While it doesn’t appear San Diego will be a stop on Oasis’s upcoming world tour, the band has performed here twice before, with both Liam and Noel Gallagher later playing solo concerts as well. Here’s where, when and what they played, who was in the band at the time, opening acts and details on other activities in the area.
Oasis
09/30/1994 Casbah w/ Blacksmith Union, Red Dye No. 5 (CANCELLED)
02/04/1995 SOMA w/ Blacksmith Union
The band’s sole local performance with their original lineup: Noel and Liam Gallagher, rhythm guitarist Paul Arthurs, bassist Paul McGuigan and drummer Tony Carroll, the latter leaving Oasis less than three months later. Prior to this show Noel Gallagher stopped in at Off the Record in Hillcrest. A photo of the visit was on the store’s front counter.
Rock ‘n’ Roll Star / Columbia / Fade Away / Digsy’s Dinner / Shakermaker / Live Forever / Headshrinker / Up in the Sky / Bring It On Down / Slide Away / (It’s Good) To Be Free / Cigarettes & Alcohol / Married With Children / Supersonic / I Am the Walrus
09/14/2005 FM94/9 Studios
Before the night’s concert, Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer and Andy Bell stopped by radio station FM94/9’s studios in Mission Valley for an acoustic session and an interview with program director / DJ Michael Halloran. The latter snapped a photo of Gallagher with Falling Doves frontman Chris Leyva as they exited the station. The session was filmed / recorded, with a small portion of “The Importance of Being Idle” being used in the 2007 Oasis documentary, Lord Don’t Slow Me Down (at 26:07).
The Importance of Being Idle / Live Forever
09/14/2005 Coors Amphitheatre w/ Jet, Kasabian
The band now features the Gallagher brothers and guitarist Gem Archer (later to join both Beady Eye and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds), bassist Andy Bell (Ride, Hurricane #1, Beady Eye), drummer Zak Starkey (The Who), and keyboardist Jay Darlington (Kula Shaker).
Turn Up the Sun / Lyla / Bring It On Down / Morning Glory / Cigarettes & Alcohol / The Importance of Being Idle / A Bell Will Ring / Acquiesce / Live Forever / Mucky Fingers / Wonderwall / Champagne Supernova / Rock ‘n’ Roll Star
Encore: Guess God Thinks I’m Abel / The Meaning of Soul / Don’t Look Back in Anger / My Generation
Liam Gallagher
10/16/2019 Viejas Arena w/ The Who
Gallagher stopped and restarted opener “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star” to get the lighting right. The band featured guitarist Jason ‘Jay’ Mehler (Kasabian, Beady Eye), guitarist Mike Moore, bassist Drew McConnell (Babyshambles), keyboardist Christian Madden (The Earlies) and drummer Dan McDougall.
Rock ‘n’ Roll Star (false start) / Rock ‘n’ Roll Star / Wall of Glass / Shockwave / Once / The River / Wonderwall / Champagne Supernova
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
12/10/ 2011 91X Wrex the Halls / Valley View Casino Center w/ Death Cab For Cutie, Florence & The Machine, Cage The Elephant, Airborne Toxic Event, The Naked and Famous.
Band members for this show included Oasis session pianist Mike Rowe, drummer Jeremy Stacey (The Lemon Trees), bassist Russell Pritchard (The Zutons) and guitarist Tim Smith (Jellyfish / Sheryl Crow, etc.).
Mucky Fingers / Everybody’s on the Run / Dream On / The Death of You and Me / The Good Rebel / Wonderwall / (I Wanna Live in a Dream in My) Record Machine / AKA… What a Life! /
If I Had a Gun… / Don’t Look Back in Anger
04/17/2012 Balboa Theatre
Same band lineup as 2011 & 2015.
(It’s Good) To Be Free / Mucky Fingers / Everybody’s on the Run / Dream On / If I Had a Gun… / The Good Rebel / The Death of You and Me / Freaky Teeth / Supersonic / (I Wanna Live in a Dream in My) Record Machine / AKA… What a Life! / Talk Tonight / Soldier Boys and Jesus Freaks / AKA… Broken Arrow / Half the World Away / (Stranded On) The Wrong Beach
Encore: Whatever / Little by Little / The Importance of Being Idle / Don’t Look Back in Anger
05/16/2015 Humphrey’s Concert’s by the Bay
Gallagher was clearly taken aback by the venue, commenting with dry humor about playing at a hotel, “So it’s come to this,” before mentioning that he had played a sound check to a group of ducks waddling up from the venue’s adjacent marina. “It’s just not right,” he shook his head. Same band lineup as 2011 & 2012.
Do the Damage / (Stranded On) The Wrong Beach / Everybody’s on the Run / Fade Away /
In the Heat of the Moment / Lock All the Doors / Riverman / The Death of You and Me / You Know We Can’t Go Back / Champagne Supernova / Ballad of the Mighty I / Dream On / The Dying of the Light / The Mexican / AKA… Broken Arrow / Digsy’s Dinner / If I Had a Gun…
Encore: The Masterplan / AKA… What a Life! / Don’t Look Back in Anger
08/28/2019 North Island Credit Union Amphitheater w/ Smashing Pumpkins, AFI
Pre-show backstage there is a 20-minute 91X-FM Interview with Noel Gallagher by DJ Tim Pyles. Talk includes mention of Gallagher vacationing in San Diego with his family several times. The band includes Noel Gallagher, bassist Russell Pritchard, and pianist Mike Rowe, now joined by guitarist Gem Archer, drummer Chris Sharrock (the Icicle Works, the La’s, World Party, the Lightning Seeds), and keyboardist / vocalist / percussionist Jessica Greenfield, with additional musicians including singer YSEE and Charlotte Marionneau (additional vocals, scissors, percussion, tin whistle).
Fort Knox / Holy Mountain / Keep On Reaching / It’s a Beautiful World / She Taught Me How to Fly / Black Star Dancing / This Is the Place / Wonderwall / Little by Little / Stop Crying Your Heart Out / Don’t Look Back in Anger / All You Need Is Love
06/10/2023 Blue Foot Bar & Lounge
Prior to that evening’s concert Noel Gallagher joined fans at the Blue Foot Bar in North Park to watch football legends Manchester City emerge victorious, 1-0, over Inter Milan in the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League. The packed house serenaded Gallagher with a version of “Don’t Look Back In Anger.”
06/10/2023 North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre w/ Garbage
The band still features Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer, Russell Pritchard, Jessica Greenfield, Chris Sharrock and Mike Rowe, now joined by three female backing singers.
Pretty Boy / Council Skies / We’re Gonna Get There in the End / Open the Door, See What You Find / We’re on Our Way Now / In the Heat of the Moment / AKA… What a Life! / The Masterplan / Going Nowhere / Little by Little / Half the World Away / Don’t Look Back in Anger
Special thanks to Micheal Halloran, Christopher Leyva, Tim Pyles, 91X and the San Diego Reader for their help with this article.
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