April 22, 1995 • Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England
Setlist
- Rock 'n' Roll Star
- Columbia
- Digsy's Dinner
- Some Might Say
- Shakermaker
- Live Forever
- Up In The Sky
- Acquiesce
- Headshrinker
- (It's Good) To Be Free
- Cigarettes & Alcohol
- Married With Children
- Take Me Away (acoustic)
- Don't Look Back In Anger (acoustic)
- Talk Tonight (acoustic)
- Whatever (acoustic)
- Slide Away
- Supersonic
- I Am The Walrus (The Beatles)
- Definitely Maybe 10 • 53%
- Morning Glory 2 • 11%
- B-Sides / Other 7 • 37%
Show Notes
- This was the final show of the Definitely Maybe era, Oasis' first arena concert and their biggest show to date, with an audience of around 12,000.
- Pulp were the last-minute support act, replacing The Verve, whose guitarist had broken his knuckles in a fight in Paris. Their set closed with 'Common People', a month before its release as a single.
- During his acoustic set, Noel gave the first public performance of 'Don't Look Back In Anger'. He introduced it as a new song he had only written on Tuesday, adding that it did not yet have a title. He dedicated the song to his friend, music journalist Paul Mathur. The early version featured different lyrics and a slightly different melody from the eventual album recording.
- This was the last time the band played 'Digsy's Dinner' and 'Up in the Sky' live.
- This was Tony McCarroll's final concert with Oasis. He subsequently appeared with the band on Top of the Pops a few days later before being replaced by Alan White.
- Sheffield Arena was built for the 1991 World Student Games and officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on May 30, 1991. Paul Simon performed the venue's first concert that evening.
- The arena later operated under several sponsored names, including Hallam FM Arena, Motorpoint Arena and FlyDSA Arena. It is now known as Utilita Arena Sheffield.
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reviews / memories
Pulp People, May 1995:
During the Sound City soundcheck we were asked if it was possible for us to play the following evening with Oasis at their massive Sheffield Arena concert, as The Verve's guitarist had had his knuckles broken in a brawl in Paris the night before. Throwing caution to the wind we agreed to play, so the next morning we were off back to our hometown to play Pulp's biggest ever indoor show in front of 12000 people, none of whom really wanted us to be there! After going to great lengths to keep our appearance a secret Jarvis played the intro to Babies from off-stage before the other members of the band appeared. It was funny to see the audience reaction as they realised what was happening. They made us very welcome and the band played really well after shaking off the cobwebs at the Bristol concert. Our set closed with a stadium rousing Common People and we left to recover a while before enjoying Oasis. Quite an exciting day.
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