Say Hello To Radio X Oasis

From big hits to fan favourites, B-side bangers and exclusive live tracks recorded for Radio X - this new station has it all. From today until the final Oasis Live '25 UK shows later this year, you'll be able to listen to the legendary band’s extensive discography all day, every day... making Radio X Oasis a must-listen for any fan of the Gallaghers.

It’s loud, it’s iconic, and it’s everything you love about Oasis in one place. Whether you’re reliving the classic 90s era or gearing up for this summer's reunion shows, hit play on the music that helped define a generation.

Listen to it on Global Player here.

On This Day In Oasis History...

On May 15th 2001 Oasis played the second of two sold out nights at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, USA.

It's well worth a watch as the band are on fire, watch highlights from the gig below.

On May 15th 2005 Oasis played at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Listen to the gig below.

25 Years Of Oasis' Big Brother Recordings And What To Expect Soon

Oasis co-manager Alec McKinlay says there are no plans for the band to release new music, with their hugely anticipated reunion marking "the last time around".

Read the full interview fin Music Week here.

Music Week's June issue also includes an exclusive interview with Big Brother Recordings' GM Clare Byrne and head of creative and retail marketing Sarah Mansfield, while a selection of top names from across the industry as they reflect on their favourite Oasis tracks. 

Some quotes from this interview are below.

How advantageous did it come in the long run for Oasis to have their own label?

AM: “Oh, it was massive. Over time, it became clear that having that degree of independence and that ability to constantly prioritise what you wanted to do was a huge thing for the band. We were in a position where, post-Be Here Now, there was perhaps a little bit of a feeling that Oasis had had their moment, and it was our role to go, ‘No, really, this is just the start of the next phase.’ If you look at what happened over the next 10 years, over the next three albums, each sold more than the last. From Standing...to Heathen Chemistry to Don’t Believe The Truth, you had sales increasing, continued No.1 singles, continued airplay success, and that was reflected in the band’s own touring success as well. The biggest tour they did was in 2008, so all of that was helped by having their own team who were constantly on board in a way that you would never get even with another indie. You had 100%

attention all the time.”

It was during that era that a new generation of Oasis fans began to emerge. What was your approach in utilising that and helping them really dig into the band’s history?

AM: “We always made sure that with every campaign, we were at the cutting edge of whatever technology, media or movement was happening. Every campaign had something that was an industry first, or we were making sure that we were doing things that perhaps other bands of their ilk weren’t doing. This is pre-streaming, and we had a very good relationship with Apple and iTunes and worked that very well, and with MySpace we did a few things with them when they were at their height that were widely reported as being industry firsts. But at the end of the day, it was about the music and how it came across. In those days, the key thing was staying on Radio 1 and the band did - every single was on the A-list and was heavily supported. You could see it every time they toured, you'd look at the front 10 rows of the crowd and they were always kids.”

How much did the gameplan for Big Brother change once Oasis had split up in 2009?

AM: “I think it was just a continuation of what we'd always been doing. We were very conscious of the need to maintain the legacy and always had plans in the offing for what we’d do on the various anniversaries. I think that has been the key to supporting the sales of the catalogue, that it’s an ‘always on’ campaign, always something coming up. It did take a while to adapt after the band split, but the first anniversaries were coming around pretty quickly. In fact, they'd already come around, but it all seemed like the natural thing to do.”

In the years that they were away, Oasis have become a huge success on streaming platforms. How did that happen?

CB: “Oasis first joined streaming platforms in 2014, around the 20-year anniversary of the band’s first release. Back then, it was basically introducing the whole catalogue to a younger audience, a new audience, with the storytelling and using all these moments that were happening to bring them front and centre. Part of our strategy is to look at creative ways of storytelling. One of the key things was The Masterplan campaign, which has got so many great B-sides, and being able to highlight those. We also did an exhibition in Shoreditch, which was part of the Chasing The Sun series, where the first three albums were re-released with rare content that hadn’t been made available before: B-sides, live versions, box sets. We had an interactive lifesize replica of the Definitely Maybe cover and over 40,000 visitors in 10 days. International demand then saw it being taken to Japan, We also made a podcast, Listen Up, for the debut album’s 25th.”

Oasis are also still a huge draw for physical. How important a part has that been of Big Brother’s approach?

