Oasis: Chaos In Australia (The Be Here Now Tour '97-'98)

[@SpiritOfMontgomery]

I still think “I’d rather walk” is one of the best replies in history, honestly it’s brilliant

[@craftykev]

it doesn't make sense

[@crashtestauto5240]

@@craftykev planes kill the earth

[@RexMundi_UTC]

The absurdity of it is why it's great

[@SittingBearProd]

I was at both the SECC shows in Glasgow & I have told people a million times, it was NOT a half bottle, it was a full size 750ml bottle of Grant’s vodka. I was at the front. Liam held it up high & said who flung it & nobody admitted it. He sat it down on the stage and they all walked off. Noel said goodnight and threw his guitar pick at us. We had just watched Travis open for them for an hour. The next night there were pat downs at security & the band played the most epic show ever. Absolutely legendary.

[@ThinWhiteLuke]

Did the crowd actually sing “we hate the English! We hate the English!”? That wouldn’t be considered racism btw, despite what the video claims. It’d be xenophobic. Which is stupid because Liam and Noel are Gallagher’s originally from Ireland.

[@malpreece5008]

@@ThinWhiteLuke It wouldn’t surprise me. Some Scottish nationalists are ridiculously anti-English. It’s a shame because most English people don’t feel any animosity towards them. Also, re. the Gallagher’s heritage, I don’t think xenophobes think that deeply.

[@jackcole1331]

@@ThinWhiteLuke it is racist. Just cuz they’re white doesn’t make it not racist

[@ThinWhiteLuke]

@@jackcole1331 racism means racial hatred. Scottish people are white British people are white, Gallaghers are white. All parties involved are white. It’s called xenophobic when you hate someone based on their country of origin. Look it up, I don’t care if you believe me or not.

[@ThinWhiteLuke]

@@malpreece5008 now this guy 👆is gonna fight me tooth and nail on something he could just google, and find out that right about. I’m calling it now, wanna bet? 😂 he thinks what happened was actually Racism and not Xenophobia.

[@kurtjappy]

Honestly, supersonic needs a sequal where they look at oasis during 1997 to 1999. From be here now to the fall of classic oasis. It would be 10 times more chaotic

[@Blindswordsman1994]

Definitely, although the sequel should start from the infamous MTV unplugged gig ‘cos there is so much to tell during that period up to their US tour!

[@scruffyp9480]

Bet someone makes it

[@ZakynthosDiamandis]

Sadly, I can't imagine Noel would allow it.

[@golson1016]

Liam getting blamed for Noel's comments was the funniest part.

[@thescousemouse01]

We met the lads after their Be Here Now Adelaide concert & had a few bevies with them. Was actually surprised how quiet they were- no argy bargy at all, just dead nice. Really down to earth. I've got a great photo of me & Liam, holds special memories! Thanks for the doco!

[@endoawr9669]

It's interesting how vastly different their personalities are when it's in front of media or in person. I think they are actually probably really nice guys.

[@rike94]

Where can we see that photo?

[@JammerAma]

​@@rike94probably in the guy's personal photo album, creep

[@Joeonline26]

Whereabouts did they play in Adelaide back in the day man? I live in Adelaide😄

[@thescousemouse01]

@@Joeonline26 Entertainment centre!

[@lewisclark1122]

@20:30 - the cocaine dealers of Buenos Aires must have cried tears of joy when they found out that the Gallaghers were going to meet Maradonna.

[@dee-dee333]

I was there…1998 Sydney Australia, greatest gig of my life I was 17, nothing else ever felt quite like it✌🏼💙 “I’ll tell you kids…I’d rather walk” 🤣🤣

[@myfavfruits2681]

I was there too in the Entertainment Centre, still have the brown tour T- Shirt somewhere.

[@Tim85-y2q]

If there's one situation where I won't blame a band for ending a gig, it's if people are throwing things. Nobody should have to put up with that.

[@Wolfdragon92584]

1997 looked like a crazy year for the band. Even Liam, who looked practically identical from '94-'96, looked like he had lived hard by the end of the year. Be Here Now is where the raspiness of his voice began growing. I can't imagine all the substances they partook in that year!!!

[@Calum_1940]

Noel goes through his fat Elvis phase too.

