For the first time since 2008, the band Oasis is playing gigs in the U.S. Following their sold-out show in Chicago on Thursday, August 28, the British band will play in Rutherford, New Jersey, for two nights starting on Sunday, August 31. But, because Oasis has a limited number of shows in U.S. cities, it’s likely that a huge number of American fans won’t get to see the beloved Gallagher brothers and their cohorts on their historic reunion tour. So, if you’re feeling left out, Spotify has offered a strange consolation: Custom-made “setlists.”
Spotify’s Wild Oasis ’25 setlists
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If you listen to Oasis in heavy rotation on Spotify, or if you’ve recently started listening to the band, Spotify will now prompt you to create an auto-generated, personalized Oasis “setlist,” which is really just a playlist created algorithmically. If you only listen to the biggest hits from the band, you’ll likely get “Wonderwall,” “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” and “Champagne Supernova.”
But if you’re into the band’s deeper cuts, your playlist could look pretty weird. Case in point, your humble reporter got the 2005 B-Side “Pass Me Down the Wine,” as an opener, along with a 2000 Oasis cover of The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter,” as well as a 1997 cover of David Bowie’s classic “Heroes.”
Certainly not what they’re playing live right now!
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Will Oasis change their live setlist?
Currently, since their reunion tour kicked off on July 4 in Cardiff, Oasis has not altered their live setlist at all. Their live repertoire mostly includes songs from the 1990s, and primarily hits from their first two albums or B-sides from that era. Currently, only one song from the 21st century features on the live setlist, “Little By Little,” from their 2002 album Heathen Chemistry. (Though the band does walk on to a pre-recorded version of their 2000 instrumental song “F*ckin’ in the Bushes.”)
According to comedian Matt Morgan, and as reported by Billboard, Oasis will not be changing their setlist during the tour, as songwriter Noel Gallagher reportedly said, “I like it like that.”
Oasis is currently on tour, and will play two nights in New Jersey on August 31 and September 1, before heading to the Rose Bowl in California on September 6.
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