SM: “It’s massive. The uplift we’ve seen since the tour announcement has been staggering, vinyl particularly; it’s mad how much it sells. We always make sure that the physical offering is really strong, focusing on quality rather than just doing formats for the sake of it. It’s important to us that fans feel like they’re getting something of value. It’s also really important to Noel and Liam; they’re obviously from the physical era and they still view the album as a physical product.”

It must have been pleasing that all the work the label did when Oasis were no longer together finally aligned with the reunion...

AM: “We've been working throughout that time to keep the music in people’s consciousness, whether with the anniversaries or the various films, Supersonic, Knebworth 1996 and, obviously, we’re doing a new film with Steven Knight around the tour. These are all part and parcel of how you keep that alive and how you keep the catalogue alive.”

What can you tell us about plans for the impending 30th anniversary of (What’s The Story)...?

CB: “It’s really important for us to do the album justice and what ‘we've got planned is really special, really exciting, and being able to work that alongside the live dates is going to be wonderful.”

SM: “We have also spent the last year-and-a-half getting the whole catalogue transformed into Spatial Audio, which has been an absolutely huge feat. As far as we know, no other legacy act has done this to this extent. It’s massive; it brings the whole entire catalogue to a whole new audience to be heard in a completely new way.”

Finally, will there ever be a new Oasis album on Big Brother?

AM: “I mean, this is very much the last time around, as Noel’s made clear in the press. It’s a chance for fans who haven’t seen the band to see them, or at least for some of them to. But no, there’s no plan for

any new music.”

On This Day In Oasis History...

On May 13th 1996, Oasis released 'Champagne Supernova' as a radio only single in the United States Of America.

It was the bands second No. 1 single on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.

The song was released as an official single in Australia the following month.

On May 13th 1998, Oasis released the 'Don't Go Away' single in Japan. 

Watch the video for the track below 

Oasis: Trying To Find A Way Out Of Nowhere

Coming this September: ‘OASIS: Trying to Find a Way Out of Nowhere’ by Jill Furmanovsky and Noel Gallagher. 

Iconic  photos by Jill Furmanovsky chart the dramatic career of Oasis – on  stage, backstage and in the studio – paired with exclusive commentary by  Noel Gallagher. 

Jill Furmanovsky’s unparalleled work with Oasis  stretches from the end of 1994 to their last shows in 2009. Jill was  given unprecedented access to countless worldwide performances and many  recording sessions. In this beautiful volume, overseen and edited by  Noel Gallagher, award-winner Furmanovsky presents classic highlights and  unseen images from her complete Oasis archive, which she describes as  her best body of work, as well as insightful observations taken from  notes she made at the time. 

Organized chronologically, the book  depicts more than 500 photographs, contact sheets and sequenced film  strips of the band on stage, backstage, on the road, in the studio and  behind the scenes. Jill captured the drama of the band’s lifestyle  during the 1990s when, as she said, ‘they were on a comet, hanging on  for dear life’. The access she was given allowed closeness, and she was  able to document the competitive and at times volatile relationship  between Noel and Liam Gallagher up to their split in 2009, creating a  poignant visual diary that is more than the sum of its parts. In this  book she extends the visual story to 2025*, capturing the band in  rehearsal for the upcoming reunion tour.

Accompanying the images  is illuminating commentary by Noel Gallagher, who relates the inside  stories of the events pictured in many of the shoots and demonstrates an  honest and touching relationship between band and photographer. Three  essays by music journalists provide context to the band’s story, and an  introduction by Jill celebrates the supreme significance of Oasis in her  50+ years photographing musicians. 

‘OASIS:  Trying to Find a Way Out of Nowhere’ by Jill Furmanovsky and Noel  Gallagher publishes in the UK on 23rd September and in the US on 14th October. 

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On This Day In Oasis History...

On May 12th 2005 Oasis played at the Alcatraz in Milan, Italy.

Watch the gig below.

On May 12th 2009 Oasis played at the Porto Alegre Gigantinho in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Watch a number of videos from the set below.

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On This Day In Oasis History...

On May 11th 1996 Oasis sold 333,000 tickets in one day for the Loch Lomond and Knebworth concerts.

At one point during the day 500,000 people rang the freephone number in five minutes, tickets were selling at a rate of ten per second.

On May 11th 2001 Oasis played at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, USA.