[@russelledwards001]

That’ll be the Valium and Xanax

[@foresthill538]

He had laryngitis and probably had the Hashimotos undiagnosed by then. He started singing louder and with more force. In 3 years he went from sounding angelic and very youthful to gritty. He needed to take better care of his throat and address the Hashimotos but they kept touring nonstop. Liam's 3 years from 94-97 was very biblical and have to be thankful for that.

[@coldacre]

nah that's coke & alcohol bloat@@russelledwards001

[@Wolfdragon92584]

​@@foresthill538Honestly, I think Liam and the band should have taken time off and relaxed themselves after their tour for WTSMG. They WERE the biggest band in the world, but they were also in a rush, and that undoubtedly accelerated any and all health concerns for the band- drugs or no drugs.

[@EthanDJC]

the fact that they actually thought liam was gonna stab the pilot is hysterical

[@Mattythebassman]

I feel like in this day and age they'd take it even more seriously and probably would have had Liam locked up straight away

[@DemetriusSorvo]

I'm not surprised. Oasis's strong point is not selling themselves as intelligent. In fact they usually come across quite the opposite.

[@johnnyhaiku8521]

@@Mattythebassman w.

[@mccann82]

@@Mattythebassman Ian Brown was jailed in 98 for something similar.

[@michaelmulhall5007]

@@DemetriusSorvo Its called Irony man they were taken the piss out of everyone on this leg of the tour as the Aussie media turned on them. Didn’t help them in years to come with record sales in Australia or tours but it sure beats been Chris Martin and licking everyone’s hole for money

[@ZakynthosDiamandis]

Liam on that harmonica and annoying Noel is the best bit by far 😂

[@jamesmurray1449]

Agreed 🤣🤣🤣

[@baggy79]

Would of annoyed the fuck outta me

[@ZakynthosDiamandis]

@@baggy79 Alright, dry your eyes, Bono

[@Ornsberg1]

actually sounds good:)

[@lobo_paul]

Holy shit this harmonica makes me laugh out loud 😂 god bless that guy

[@irishnewfoundlandbear7400]

The insanity of scheduling Oasis to leave England in January and tour the US, Japan, Australia & NZ, South America and Mexico in a 3 month period and expecting it to go smoothly!

[@r.edward5701]

Saw them in Toronto for the first time that run. They were great

[@JayStapley]

That’s how we worked, mate. That was the job.

[@michaelmulhall5007]

Noel said after this tour they’d never start in England again and end half way around the world. They’d tour the other way around It didn’t work as by the time they got to reading and Leeds in 2000 it was a complete shit show

[@debonaire_nerd]

I bet half of the boomers complaining about Oasis in this video were old enough to have actually loved it when The Who came to Australia in the 1960s and unleashed hell.

[@mrkipling2201]

I don’t blame them for walking off stage after having stuff thrown at them. Especially something like a vodka bottle. Supposing it hit someone on the head?? Or in the face?? It could have blinded someone. I never know why people in the crowd did that. Watch the gig, get drunk, have an E, speed whatever and have a good time. Not throwing stuff at the band on stage. Idiots.

[@jacksstudios2406]

and then get mad when they decide to walk off, idiots

[@christhompson7355]

Only Scottish would do that scummy act

[@gordonm6108]

@@christhompson7355 I've been to gigs and festivals all over the world. Scotland is one of the only places where I haven't seen this happening.

[@christhompson7355]

@@gordonm6108 me, liam and noel will disagree with you

[@gordonm6108]

@@christhompson7355 I'm sure you would. The worst crowds I've ever been in are Oasis ones, as much as I love them.

[@doctornov7]

I was listening to Be Here Now for the first time in ages the other day, and my my it's a fantastic album. It's chaotic rock 'n' roll, but with plenty of melody to go with it and Noel's songwriting is immense. If it had been mixed better it would be unanimously considered a classic today.

[@doctornov7]

@@RabbidTheNabbit mixing let it down

[@doctornov7]

@@RabbidTheNabbit I disagree, there are many amazing songs on the album and I would defend the songwriting being on par with previous albums. Magic Pie (amazing chorus and the coda gives me chills EVERY time) Stand By Me (classic) The Girl In The Dirty Shirt (one of Noel's best love songs, so underrated) I Hope I Think I Know (underrated again)

[@doctornov7]

@@RabbidTheNabbit see! It'd be easier to name songs I don't like, which is basically just the song Be Here Now and maybe Don't Go Away (and that one because it's sad it was ripped off). All the B-sides are amazing as well! Stand By Me is up there with best Oasis singles and I Got The Fever is one of their most underrated tunes. Arggh I love this band

[@danrandlehandle]

@bates417ify no he wrote most of the be here now songs brand new except for all around the world

[@manuelgallardo7694]

It's a classic you fool

[@kelstew5239]

1998 australia tour. Mad. Probably one of the most mad memories of my life. The nineties were crazy. Live forever 🌸

[@richardhorrocks1460]

I love how, at the height of Gallagher debauchery, Maradona still looks the highest. Legend.

