A Timeline of Oasis August-September 1996
Making a timeline because these are the most insane two months anyone's ever had. Also for me and @glossymint 's fic purposes
[At the start of July, Liam and Patsy get engaged. Noel finds out through rumours and the press. According to Noel, Liam finally tells him in Birmingham, around July 18. From there there's no gigs until Loch Lomond]
August 1 -> Liam and Patsy's engagement is officially made public. (x)
August 2 -> Loch Lomond soundcheck, Liam and Noel have an argument and Noel sees a worker die the night before the show.
August 3 ->First Loch Lomond gig. Interviews with MTV, Liam and Noel do separate interviews, a bit tense. Liam and Noel kiss at the start of the gig.
August 4 -> second Loch Lomond gig
August 10 & 11 -> Knebworth gigs
From August 16 to August 22 -> rehearsals for the MTV Unplugged performance. On the last day Liam and Noel come to blows during the rehearsals, Liam refuses to sing and Oasis rehearses while Liam claps on the front row. (Hewitt, 1997, p.346)
August 23 -> MTV Unplugged performance. Liam refuses to sing due to a sore throat, watches Noel peform from the balcony.
August 27 -> the band arrive at Heathrow airport to set out for a three-week American tour. Liam gets off the plane and the band travel without him. Liam says that he can't travel with the band because he needs to do house hunting for him and Patsy.
Oasis perform in Chicago without Liam, Noel is on vocals.
August 28 -> The gig gets cancelled "for last minute MTV Awards rehearsals". Noel talks to the press, defends Liam's choice to leave the tour and assures that Oasis aren't breaking up.
August 29 -> Liam arrives to the US and is back with the band, says he already sorted out the house and that him and Noel "are sweet"
September 3 -> Rehearsals for the MTV Awards in New York.
September 4 -> Performance at the MTV Awards, every band who performs is interviewed except for Oasis. In response, Liam mocks and swears at the audience, changes the lyrics of Champagne Supernova to "Champagne Supernova up yer bum" and spits on stage.
September 11 -> Before the Charlotte gig, Liam and Noel allegedly come to blows. The gig gets cancelled. One of the rumors that was circulating was that Noel was upset that the Charlotte venue was downsized from Independence Arena to the Charlotte Hornets Training Facility (x). The rest of the US tour is cancelled.
September 12 -> Noel comes back from the US tour, the press is filled with rumours that Oasis is breaking up, lead by The Sun's front cover reporting Oasis had "sensationally split up".
September 13 -> In the morning, Patsy (staying in LA at the time) appears on TV and says: 'I don't know anything. I haven't spoken to Liam. As far as I know, he's on a plane back to London. I'm bewildered by the whole thing.'
Liam and the rest of the band arrive at the airport. A group of men take Liam to a house in the country where Noel is expecting him. (Furmanovsky, 1997)
In the afternoon, Creation Records and Ignition Management issue a statement saying the band is not breaking up, that Liam and Noel are spending time together and getting over jet lag:
The rest of the tour dates are cancelled.
September 21 -> Liam's 24th birthday.
This same day, Melody Maker publishes an article detailing the events of the US tour with quotes by people from Creation. This article also says that: "Noel and Liam left London for a secret location where they met up and were still together as we went to press."
Furmanovsky, J. (1997) Was There Then - Hewitt, P. (1997) Getting High - Oasis Live Net - Carol Clerk "They thought it was all over" (1996) in Melody Maker
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