It was the first date of 'The Tour Of Brotherly Love', called this as The Black Crowes, and Spacehog who were also on the tour had a pair of brothers in their respective bands.

Listen to a bootleg of the gig below.

Andy Bell Confirms He Will Play With Oasis This Summer

 

Andy Bell has conformed to oe24 that he will be joining Oasis on tour after the European tour with RIDE end today in Germany.

On joining Oasis he said "Yes, I'm in and I'm really looking forward to it. We'll see each other on tour. Or rather, you'll see me, because I'll hardly be able to see you in the audience".  

Oasis’ Entire Catalogue Is Now Available In Spatial Audio With Dolby Atmos On Apple Music!

 

You can now experience the entire Oasis catalogue in Spatial Audio, with Dolby Atmos, available exclusively on Apple Music for the first time.

 

Created by Ryan Hewitt, the Grammy Award-Winning producer, engineer, and mixer (Neil Young, Noah Kahan, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Blink 182) at his Stratmosphere Studio in Nashville, Tennessee; Ryan has spent over 18 months meticulously crafting these reinvented mixes of Oasis’ iconic catalogue, a feat that he himself refers to as “a dream come true”. 

 

“Honouring the original mixes, and the original intention of the sound of these records, which are so loud, and explosive and transferring that to Dolby Atmos was one of the greatest challenges of my career. These records sounded big in the first place, and now they sound even bigger on Apple in Spatial Audio whilst honouring the original spirit of the recordings.”

 

Having completed 7 studio albums, their epic B-sides collection, ‘The Masterplan’ plus the ultimate Best Of, Singles Collection and 2 classic live albums (mixed by Will Shapland), Oasis have marked new territory as one of the first  to deliver their catalogue in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos at this level with over 130 tracks now available to hear.

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Oasis Are On The Cover Of The New Issue Of MOJO

As the kings of ’90s rock return, MOJO gets set for the summer’s shows by celebrating the 50 Greatest Songs of Oasis: from Cigarettes & Alcohol to Half The World Away, Wonderwall to The Shock Of The Lightning, hymned by the magazine’s best writers.

Available in stores and available online from www.mojo4music.com

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On This Day In Oasis History...

On May 7th 1994 Oasis played at the Old Trout in Windsor, England.

Listen to the gig in full below.



On May 7th 2009 Oasis played at the Citibank Hall in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

Watch the gig in full below.

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On This Day In Oasis History...

On May 3rd 2009 Oasis played at the River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

Watch one of the best gigs in full from the 'Dig Out Your Soul' tour in front of one of the best crowds the band ever had the privilege to play for.

On May 3rd 2003, Noel Gallagher and Gem Archer took to the stage and performed his historic gig at the Zanzibar club in Liverpool. 

He performed Stop The Clocks for the first time, the recording didn't surface for years.

Listen to it below.

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Win A Pair Of The Noel Gallagher X FINLAY Shades...

 

‘Thou shalt wear shades at all times, preferably indoors' - Noel Gallagher

We're giving members of NGFC a chance to win a pair of limited-edition 'Chiltern' sunglasses, a collaboration between Noel Gallagher and FINLAY.

With 3 pairs (one in each colour-way) available to win, all you need to do to enter is sign up for NGFC and let us know which pair is your favourite. 

Click here to enter.

For every pair of FINLAY x NOEL GALLAGHER ‘Chiltern’ sunglasses sold, 25% of the sale price, which encompasses 100% of Noel’s royalties, will be donated to Teenage Cancer Trust to help fund their vital work supporting young people with cancer. 

Take it easy, 

Team NGFC. 

Check out the range here.

On This Day In Oasis History...

On May 1st 2000 Oasis played at the Radio City Hall in New York, USA.

Watch the band play a cover of The Beatles 'Helter Skelter' in the link below.

On May 1st 2002 Oasis played at the Piazza San Giovanni in Rome, Italy.

Watch the set below.

Blast From The Past: Beady Eye

On April 30th 2013 released 'Second Bite Of The Apple', watch the video for the song below.

On This Day In Oasis History...

On April 30th 1995 it was confirmed that Tony McCarroll had been sacked by Oasis.

Below is Tony and the rest of the boys in action at my first ever Oasis concert back in August 1994.

On April 30th 2020 Oasis released the 'Don't Stop... (Demo)'.

Noel Gallagher discovered the long lost recording while in the midst of a big old clear-out.