[@andrewpelechaty7634]

As an Australian, the best thing about this video is all the nostalgic footage: channel 7's old logo, Today Tonight, and a bunch of old journos (some who are still around today). The content was interesting, but the nostalgia was excellent

[@adamwest7936]

Wasn’t gonna click until I saw it was done by you. Your stuff is quality. You should have your own series in Sky Arts or something

[@linoangeles6088]

I didn't know how fascinated Noel was with the pyramids of Teotihuacan. Great video as always! Greetings from Mexico.

[@manuelgallardo7694]

He also wrote a song called the Mexican. I think it's about Mexicans low self-esteem. ?

[@me_fault]

proof we are all part of a master plan, breathing in scope and hidden for centuries?

[@stantonthezag1109]

Hey, I just want to say that you’re doing a great job at these videos. I don’t even like Oasis that much, but the storytelling is excellent.

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

Same 👍🙂🇬🇧

[@dontgoaway0]

I saw them in Adelaide on this tour. It was my first gig (I was 10). The circus around the tour only made it more exciting. Seeing them in person was like watching God descend from the heavens. That was a long time ago, I’ve moved on but this brought back some amazing memories. Thank you!

[@silversuit66]

Me too. I was 17 at the time. At the entertainment centre my first gig. You Am I were awesome as support too

[@VFAFOOTY]

Adelaide is the Only Australian gig nobody has seen photos from been looking for 20 years and found 0

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

Liam's harmonica playing is the highlight of the show.

[@80sman986]

He should collab with bob dylan

[@bigscorchio]

Went full yoko

[@c_a_l5442]

“Fuck trees.” - Noel Gallagher

[@desertrose1226]

I bet Sting the Tree Hugger was gunning for Noel then..

[@Chris_34]

The guy Liam headbutted got 60 grand! And that's 1998 money. If anyone wants to headbutt me for 60k they'd be more than welcome. I'd even throw in a free chinese burn.

[@ianlock3313]

How about a kick in the nuts for 80k?

[@josephlambert5413]

Alright Pete…

[@fakestradio4741]

Oasis in Japan: ❤️😇❤️😇❤️😇 Oasis in Australia: 😈👹😈👹😈👹

[@soulagent79]

Saw them in November 1997 in Oberhausen, Germany. I was eighteen years old at the time and looking back it was the most epic gig I've ever been to.

[@joewrigley399]

Bring back those fucking days. The world's crying out for a proper band now and a proper rock star

[@Suzibird307]

I don't think you can bring it back. You couldn't get away with half of that stuff anymore.

[@desertrose1226]

Oh come on now- I mean we’ve got Ed Sheeran and Harry Styles: total rock legends them!! 😆 😆

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

​@@desertrose1226😂

[@MediumGuage]

Great doc, loved that era, brings the chaos of those days back to mind!

[@doingabradbury]

"These are crazy days but they make me shine, time keeps rolling by... All around the world, you've gotta spread the word, tell'em what you've heard, you know it's gonna be OK. 👍👌

[@deblocka9085]

We were following U2 and Oasis on tour in Japan and Australia. Noel was right. It was the best time ever. We flew from Sydney up to Brisbane for U2 on the morning after Oasis had flown in to Perth and the shitstorm kicked off. Triple J radio did a brilliant piss take of Liam coming up to the flight deck😂. Met up with them in Melbourne a few days later. They were sound.

[@キラキラくりくり頭]

What band were you in?

[@deblocka9085]

@@キラキラくりくり頭 I wasn't in a band - we just took 6 weeks off work and flew from Dublin down to Australia and Japan to follow the tours. If only I had a time machine to do it all again 😉

[@キラキラくりくり頭]

@@deblocka9085 sounds brilliant. I went and lived in Thailand and I met the band Loso (they're like the Oasis of Thailand) and they invited me to follow them around for a bit. It was so cool. I met Owen Morris as well. He produced an album for them. Got to chat to him about recording the early Oasis albums. Good times.

