7 February 2000

Oasis release their first single for over two years and their fourth album in February 2000, the first releases on their own label Big Brother Recordings.

The single is entitled 'Go Let It Out' and is released on 7th February, with the album 'Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants' released on February 28th. The album includes the first song Liam Gallagher has written for Oasis (entitled 'Little James'), all other songs were written by Noel Gallagher, who co-produced the album with Mark 'Spike' Stent.

'Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants', a title appropriated from the Isaac Newton quote found on the edge of the £2 coin, was recorded at Wheeler End, Olympic Studios, Supernova Heights, England, and Chateau De La Colle Noire, France.

Tracklistings:
Go Let It Out - single (7", CD, cassette - February 7th, 12" - February 14th)
7"/cass Go Let It Out, Let's All Make Believe
CD Go Let It Out, Let's All Make Believe, (As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes In Hell
12" Go Let It Out, Let's All Make Believe, (As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes In Hell

Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants - album (vinyl, CD, cassette, minidisc - February 28th)
Fuckin' In The Bushes
Go Let It Out
Who Feels Love?
Put Your Money Where Yer Mouth Is
Little James
Gas Panic!
Where Did It All Go Wrong?
Sunday Morning Call
I Can See A Liar
Roll It Over

Following the closure of Creation Records, Oasis have formed their own record company Big Brother Recordings. The catalogue number for 'Go Let It Out' is RKID 001.

Oasis begin a world tour at the end of February in Japan, with their UK dates taking place in July. Dates as follows: July
Saturday 8 Dublin Landsdowne Road
Saturday 15 Bolton Reebok Stadium
Sunday 16 Bolton Reebok Stadium
Friday 21 London Wembley Stadium
Saturday 22 London Wembley Stadium
Saturday 29 Edinburgh Murrayfield Stadium

25 February 2000: Oasis Announce Bolton Reebok Stadium Line-Up
The Northwest of England will be treated to one of the finest bills of Manchester music in recent memory.

Oasis have confirmed that The Happy Mondays and Johnny Marr's Healers will complete the line-up for the Reebok Stadium shows in Bolton on the weekend of July 15th & 16th.

25 February 2000: The Main Attraction at Norway Quart 2000
Oasis will take the main stage at Norway's Quart Festival on Thursday July the 6th. This will be the band's only Norwegian show this summer.

The Quart Festival 2000 will consist of 35 international - and 35 national acts plus dj's, the complete line-up will be announced mid April.

23 February 2000: Oasis to Invade France
Oasis are adding 5 gigs in France to their ever expanding World Tour. The end of May will see the band visiting Marseille, Paris, Rennes, Clermont Ferrand, and Metz. Tickets for these shows will go on sale Friday 3rd March priced 160F in Paris and 150F in the Provinces.

Sun 21-May-00 Marseille - Docks des Suds
Tue 23-May-00 Paris - Zenith
Thu 25-May-00 Rennes - Le Liberte
Sat 27-May-00 Clermont Ferrand - Coopérative
Sun 28-May-00 Metz - Le Galaxie

22 February 2000: Oasis announce 5 more European dates
Oasis have announced another 5 dates on the European leg of their world tour to promote the new album, 'Standing on the Shoulder of Giants'.
On Tuesday 30th May they will be in Milan at The Forum. Tickets go on sale on the 23rd February and can be purchased through www.tkts.it.
On Wednesday 7th of June they will playing the The Arena in Berlin.
On Friday 9th June they will be at the MTV Rock Am Ring festival at the Nurburg Ring, near Bonn. Tickets can be purchased through the Rock Am Ring website.
Then they're on to the Rock Im Park festival, in Nurenberg on Sunday 11th June. Tickets can also be purchased through the Rock Im Park website.
Tuesday 13th June sees the band in Hamburg at The Sporthalle.
Tickets for all of the German gigs are on sale from Friday 25th February and can be purchased on line at www.deag.de or by phone on 01805 33 24 33.

