Dig Out Your Soul Tour

The Dig Out Your Soul Tour was the final

Two hours later, a little before midnight, on the band's website, a statement of Noel Gallagher read: "It's with some sadness and a great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People would write and say what they liked, but I could not continue working with Liam for a day. Apologies to everyone who bought tickets for the Paris, Konstanz, and Milan shows."[1]

Background

Before the band embarked on the tour, songwriter/guitarist Noel Gallagher jokingly said he considered outplaying The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang Tour, which was the highest-grossing tour of all time, earning $558 million and lasting over two years. He fell back on minimising it to a year and a half, citing exhaustion as a reason.

The band played a special show for fans in their rehearsal studio on 14 August 2008. The setlist included some of their oldest tunes but surprisingly included a track from

Midway through their "Morning Glory" performance in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the annual Virgin Festival, a man ran on stage and hit Noel on the back, knocking him to the ground. The band left the stage, but after five minutes, the show continued.^[3] It is unknown how the man got past security, although he was seen coming from backstage. A 47-year-old Canadian was charged with assault.^[4] The incident sparked many well-known media outlets worldwide, especially North America, to report on the story.

Due to the injuries Noel sustained in the incident at the Virgin Festival, four concerts were postponed, including the 9 September show in London, Ontario,^[5] and the first three shows of the European leg.^[6] In addition, the 12 September concert in New York City was cancelled.^[7]

After the Toronto incident from early September, security for the rest of the 2008 shows cracked down to disposing personal belongings. After the start of the summer tour, it loosened up, noticeably at the Slane Castle shows where many thousands of people had passed security gates without being searched, urging many other people who had not paid to see the band attend as well.

The

On 2 February Oasis performed in Milan, Italy in front of a crowd of 12,000 for the first time in more than three years. The Italian leg of the tour also included Rome, Treviso, Bolzano, and Florence.

On 28 February, Oasis was informed by their Chinese promoters that the Chinese authorities that they had their performing licenses revoked and their gigs in Shanghai and Beijing canceled. According to the promoters, the Chinese government had recently discovered that Noel Gallagher had performed at a Free Tibet Benefit Concert in New York in 1997, and on their MySpace page, the band expressed disappointment and bewilderment at the decision.^[8]

On 1 April, Oasis performed at

During interviews in early 2009, Noel stated that this may be the last tour they will ever embark on or at least for several years due to growing older. ^[citation needed]

On 4 June 2009, Oasis played the first of three concerts at Manchester's Heaton Park and, after having to leave the stage twice due to a generator failure, came on the third time to declare the gig was now a free concert. ^{[citation needed]}

On 9 July 2009 at Wembley Stadium, Noel dedicated "Live Forever" to the lead singer of The Verve, Richard Ashcroft, who was in the crowd watching the show. ^{[citation needed]}

On 23 August 2009, the band pulled out of their headlining slot at the V Festival in Chelmsford. The official reason given was that Liam was suffering from laryngitis, but rumours started speculating that a split was imminent. This marks the V Festival slot at Weston Park, Stafford, on 22 August 2009, as the last Oasis gig. On 28 August 2009, Noel admitted he could no longer work with Liam and that the tour and the band were now finished. ^{[citation needed]}

Support acts

Set list

This set list is representative of the performance on 11 July 2009 in London, England. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

Other songs performed:

1. "The Meaning of Soul"
2. "Ain't Got Nothin'"
3. "Whatever"

Shows

Cancelled shows

Notes