[@キラキラくりくり頭]

@GM that is a genuinely confusing comment. I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Is this in reference to the band? Are you talking about the OP? who is MMM? Who is Martin Molloy?

[@deblocka9085]

@@GM-pn7ih kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHOmYap8jMaYfq8 Comedy fucking gold

[@mrkipling2201]

I was going to say that Noel wrote an instrumental track about his trip to the pyramids in Mexico. It’s bloody good as well.

[@lorenzovillalpando8491]

Me as a mexican, I'm really proud and glad that Noel has named a couple of songs. The Mexican and Teotihuacan.

[@TheAmateursOriginalMusic]

Not heard that, whats it called and where can I hear it?✌🏻😎

[@HearszAM]

@@TheAmateursOriginalMusic kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHjQZ3ZtfrF-abs

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

Ian Brown's ex wife is Mexican.

[@dingbaisong]

Was there in Brisbane. Few gaps here in the story: we were outside the ‘planned’ hotel which was a diversion so we all scarpered up the road to the real hotel across the road from the park near my uni at the time in 1998 QUT. Band arrived in vans and I had all my vinyl signed with Liam chucking my pen across the road at the end after signing a leaf at the lobby. The band were well oiled. Noel went shopping in town early and the band drank at the bar with some of the local talent invited inside. I buggered off home and return the next morning enroute to university with TV cameras and a throng of media outside the entrance of the hotel. The headbutt. We asked someone what was going on and they said Liam was arrested and we said ‘yeah we were here last night’ then we ended up on the news… remember the train ride to the entertainment centre at Boondal for the show and getting chucked off the train by police cause we didn’t have train tickets and getting walked down to the head ticket office to buy them by a smug copper laughing, saying ‘he (Liam) isn’t showing up tonight’. Gig was a disaster: some idiot had a ‘La’s Rip-off’ sign and it was general chaos. You Am I were the support but you can’t blame liam, he’d been in the joint and court all day. Long the the 1990’s.

[@HearszAM]

I became a You Am I fan from that day onwards. Even Noel and Liam said how brilliant they were as their support (especially the Japan gigs) and both still to this day are big fans - Liam's done a couple of radio interviews with Tim Rogers in recent years and Davey Lane (who joined You Am I in 2000) has been on an Oasis Fan Podcast as he's a huge fan of them as well. I was 17 when that Brisbane gig happened so perhaps my memory isn't as great as yours - I remember enjoying the gig but being disappointed that they only played 13 songs - it was over pretty quick. They more than made up for it 4 years later when they co-headlined the "Livid Festival" with Powderfinger, who were the biggest band in Australia at the time. Oasis played them off the park in their own backyard: they certainly readdressed the balance after that 1998 tour.

[@unacceptableviews6231]

"I'm off to buy a ship!" 😂97-98 Noel was the best Noel, and that was some the best memories of my life.

[@martinreilly5513]

You made it out that they left Glasgow after they walked off the stage, they played a great night on the 18th, I was there. They came out the massive phone box with towels over their heads and laughing saying "don't throw anything at us" They were brilliant. Fran Healy from Travis, who supported them, joked that it was his mum that threw it.

[@johnnyM809]

I was at that gig as well. It was fantastic.

[@matthewrider5906]

They were INSANE on drugs back then, here in America too! They finished the tour, but they were wildly inconsistent, too. They were playing mid-sized to full-sized arenas here. But they weren't selling out some roughly 6,000 seat arenas, & that was because the word was out that sometimes, Liam couldn't even do the encore, or sing certain songs, like Fade In/Out, or Some Might Say, but then they sold out the legendary Rosemont Horizon in Chicago, 18,500 ppl, & played really well that night, w/Noel playing a now-legendary performance of Slide Away, too... So there is that, I suppose.🤷

[@puroresugaming5848]

I was at that Rosemont show in 1998, what an epic night.

[@SpiritOfMontgomery]

Their gigs at the Hammerstein in NYC too is really good

[@dsellars]

Perth ‘98 was there then! First gig at the age of 14 loved every minute of it.

