995	Toronto	Canada	The Warehouse
15 December 1995	Berkeley	United States	Berkeley Community Theatre, Live 105 Green Christmas
16 December 1995	San Jose		Event Center Arena, K.O.M.E. Almost Acoustic Christmas
18 December 1995	Los Angeles		Universal Amphitheatre, KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas
19 December 1995	West Hollywood		The Viper Room
Europe
22 December 1995	London	England	Channel 4 Studios
8 January 1996			Hotel Babylon
10 January 1996	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Music Centre
12 January 1996	Munich	Germany	Terminal 1
14 January 1996	Berlin		Huxley's
15 January 1996	Bielefeld		PC69
19 January 1996	Whitley Bay	England	Whitley Bay Ice Rink
21 January 1996	Edinburgh	Scotland	Ingliston Exhibition Centre
22 January 1996
22 February 1996	Glasgow		BBC
North America
23 February 1996	Kansas City	United States	Memorial Hall
24 February 1996	St. Louis		American Theater
26 February 1996	Minneapolis		Orpheum Theatre
27 February 1996	Chicago		Aragon Ballroom
1 March 1996	Milwaukee		Eagle's Ballroom
2 March 1996	Lakewood, Ohio		Lakewood Civic Auditorium
3 March 1996	Detroit		Detroit State Theater
5 March 1996	Indianapolis		Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
7 March 1996	Fairfax		GMU Patriot Centre
9 March 1996	Upper Darby		Tower Theater
10 March 1996	Providence		Strand Theatre
13 March 1996	New York City		Paramount Theatre
Europe
18 March 1996	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff International Arena
19 March 1996
22 March 1996	Dublin	Ireland	The Point Depot	6,300 / 6,300±	Sold Out
23 March 1996				6,300 / 6,300±
26 March 1996	Offenbach	Germany	Stadthalle
27 March 1996	Munich		Terminal 1
29 March 1996	Milan	Italy	Palalido
31 March 1996	Grenoble	France	Le Summum
2 April 1996	Barcelona	Spain	Zeleste
North America
10 April 1996	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
11 April 1996	Seattle	United States	Mercer Arena
13 April 1996	San Francisco		Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
18 April 1996	Denver		Mammoth Events Center
20 April 1996	Dallas		Bronco Bowl Auditorium
21 April 1996	Austin		Austin Music Hall
Europe
23 April 1996	Dublin	Ireland	The Point Theatre
27 April 1996	Manchester	England	Maine Road	40,000 / 40,000	First Stadium Show
28 April 1996				40,000 / 40,000
3 August 1996	Alexandria	Scotland	Balloch Country Park, Loch Lomond	40,000 / 40,000	Sold Out
4 August 1996				40,000 / 40,000
7 August 1996	Stockholm	Sweden	Sjöhistoriska Museet
10 August 1996	Stevenage	England	Knebworth Park	125,000 / 125,000	Sold Out
11 August 1996				125,000 / 125,000
14 August 1996	Cork	Ireland	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	40,000 / 40,000	Sold Out
15 August 1996				40,000 / 40,000
23 August 1996	London	England	Royal Festival Hall, MTV Unplugged
North America
27 August 1996	Rosemont	United States	Rosemont Horizon	13,875 / 18,500±
30 August 1996	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills
31 August 1996	Barrie	Canada	Molson Park
2 September 1996	Philadelphia	United States	CoreStates Center
4 September 1996	New York		MTV Video Music Awards 1996
6 September 1996	Worcester		The Centrum
7 September 1996	Wantagh		Jones Beach Theater
8 September 1996
10 September 1996	Bristow		Nissan Pavilion	12,000 / 25,000

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
July 20, 1995	Lisbon	Portugal	Estádio José Alvalade	Mike Mills had abdominal surgery to remove an intestinal adhesion
July 25, 1995	Huddersfield	England	Kirklees Stadium	Complete recording for second album
October 17, 1995	Buffalo, New York	United States	Ogden Street Concert Hall	Scott McLeod's departure
October 20, 1995	Columbus, Ohio		Unknown venue
October 21, 1995	Chicago
October 22, 1995	Royal Oak		Royal Oak Music Theatre
November 28, 1995	Birmingham	England	Unknown venue	Liam loses his voice
November 29, 1995	Cardiff	Wales
November 30, 1995	Sheffield	England
April 15, 1996	Los Angeles	United States	Universal Amphitheatre	Noel catches the flu
April 16, 1996	Phoenix		Unknown venue
12 September 1996	Charlotte		Charlotte Hornets Training Center
13 September 1996	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum
15 September 1996	West Palm Beach		West Palm Beach Auditorium
16 September 1996	Orlando		Orlando Arena
18 September 1996	Tampa		Sun Dome
September 26, 1996	Düsseldorf	Germany	Mitsubishi Electric Halle
September 29, 1996	Bercy	Paris	Accor Arena
September 30, 1996	Geneva	Switzerland	Geneva Arena
October 2, 1996	Rome	Italy	Palazzo dello Sport
October 4, 1996	Bordeaux	France	La Medoquine
October 6, 1996	Madrid	Spain	Raimundo Saporta Pavilion
October 7, 1996	Barcelona		Unknown venue
November 4, 1996	Los Angeles	United States	Universal Amphitheatre	Begin recording for third album
November 5, 1996
November 11, 1996	Hawaii		Unknown venue
November 15, 1996	Auckland	New Zealand	SuperTop
November 18, 1996	Melbourne	Australia	Melbourne Park
November 19, 1996
November 23, 1996	Sydney		Sydney Showgrounds
November 26, 1996	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
November 29, 1996	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre
December 2, 1996	Perth		Perth Entertainment Centre

See also

• List of highest-attended concerts