21 February 2000: Oasis to Headline Turku Ruisrock Festival
Oasis will headline the Finland's Turku Ruisrock Festival on Sunday July 2nd, 2000. Finland loves football and because the Euro 2000 football final is also that night, the festival's curfew has been brought forward to 9pm. Oasis will take the stage at 7.15pm.
Tickets will be available around the end of April. For more information, visit the Ruisrock website. (In Finnish)

21 February 2000: - More US gig tickets on sale
Ticketmaster now has tickets available online for the following gigs from the US leg of the tour:
Detroit at the State Theatre on the 20th April
Indianapolis at the Murat Theatre on the 22nd April.
Boston at the Orpheum Theatre on the 27th April

18 February 2000: OASIS to Play Rockfestival in Hultsfred, Sweden
Swedish fans of the band can catch them this summer performing at Hultsfredsfestivalen on June 15th 2000. The festival is presented by EMA Telstar and Motor.
Stay tuned for more details, or check here if you can read Swedish.

14 February 2000: Oasis to Headline the Reading and Leeds Festivals
OASIS will headline this year's Reading and Leeds Festivals. The band will play the Reading Festival on Friday 25th August and the Leeds Festival on Bank Holiday Monday, 28th August.

Noel Gallagher said, "As far as I'm concerned there are two main British music festivals, Glastonbury and Reading - as we've already played Glastonbury twice and Reading is nearer to my house, it was an easy choice to make."

14 February 2000: Update - More US gig tickets on sale
Tickets for the San Francisco gig at the Berkley Community Theatre on the 8th of April are on sale now, get yours online now from Ticketmaster - before they sell out!
They've also got tickets for the Milwaukee gig at the Riverside Theatre on the 16th too.

13 February 2000: 'Go Let It Out' storms into the charts at Number 1!
Oasis' first single in 2 years has gone straight into the UK chart at number 1! 'Go Let It Out', the first single off "Standing on the Shoulder of Giants" hit the top spot leaving the others far behind.

10 February 2000: Live Webcast of Noel - Coming Soon
Noel Gallagher will be interviewed on the UK's Virgin Radio on February 15th 2000, between 8:00pm and 9:00pm GMT.

9 February 2000: Oasis Announce Special Guests for Upcoming North American Tour
Oasis are pleased to announce their very special guests for their North American tour in April/May 2000 will be their old friends Travis. A band that have musically proclaimed "All I Want To Do Is Rock", Travis enjoyed a very successful 1999. Their latest album "The Man Who" recently hit 6 times Platinum in the UK. The two bands first became aquatinted when Oasis invited Travis to join them on their 1997 tour of the UK.

[more about Travis here]

9 February 2000: Oasis Exclusive This Week on Top of the Pops!
UK fans can catch an exclusive performance of the first single off the bands 4th album. Oasis will "Go Let It Out" on BBC1's famous music program "Top of the Pops" this Friday, February 11th at 7:30pm GMT. This marks the first time the new line-up appear together since they performed in the USA late last year.

[more about Top of the Pops here]

7 February 2000: 'Go Let It Out' is let out!
The first single from Oasis' fourth album, 'Standing on the Shoulder of Giants', is out now in the UK. 'Go Let It Out' is Oasis' first new material for two years and is tipped to go straight in at number 1 in the UK charts on Sunday.
The single will be the first release on the band's newly formed Big Brother Recordings.

26 January 2000: Oasis Answer Your Questions Online!
For your chance to put a question directly to the members of Oasis, click through to nme.com to submit a question for their "Fannish Inquisition".

The band will be picking questions to answer which will be published in the NME and on-line in three weeks time.

12 January 2000: Paris Show Sells Out in Two Hours!
Tickets for Oasis show at the Bataclan in Paris on March 21st sold out within just two hours of going on sale. Oasis will be looking to play a further Paris show when they plan to return to Europe in May.

Oasis have also announced another European date on the March tour, this time at the E-Werk in Cologne, Germany for the 22nd. Tickets go on sale January 15th.