[@Sleepy_I]

Great video, I loved that! While objectively their behaviour was terrible, I loved it at the time and laughed my arse off all the way through watching this video. It was exactly the kind of behaviour a teenager wants from his rock stars. Thanks James. your work is much appreciated!

[@davidjames579]

There's kind of a genius in the way he says go to South America and burn a rainforest, because it's exactly the opposite of what you're supposed to say. I think if you twig he's doing it to pull people's chains it's hilarious.

[@jeffreyroedel9804]

Only thing wrong with Be Here Now is that Urban Hymns and OK Computer came out the same year. Oasis veered bigger, louder, more raucous, and those other two records from Verve and Radiohead felt more introspective and intellectual, complete statements as almost concept albums, so the Oasis critical backlash in America slowly began. Blur's Beetlebum and Song 2 hit college radio and MTV in early ''97 also and felt edgier and more intense than Oasis, too. So there was a lot of British talent capturing young American's attention then. That coupled with Liam's continued antics (missing the MTV Unplugged show and yelling at the press) kept Oasis from getting as huge in America as they could have after Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova were played absolutely endlessly in 1995 and 1996.

[@Tyrannosaurine]

Yeah, that and that Urban Hymns and Ok Computer are just flat out better records.

[@jeffreyroedel9804]

@@Tyrannosaurine Well yes obviously!

[@robsol123]

Be Here Now is still the fastest selling album of all time in the UK 😎🙌🇬🇧❤️🎶

[@christhompson7355]

It was beaten by adele in 2015 but still very impressive

[@robsol123]

@@christhompson7355 no mate I researched this up a while ago - Oasis released Be Here Now on a Thursday (around mid week compared to when artists usually release albums in the UK) because of this there’s some confusion over it - Oasis have the fastest selling album of all time in the UK still, and I doubt it’ll ever be repeated by anyone - I’ll try and find a link for u if it’s summat u fancy checking out sometime 🙌🎶

[@christhompson7355]

@@robsol123 yes your absolutely correct i saw this! Its so impressive, and the result of def maybe and whats the story been so good! 👏👏

[@robsol123]

@@christhompson7355 I googled “be here now fastest selling album” and scrolled down to a link “music business world wide” and the article is still there! 😎🙌🎶 cheers buddy 🤟🎶🎶

[@christhompson7355]

@@robsol123 yeah i was able to find a few links which state the technicality on oasis still been number 1 due to the 3 day sale, but what i find remarkable is every copy purchsed was people going out and buying it, adele or anybody now has an advantage over the ease of online sales and downloads so its one of oasis’s biggest achievements which like you say will probaly never be topped, especially by a band anyway never again will any band take to the storm like oasis did in 1996-1998 at the time they was the best band in the world ill never forget been 14 sat at school on thursday the 21st august 1997 been the first album i had cash to buy having already bought the book case single of dya know what i mean with angel child and heroes b aides 🙌🙌

[@amyf_spot7511]

I have a friend who absolutely despises both LG and NG because of their past crass behavior, the boasting and just being absolute jerks back in the day. But he just doesn’t get how funny it all was. I mean God bless Maggie the tour manager and all who had to deal with the day-to-day stuff that went on. I couldn’t have done it. But Liam telling that reporter that he’s going to do something unpleasant to the pilot and then says “I got a tattoo”Absolute comedy gold! The absurdity of the whole situation is pure genius. Long live Oasis!

[@1dorz]

Exactly. Liam and Noel have always been funny cunts. It's what make them continue to endure

[@deblocka9085]

Maggie - god bless her - She was probably only of the only people on the planet that could deal with the madness and not let it phase her. Her time with Depeche Mode served her well and prepared her for it. She should be canonized and get a sainthood from the Pope.

[@Monkeypole]

Your mate sounds like a right fanny

[@davidjames579]

It's like Monty Python of hooliganism. Brilliant.

[@madelinebooth6829]

Noel and Liam's natural comedic turn of phrase is gold. Lol

[@herbie0408]

Have been looking for this 9:59 footage for ages, being Perth born that was a moment in history, great channel mate, brilliant work

[@ryanw8729]

I am Australian, and heard heard a story recently from my mum. My dad is an Irish Musician that plays in pubs around Perth, and Oasis where in Perth at the time (most likely this exact tour). My dad does his gigs late into the night, and my mum would be with him at the pub. After one of their shows Noel rocked up to the pub! Mind you my dad was petrified to play as he is a massive fan, and played Oasis songs live. One of the bartenders handed mum a coaster and told her to get him to sign it. My mum then went up to him, and apparently he was off his mind, like couldn't say anything coherent and face was puffed and red. My mum hands him the coaster and he just scribbled on it, he was too out of it. Wish she knew where the coaster was.

