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Oasis are an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. The group initially consisted of Liam Gallagher (lead vocals), Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs (guitar), Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan (bass guitar) and Tony McCarroll (drums), with Liam asking his older brother Noel Gallagher (lead guitar, vocals) to join as a fifth member a few months later to finalise their formation.
"When We Were Young" is a song by English singer Adele from her third studio album, 25 (2015). Adele and Tobias Jesso Jr. wrote the song, and Ariel Rechtshaid produced it. The song was written within three days in Los Angeles, after Adele struggled with writer's block during unfruitful early sessions for the album.
The name of the song reportedly comes from the Pixies album Bossanova, while Noel misheard the name of the title during a documentary about champagne. [13] Noel Gallagher said in 2005 that he had still not made up his mind as to what the song actually is about, having previously told an NME interviewer in 1995:
Here are 10 Oasis songs to listen to after Noel and Liam Gallagher announced a reunion tour, including "Wonderwall," "Don't Look Back in Anger" and "Live Forever."
* Oasis reunion tour promoters Live Nation and SJM are canceling more than 50,000 tickets to the band’s 2025 U.K. reunion shows that have wound up on resale sites, according to the BBC.
Frontman Liam Gallagher wrote a number of songs for Oasis starting in 2000, including singles "Songbird" and "I'm Outta Time". After joining the band in 1999, guitarist Gem Archer wrote and co-wrote six songs for Oasis – four album tracks and two B-sides. Andy Bell replaced original Oasis bassist Paul McGuigan in 1999 and wrote five songs for ...
In August 1996, Oasis performed two concerts before crowds of 250,000 at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire; more than 2,500,000 fans had applied for tickets. [11] The dates were to be the zenith of Oasis's popularity, and both the music press and the band realised it would not be possible for the band to equal the event. [5]
In the 2016 documentary Oasis: Supersonic, Noel Gallagher quipped that being in Oasis was a "lowly fifth" on the list of McGuigan's favourite things after "cricket, Doctor Who, weed, and Man City". McGuigan is renowned for his encyclopaedic knowledge of football and cricket.