[@RaTeeBoom]

Do you know which pub in Perth?

[@SlurringNeon]

Which pub?

[@ryanw8729]

Rossies

[@peasant1381]

Saw them in Auckland on this tour. They were incredibly loud. A great night.

[@Scott-nl1ky]

5:32 a good shovel up 👃 Noel's bodyguard laughing when he says that

[@Rose_19911]

where?

[@spectrelfc1152]

Yeah lol Liam definitely didn’t hit on that girl

[@rickysimoes2304]

Even if he was chronically drunk he wouldn't have gone for her, surely.

[@mitchellhinkley4896]

Yeah but #metoo lol

[@richardwilliams2959]

That was a girl??

[@GlaswegianRocker88]

Nah that’s a bloke 😂

[@elwoodblues5110]

Good on her...

[@solidwallsofsound950]

I was 97 in Frankfurt. Just turned 18. Absolute madness!

[@timhorpo]

I was at the Melbourne gig of this tour. They played great. It was a fortnight where Oasis, Pearl Jam, Ozzy, and Green Day that I saw in 10 days. The one thing I really remember about the Melbourne gig was how red ALL their eyes were when they came on stage....

[@windyhillbomber]

Was there too. Worst concert I have ever seen and I am a huge Oasis fan, seen them live five times. I think u may have been caught up in the hype. It really was that bad.

[@timhorpo]

@@windyhillbomber nah, it was ok. Dude I saw the infamous Betty Boo concert at the metro, things don't get worse than that

[@windyhillbomber]

@@timhorpo wow, I see where you’re coming from. You poor bastard!

[@markbennett1585]

I wish I could remember who it was, but someone once wrote that ‘Paolo Hewitt is the Paolo Hewitt of music journalism’.

[@rileybeddow3763]

I never knew any of this information before, really informative, interesting and funny, keep it coming mate

[@Kirby789z]

Cheers mate, saw them in NYC on that tour, was my first concert and first time getting laid!

[@darrenthomas7402]

The very last British rock band to have number 1 singles, screaming fans at airports and meant so much to people all over the world, and still to this day.

[@jackcole1331]

Arctic Monkeys

[@stevenoasis1]

Oasis in Aberdeen 1997 was one of the greatest gigs I’ve ever seen. Fucking pandemonium in the crowd.

[@duppyhunter1651]

Someone threw a bottle at Blur back in the early nineties at The Barowlands Glasgow, Damon just said "it shows you`ve got spirit" and the band played on. Respect.

[@williamhenderson2266]

Blur will always be better than Oasis.

[@desertrose1226]

@@williamhenderson2266 They were both good- Oasis spoiled it by going too far.

[@jamie8037]

​@@williamhenderson2266even Damon disagrees with you

[@ShowRyuKen]

Really great video, I've never seen any of these Australian news clips etc. before - very entertaining, and as ever I love your analysis. Nice work, James.

[@justineddy5306]

Those Austrialian news clips are absolute gold! Reminds me a bit of the UK coverage the Sex Pistols got during their brief existence. The negative publicity only makes the band seem cooler.

[@z-rex6068]

Indeed 😂

[@desertrose1226]

Liam was kind of like the new Sid Vicious at the time lol

[@doodlebob3758]

@@desertrose1226 Though Liam, for all his antics, is actually fairly intelligent.

[@z-rex6068]

😂 Haha I love the Be Here Now tour, so much chaos and some of their best live gigs with in my opinion their best set list also. Noel and Liam also looked their coolest then too.

[@NZRoy]

Was at the Wellington gig and Liam walked off past us via the front of the stage and everyone was pushing him and trying to get to him through security it was a messed up gig for sure. I managed to get a little shove in and it felt good, we felt we were getting ripped off. In the end it was a great night.

[@desertrose1226]

Probably Liam wouldn’t have felt anything being so drugged up and pissed..

[@harrythejack3366]

Those days were crazy times, Oasis were ruling the airwaves.

[@tortoisetamer486]

Superb material mate, love your page

[@SmithyInWelly]

My best memories of the QWEC (Wellington) gig was after the Liam/sound bullshit Noel came back on alone and played... that was what made me a (proper) Oasis fan. And here we are 20-odd years later and I'm still hooked! and yes - the sound was pretty shit... the second worst sounding gig I've been to - behind Jamiroquai in Brisbane several years later, that was a whole new level!

[@thomasettorre1197]

Mate your content is just superb THANK YOU!!!! OASIS was the biggest thing to hit planet earth period 💙

[@limonene9522]

I remember when they went to Rottnest island off Perth. Everyone was like how dare they behave like this. They were young and having a ball. People were jealous

[@matthewmclister5492]

Great video and brilliant research, well done! That's me subscribed. Amazing how off the rails they were in that time period, really can't imagine any other band today behaving like that. I mean a lot of it was horrible behaviour but what drama.

[@mitchellhinkley4896]

I was at that Birmingham gig but it was the NIA. I was 8 years old. First gig. Boom

[@keirzeiss2069]

Great video! I was at the Wellington NZ show and I got to meet a very drunk Liam before the show...wild times! Lots of fun. GREAT BAND!!!

[@glennconnell6785]

Remember that he was walking around queens worf arena with his bodyguard and went to the bar 🍸 before gig I was wanting in line at the concert it was mad real deal LG still is

[@kaz3525]

Hi Keir, I’m working on a project to mark the 25th anniversary of this tour. But not sure how I can contact you. I’m capturing fan recollections and doing a press review. Got all the press coverage but need as many fan stories as I can. Cheers, Kaz

[@97szig]

This bloke makes the best oasis content.

[@Alex-Narr]

Fun fact: the very first time Noel saw someone attending an Oasis gig on a horse, was the gig in Santiago, Chile in '98

[@Rose_19911]

these are great videos mate, thanks so much

[@markdesauty7979]

I saw them in Melbourne on this tour. As a huge fan, it was a strange time. Oasis were massive in early 96 here, yet they cancelled two straight tours which pissed a lot of people off, and Be Here Now was an opportunity to slag them off. When they arrived they had targets on their backs, the circus ensued and the public perception viewed them as wankers and seem as uncool. They toured 4 years later and played much smaller gigs which was great for fans such as me, yet the reputation lingered. Most people here have forgotten about the circus, Liam will be playing large venues here later this year and I doubt many are aware of the circus of 1998. I managed to meet the band in 2002 and they were nothing but great with the fans.

[@48Ender48]

I remember being in highschool in 95/96. They were huge and everyone loved them. Fast forward a year and it was The cool thing to hate them. I think it's that stupid tall poppy syndrome shit Australian's like to put down as well.

[@HearszAM]

They were terrific in 2002. One of Noel's roadies told him after they came off stage in Brisbane (Livid Festival) that it was in his Top 10 Oasis sets that they'd ever done. Also, three different bands on the same festival bill - Sum41, And You Will No Us By The Trail of the Dead and Unwritten Law all had Oasis as their best band at the festival. They were in Finsbury form across that tour, not so much in 2005 when they returned (still good though).

[@HighlandMike325]

That row was all about the Flight Attendant refusing to give Liam a Jam Scone

[@SpiritOfMontgomery]

I remember hearing about that a few yrs ago lmfao, but I can’t find where it was

[@joehardy8673]

Yes James, please do more interesting videos on the BHN era. Great video as always

[@dummytree]

The show in Lille, France is here on KZbin, before Barcelona. Liam's drunken antics are very entertaining during that one. It must have been a very special night, to see Oasis in a relatively small venue for them at that point (7000 capacity). Quite intimate. Obviously, British fans knew about it and travelled to the north of France for the gig. I wish I could have been there.

[@officialFredDurstfanclub]

Noel saying he’s going to burn down a rainforest because he can might be my new fave quote by him

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

@12:00 i am on about 25 TVs and 3 hotel rooms a week. Never been more chipper and cheerful.

[@scooopable]

Excellent video, love the analysis in your videos! 😃

[@ajm4947]

This is hilarious, great video! Well done.

[@lasttime1372]

Great video! Thank you so much👍

[@guesttheband]

Always learning something with your videos!

[@jesterr7133]

Oasis were the coolest band ever. Music is shit without them.

[@abeparsons7914]

Liam playing harmonica is absurdly funny

[@MadScientist81]

Be here now is my favorite album… and the peak of their madness… love it.

[@stanmonzon5788]

Be here now is your favourite album? You are mad.

[@z-rex6068]

Me too, I love it

[@MadScientist81]

@@stanmonzon5788 yea, I get that a lot. But it is 😂

[@Donjeur]

Great video. Any chance of a look at “who put the weight of the world on my shoulders?” Always felt that song was a book end of 90s oasis

[@cjns5253]

This is a top channel

[@glennconnell6785]

Went to concert in 1998 wellington in New Zealand it was great 👍 👌 oasis at there best I was young 17 yrld kid love it. The sound was wall to wall loud everything was turn up mics amps drums guitars wall to wall sound by the way the sound wasn't shit in the crowd LG was walking around queens worf got drunk at the bar outside the gig LG legend got to love him then and now

[@1dorz]

Great times. Liam was, and remains, the real deal!

[@robertgarland5012]

Bro this was so much fun! Great storytelling

[@kurtjappy]

During be here now, noel clearly became more complacent with the madness and, if were being honest, unprofessionalism that oasis were pushing. Look at the ferry ride in 94, look at the farm studio in 95, look at the mtv appearance in 96. Noel was always against moments when the band took things too far. Although he was just as crazy and had his chaotic moments as much as the other members, Noel was the most professional of the group but the music suffered when he turned a more blind eye

[@trancebruh3231]

Noel was even more coked up than Liam in the 1997 Evening Session interview. He was not only complacent with the madness but embracing it.

[@kurtjappy]

@@trancebruh3231 exactly but don't blame him tho...being the one with the stick up your arse while being in the biggest rock band would get boring

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

Irony. Their manager approved of it as it gave them tabloid space. He is Scottish as am sure you know. It was all for the cameras.

[@kurtjappy]

@@Surv1ve_Thrive yeah ik mate and he was just as messed up as the rest of them😅 no wonder he got the boot

[@RolandDeschain1]

I remember when they came out to tour for 'Heathen Chemistry' Noel made mention of them wanting to make up for what had happened during this first tour.

[@crashburn3292]

11:59 - I love how Noel shows off his American Express Platinum card, as if that was some amazing achievement in the 90's. After the 80's economic boom, anyone with a credit score of 760+, who made 75K+ in the 90's, who paid off their card in full each month could get that card, and yes, could charge high priced merch on it. - I bet his accountants blew major smoke up his ass, telling him how "rare" that card was, knowing Noel had no idea how common that card actually was.. LOL

[@itcheebeard]

To a working class lad from Manchester it would've been like a golden ticket.

[@josemiguelcastiblancogomez7723]

He still more rich that you will ever be loser😂😂

[@desi1641]

Australians should have just been grateful that they even bothered to come down there, and stop complaining

[@Uzurr69]

I really like your Oasis content, subscribed!

[@Laura-kg9le]

Noel standing there with his guitar as the door opened 😂😂😂

[@andreferraz8811]

We should believe LG tried his luck with that girl ye?

[@Suzibird307]

right? In her dreams

[@Diogo725]

The whistle thing in nz omg 😂😂. I can’t stop laughing . What a child 😂

[@MickPurvis1986]

This brings back the best of memories and reminds me of how buzzing Oasis used to get the crowd going 🔥 Bonehead always seems so chilled but looks as if he'd be a right laugh to drink with 😂❤️✌️

[@Spitfire088]

Hi James great content again 🙌, would you ever do a video on Beady eye ?

[@mattj376]

I'm from Perth ..Rottnest island is a great place. *also Liams 2019 gig at Freo art centre was brilliant

[@BackToBackJames]

I actually think the Be Here Now era has some of the greatest Oasis gigs.

[@z-rex6068]

Agreed, they looked the coolest then as well. 1997/98 is my favourite era of Oasis.

[@michaelmulhall5007]

Earls court the 3 nights liams voice was amazing. The Aberdeen show they always take about that can’t be found anywhere. Dublin 3 nights Noel does two alone. The budoken. They were knackered come 98 his voice was shot to pieces from the partying. Noel shortened the sets to help him and brought the acoustic part back after Dublin went mental for it

[@Blindswordsman1994]

Yeah the GMEX gig, along with Earls Court in ‘95 and Maine Road in ‘96, are their greatest performances ever!

[@aaronparker4382]

@@Blindswordsman1994 knebworth 96 up there with these greats